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On Ridsdale Road, in Anerley North & Penge West
What it's like at SE20 8AG: every home that has sold on Ridsdale Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Ridsdale Road; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 32 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 2, 1, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Dec 2005 | £121,000 | 57 m² | £2,123/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3, 1, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Nov 2023 | £114,000 | 40 m² | £2,850/m² | 2 |
| 1d, Ridsdale RoadTerraced | Dec 1999 | £120,000 | 77 m² | £1,558/m² | 1 |
| 3, Ridsdale RoadOther | Oct 2017 | £24,000 | 84 m² | £286/m² | 2 |
| 3a, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Mar 2002 | £69,000 | 52 m² | £1,327/m² | 2 |
| 3b, Ridsdale RoadFlat | May 2022 | £370,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Ridsdale RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2018 | £325,000 | 63 m² | £5,159/m² | 3 |
| 5a, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Dec 2010 | £170,000 | 82 m² | £2,073/m² | 1 |
| 5b, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Jan 2013 | £84,000 | 21 m² | £4,000/m² | 1 |
| 7, Ridsdale RoadFlat · company-owned | May 2007 | £140,000 | 49 m² | £2,857/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 7, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Jul 2013 | £175,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 7a, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Nov 2010 | £110,000 | 47 m² | £2,340/m² | 2 |
| 7b, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Jan 2008 | £250,000 | 33 m² | £7,576/m² | 1 |
| 9a, Ridsdale RoadFlat | Jun 2008 | £217,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Ridsdale RoadTerraced | Jun 2020 | £515,000 | 118 m² | £4,364/m² | 5 |
| 13, Ridsdale RoadTerraced | May 2004 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Ridsdale RoadTerraced | Sept 2005 | £249,950 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Anerley, a few minutes' walk (50 m), with 949k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canada Water.
The nearest bus stop is Anerley Road / Anerley Station, 50 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 358, 249, 157, 432); 222 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 12 km away as the crow flies.
50% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is James Dixon Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Kent House (0.9 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 52.3 · 13% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Girls Academy Bromley (1.3 km) and Harris Academy Beckenham (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (7.5 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (7.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express / BP Service Station, 150 m away; Anerley News Food & Wine (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Park Practice (150 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Classique Barbers is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 4.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 18 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Mamma Mia is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Anerley Arms the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 144 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (73%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Betts Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Lewis Sports Centre (700 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.9 µg/m³).
49 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Beckenham and Penge constituency: Liam Conlon MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,905 (24.7%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 49%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
39 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near SE20 8AG →
For holidays, London City is 13 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 28 km.
Most households own their home, 25% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 32 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 38 min
Nearest: Sea Life London Aquarium · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.3% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 2.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.