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On Shipman Road, in Forest Hill East
What it's like at SE23 2DY: every home that has sold on Shipman 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Shipman 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.
None of the 38 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Shipman RoadFlat | Jun 2001 | £105,000 | 60 m² | £1,750/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Shipman RoadFlat | Feb 2001 | £95,500 | 90 m² | £1,061/m² | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 2, Shipman RoadFlat | May 2015 | £425,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Upper Floor Flat At, 4, Shipman RoadFlat | Aug 2022 | £485,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, Shipman RoadTerraced | Feb 2025 | £390,550 | 56 m² | £6,974/m² | 2 |
| 6, Shipman RoadTerraced | May 1998 | £69,500 | 66 m² | £1,053/m² | 1 |
| 7, Shipman RoadFlat | Sept 2025 | £530,000 | 83 m² | £6,386/m² | 4 |
| 8, Shipman RoadFlat | May 1999 | £76,000 | 59 m² | £1,288/m² | 1 |
| 9, Shipman RoadFlat | Jan 2006 | £163,000 | 64 m² | £2,547/m² | 3 |
| 10, Shipman RoadFlat | Oct 2009 | £175,000 | 59 m² | £2,966/m² | 3 |
| 12, Shipman RoadFlat | Sept 2018 | £415,000 | 72 m² | £5,764/m² | 2 |
| 13, Shipman RoadFlat | Feb 2026 | £383,000 | 60 m² | £6,383/m² | 6 |
| 14, Shipman RoadFlat | Feb 2025 | £625,000 | 65 m² | £9,615/m² | 3 |
| 15, Shipman RoadFlat | Jul 1998 | £67,125 | 68 m² | £987/m² | 1 |
| 16, Shipman RoadFlat | Aug 2017 | £405,000 | 57 m² | £7,105/m² | 2 |
| 17, Shipman RoadFlat | Sept 2007 | £275,000 | 65 m² | £4,231/m² | 3 |
| 18, Shipman RoadFlat | Aug 2023 | £435,000 | 58 m² | £7,500/m² | 3 |
| 19, Shipman RoadFlat | Dec 2021 | £460,750 | 49 m² | £9,403/m² | 5 |
| 21, Shipman RoadTerraced | Mar 2019 | £525,000 | 98 m² | £5,357/m² | 1 |
| 22, Shipman RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2004 | £150,000 | 78 m² | £1,923/m² | 2 |
| 23, Shipman RoadTerraced | Sept 2025 | £900,000 | 130 m² | £6,923/m² | 5 |
| 24, Shipman RoadFlat | Aug 2021 | £435,750 | 65 m² | £6,704/m² | 3 |
| 25, Shipman RoadTerraced | Aug 2013 | £395,000 | 95 m² | £4,158/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 (650 m), with 4.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canada Water.
The nearest bus stop is Siddons Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 75, 356); 37 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 Perrymount Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 67% 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, 650 m 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 Co-op, 650 m away, with ASK Prime Food & Wine closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Vale Medical Centre (200 m), with Perry Vale Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Pamper Nail Bar is 500 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.
Forest Cafe & Bistro is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Stuffed Walrus the nearest pub (400 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 Albion Millennium Green, 750 m away; for exercise, Energie (800 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 11 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
48 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%.
74 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 2DY →
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 22 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 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 38 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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