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On Hambledon Gardens, in South Norwood Hill
What it's like at SE25 6BU: every home that has sold on Hambledon Gardens 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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Sales and extensions on Hambledon Gardens; 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 25 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Hambledon GardensTerraced | Jul 2023 | £325,000 | 62 m² | £5,242/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Hambledon GardensFlat · company-owned | Sept 1995 | £39,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 2a, Hambledon GardensFlat | Oct 2016 | £327,000 | 61 m² | £5,361/m² | 2 |
| 3, Hambledon GardensFlat · company-owned | Oct 2010 | £104,000 | 65 m² | £1,600/m² | 1 |
| 4, Hambledon GardensFlat | Jun 2021 | £325,000 | 68 m² | £4,779/m² | 4 |
| 5, Hambledon GardensFlat | Aug 2004 | £164,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Hambledon GardensFlat | Jul 1998 | £64,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Hambledon GardensFlat | Jun 2010 | £176,000 | 59 m² | £2,983/m² | 2 |
| 8, Hambledon GardensFlat | May 2014 | £239,995 | 59 m² | £4,068/m² | 3 |
| 9, Hambledon GardensTerraced | Nov 2025 | £317,000 | 65 m² | £4,877/m² | 1 |
| 10, Hambledon GardensFlat | Jan 1995 | £45,950 | 62 m² | £741/m² | 1 |
| 11, Hambledon GardensFlat | Feb 2003 | £136,000 | 61 m² | £2,230/m² | 2 |
| 12, Hambledon GardensFlat | Feb 1998 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Hambledon GardensFlat | Jun 2022 | £320,000 | 61 m² | £5,246/m² | 2 |
| 14, Hambledon GardensFlat | Dec 2000 | £88,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Hambledon GardensFlat | Mar 2004 | £120,000 | 62 m² | £1,935/m² | 1 |
| 16, Hambledon GardensFlat | Jan 2025 | £352,000 | 57 m² | £6,175/m² | 2 |
| 18, Hambledon GardensOther | Oct 2019 | £16,000 | 54 m² | £296/m² | 3 |
| 20, Hambledon GardensFlat | Mar 2017 | £355,000 | 63 m² | £5,635/m² | 2 |
| 22, Hambledon GardensOther | Apr 2018 | £15,000 | 63 m² | £238/m² | 1 |
| 24, Hambledon GardensFlat | May 2002 | £67,500 | 63 m² | £1,071/m² | 1 |
| 26, Hambledon GardensFlat | Sept 2012 | £184,000 | 62 m² | £2,968/m² | 2 |
| 28, Hambledon GardensFlat | Apr 2006 | £163,500 | 65 m² | £2,515/m² | 2 |
| 30, Hambledon GardensFlat | Sept 2012 | £175,000 | 67 m² | £2,612/m² | 4 |
| 32, Hambledon GardensFlat | Jun 2004 | £159,950 | – | – | 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Norwood Junction, about a 5-minute walk (500 m), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Elm Park Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 196); 202 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 12 km away as the crow flies.
44% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 56% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Stewart Fleming Primary School (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy South Norwood, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 48.2 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (3 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (5.8 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 200 m away, with Londis South Norwood closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is South Norwood Hill Medical Centre (300 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Lucy's Hair Design is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 2.5 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Stanley's Social Care & Co Working is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and 1885 Lounge the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 109 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (64%).
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is South Norwood Recreation Ground, 600 m away; for exercise, South Norwood Leisure Centre (1.1 km).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 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.
Croydon West constituency: Sarah Jones MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 14,226 (37.3%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 54%, Conservative 17%, Green Party 10%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
32 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 6BU →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 27 km.
Many neighbours rent: 35% of households rent privately and 13% socially.
It's highly educated: 48% 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.
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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 25 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 15 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 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.4% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.7% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.0% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 35 min
Nearest: Battersea Park Children's Zoo · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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