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On Howard Road, in Woodside & Ashburton
What it's like at SE25 5BT: every home that has sold on Howard 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Howard 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 130 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 72, Howard RoadFlat | Jun 2006 | £169,950 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74, Howard RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £275,000 | 62 m² | £4,435/m² | 4 |
| 76, Howard RoadTerraced | Apr 2005 | £160,000 | 44 m² | £3,636/m² | 2 |
| 78, Howard RoadFlat | May 2007 | £173,000 | 59 m² | £2,932/m² | 2 |
| 80, Howard RoadFlat | Mar 2008 | £165,000 | 54 m² | £3,056/m² | 1 |
| 82, Howard RoadFlat | Jul 2006 | £170,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 84, Howard RoadFlat | Aug 2009 | £150,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 86, Howard RoadFlat | Apr 2022 | £325,000 | 55 m² | £5,909/m² | 2 |
| 88, Howard RoadFlat · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £183,090 | 60 m² | £3,052/m² | 1 |
| 92, Howard RoadFlat | Jan 2014 | £190,000 | 57 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 96, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £365,000 | 82 m² | £4,451/m² | 1 |
| 98, Howard RoadTerraced | Apr 2011 | £210,000 | 78 m² | £2,692/m² | 1 |
| 100, Howard RoadTerraced | Jul 2026 | £450,000 | 80 m² | £5,625/m² | 1 |
| 131, Howard RoadTerraced | Jun 2026 | £465,000 | 95 m² | £4,895/m² | 1 |
| 133, Howard RoadTerraced | Oct 2022 | £510,000 | 81 m² | £6,296/m² | 2 |
| 139, Howard RoadTerraced | Oct 1995 | £66,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 145, Howard RoadTerraced | Oct 1996 | £73,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 149, Howard RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £425,000 | 82 m² | £5,183/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Woodside tram stop, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Norwood Junction, 950 m away, with 4.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Spring Lane, 150 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (route 197); 90 departures an hour from the 9 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 (100 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, 700 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, 300 m away; Greens Food And Wine (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Portland Medical Centre (350 m), with Fishers Enmore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Divas of London is 750 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 (300 m), and The Joiners Arms 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, 100 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).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 27 km.
43 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Woodside Cottage | II | 80 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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 5BT →
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.
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 97 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 12 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% | 1.0% |
| 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.
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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 130 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.