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On Vancouver Road, in Forest Hill East
What it's like at SE23 2AH: every home that has sold on Vancouver 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Vancouver 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.
8 of the 108 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 2, 33, Vancouver RoadFlat | Apr 2013 | £205,000 | – | – | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 6, 33, Vancouver RoadFlat | Feb 2026 | £290,000 | 49 m² | £5,918/m² | 5 |
| Flat 1, 33, Vancouver RoadFlat | Mar 2001 | £69,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 5, 33, Vancouver RoadFlat | Dec 2002 | £106,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 4, 33, Vancouver RoadFlat | May 2011 | £174,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 39b, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Jul 1998 | £47,000 | 53 m² | £887/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 43, Vancouver RoadFlat | Mar 2021 | £410,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43a, Vancouver RoadFlat | Sept 2022 | £530,000 | 77 m² | £6,883/m² | 6 |
| Flat A, 45, Vancouver RoadFlat | May 2018 | £330,000 | 53 m² | £6,226/m² | 4 |
| Flat B, 45, Vancouver RoadFlat | Feb 2002 | £160,000 | 75 m² | £2,133/m² | 1 |
| 47, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Aug 1999 | £127,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Oct 2023 | £775,000 | 110 m² | £7,045/m² | 2 |
| 51a, Vancouver RoadFlat | Nov 2024 | £560,000 | 80 m² | £7,000/m² | 5 |
| 51b, Vancouver RoadFlat | Jan 2019 | £438,000 | 88 m² | £4,977/m² | 4 |
| 53, Vancouver RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £745,000 | 188 m² | £3,963/m² | 3 |
| 57, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Jan 2016 | £755,000 | 149 m² | £5,067/m² | 2 |
| 59, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Oct 2017 | £800,000 | 152 m² | £5,263/m² | 2 |
| 61, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £887,500 | 117 m² | £7,585/m² | 5 |
| 63, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £980,000 | 169 m² | £5,799/m² | 3 |
| 65, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Feb 2023 | £1,012,000 | 155 m² | £6,529/m² | 2 |
| 67, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Oct 2019 | £735,000 | 154 m² | £4,773/m² | 1 |
| 69, Vancouver RoadFlat · company-owned | Apr 2023 | £410,000 | 54 m² | £7,593/m² | 1 |
| 71, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Oct 1995 | £59,999 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 71, Vancouver RoadFlat | Mar 2024 | £385,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 71a, Vancouver RoadFlat | Jul 2012 | £249,950 | 55 m² | £4,545/m² | 5 |
| 73, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Feb 1998 | £114,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat E, 77, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Feb 2001 | £100,000 | 50 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| Flat B, 77, Vancouver RoadFlat | Nov 2013 | £280,000 | 58 m² | £4,828/m² | 2 |
| Flat D, 77, Vancouver RoadFlat | Jun 2024 | £377,500 | 62 m² | £6,089/m² | 2 |
| Flat C, 77, Vancouver RoadFlat | Sept 2015 | £350,000 | 63 m² | £5,556/m² | 1 |
| 81, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £740,000 | 121 m² | £6,116/m² | 2 |
| 85, Vancouver RoadTerraced | Oct 2014 | £725,000 | 159 m² | £4,560/m² | 3 |
| 87, Vancouver RoadDetached | Aug 2015 | £250,000 | 39 m² | £6,410/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Forest Hill, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 4.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canada Water.
The nearest bus stop is Lutwyche Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (route 75); 61 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 12% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 10 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Kilmorie Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St George's CofE Primary School (0.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Forest Hill School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 52.3 · 18.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich (2.2 km) and Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich (2.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (10.4 km) and Bexley Grammar School (10.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 550 m away, with Rickmans Pharmacy closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woolstone Medical Centre (250 m), with Medicos Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Hairwaves is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 2.3 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 44% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Seniors (Lewisham Elders Resource Centre is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Blythe Hill Tavern the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Homes are mostly flats (53%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 71% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Blythe Hill Fields, 900 m away; for exercise, Energie (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 11 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
52 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.
Lewisham West and East Dulwich constituency: Ellie Reeves MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,397 (39.6%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Labour 59%, Green Party 19%, Liberal Democrat 8%, Conservative 8%.
79 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 SE23 2AH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 9.7 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 29 km.
Most households own their home, 25% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 57% of adults have a degree.
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.
On this street: 0 of 63 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.3% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 9.9% | 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.
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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 108 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 38 min
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