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On Taymount Rise, in Upper Sydenham
What it's like at SE23 3UN: every home that has sold on Taymount Rise 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Taymount Rise; 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 182 homes on the street are owned by companies.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Forest Hill, a few minutes' walk (500 m), with 4.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canada Water.
The nearest bus stop is Sydenham Rise, 250 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 356); 179 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 9 km away as the crow flies.
47% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Eliot Bank Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 85% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St George's CofE Primary School (0.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Sydenham School, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 50.8 · 21.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Kingsdale Foundation School (1.7 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (9.5 km) and Wilson's School (9.6 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 300 m away; Henwen's (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wells Park Practice (850 m), with Superdrug the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Erdis Hairdresser is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 3.6 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Sparsh Interestingly Indian & Nepalese Cuisine is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Sylvan Post the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 79 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 18 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (67%).
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 184 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Horniman Triangle, 300 m away; for exercise, Forest Hill Pools (350 m).
53 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%.
59 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 3UN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 11 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 28 km.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 52% 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 149 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 55 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.0% | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.0% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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 182 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 36 min
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