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On Birchanger Road, in Woodside & Ashburton
What it's like at SE25 5BQ: every home that has sold on Birchanger 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.
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 Birchanger 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.
17 of the 207 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 118, Birchanger RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £260,000 | 182 m² | £1,429/m² | 1 |
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| 120, Birchanger RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £300,000 | 190 m² | £1,579/m² | 1 |
| 122, Birchanger RoadFlat | Aug 2001 | £59,500 | 63 m² | £944/m² | 1 |
| 122a, Birchanger RoadFlat | Aug 2001 | £59,500 | 28 m² | £2,125/m² | 1 |
| Top Floor Flat, 124, Birchanger RoadFlat | Aug 2001 | £59,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 124, Birchanger RoadFlat | Aug 2001 | £59,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 124, Birchanger RoadFlat · company-owned | Nov 2007 | £110,000 | 35 m² | £3,143/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 124, Birchanger RoadFlat · company-owned | Nov 2007 | £175,000 | 54 m² | £3,241/m² | 1 |
| 126, Birchanger RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £188,000 | 156 m² | £1,205/m² | 2 |
| Top Floor Flat, 140, Birchanger RoadFlat | May 2017 | £340,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 140, Birchanger RoadFlat | Jul 2025 | £365,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Middle Floor Flat, 144, Birchanger RoadFlat | Jul 2008 | £165,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Top Floor Flat, 144, Birchanger RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £217,000 | – | – | 5 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 144, Birchanger RoadFlat | Sept 2016 | £361,600 | – | – | 1 |
| 144a, Birchanger RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £431,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 146, Birchanger RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £362,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 146, Birchanger RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £314,000 | 64 m² | £4,906/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 146, Birchanger RoadFlat | May 2010 | £163,500 | 49 m² | £3,337/m² | 1 |
| Top Floor Flat, 148, Birchanger RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2013 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, 150, Birchanger RoadFlat | Jul 2001 | £70,000 | 53 m² | £1,321/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 150, Birchanger RoadFlat | Mar 2005 | £152,000 | 65 m² | £2,338/m² | 1 |
| Upper Maisonettte, 152, Birchanger RoadFlat | Mar 2012 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 154, Birchanger RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 1995 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 168a, Birchanger RoadFlat | Sept 1997 | £55,950 | 63 m² | £888/m² | 1 |
| 170, Birchanger RoadFlat | Jun 2018 | £315,000 | 67 m² | £4,701/m² | 2 |
| 170a, Birchanger RoadFlat | May 2006 | £169,000 | 62 m² | £2,726/m² | 2 |
| 172, Birchanger RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £350,000 | 61 m² | £5,738/m² | 1 |
| 172a, Birchanger RoadFlat | Mar 2007 | £171,000 | 63 m² | £2,714/m² | 3 |
| 174, Birchanger RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £340,000 | 65 m² | £5,231/m² | 3 |
| 176, Birchanger RoadFlat | Mar 2008 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 176a, Birchanger RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £259,950 | 64 m² | £4,062/m² | 1 |
| 178, Birchanger RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £385,000 | 55 m² | £7,000/m² | 3 |
| 178a, Birchanger RoadFlat | Aug 2000 | £91,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 204, Birchanger RoadTerraced | Aug 2019 | £220,000 | 37 m² | £5,946/m² | 1 |
| 206, Birchanger RoadTerraced | Sept 2014 | £203,000 | 39 m² | £5,205/m² | 2 |
| 210, Birchanger RoadTerraced | May 2012 | £120,000 | 37 m² | £3,243/m² | 1 |
| 214, Birchanger RoadTerraced | Aug 1997 | £60,000 | 61 m² | £984/m² | 2 |
| 220, Birchanger RoadTerraced | Apr 1995 | £44,500 | 38 m² | £1,171/m² | 1 |
| 222, Birchanger RoadTerraced | May 2026 | £255,000 | 38 m² | £6,711/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Woodside tram stop, about a 5-minute walk (550 m). The nearest rail station is Norwood Junction, 800 m away, with 4.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Christie Drive, 350 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (route 410); 61 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 14 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Stewart Fleming Primary School (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Arena, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 37.6 · 4.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (2.7 km) and Harris Academy Beckenham (3.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (5.3 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 350 m away; Guiding Hands One Stop Hub (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Country Park Practice (400 m), with Fishers Enmore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Divas of London is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 2.8 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Woodside Cafe Kopaczko is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and South Norwood And Woodside Social Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 89 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 35% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Woodside Green, 300 m away; for exercise, South Norwood Leisure Centre (450 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 15 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.2 µg/m³).
41 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.
Croydon East constituency: Natasha Irons MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,825 (15.6%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 9%.
33 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 SE25 5BQ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 27 km.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Croydon since 2011.
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 207 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
Nearest: Battersea Park Children's Zoo · about 35 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 121 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 17 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 90.0% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.5% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 4.7% | 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.