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On Whitehorse Lane, in Thornton Heath Central
What it's like at SE25 6RQ: every home that has sold on Whitehorse Lane 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.
11 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 6 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 Whitehorse Lane; 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.
35 of the 262 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 56, Whitehorse LaneTerraced | Nov 2001 | £121,000 | 62 m² | £1,952/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58, Whitehorse LaneTerraced | Sept 2006 | £169,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 60, Whitehorse LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £247,000 | 67 m² | £3,687/m² | 3 |
| 62, Whitehorse LaneTerraced | Mar 2004 | £171,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 66, Whitehorse LaneSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2002 | £127,000 | 60 m² | £2,117/m² | 1 |
| 68, Whitehorse LaneTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2002 | £127,000 | 52 m² | £2,442/m² | 1 |
| 70, Whitehorse LaneTerraced | Oct 2017 | £333,000 | 60 m² | £5,550/m² | 3 |
| 72, Whitehorse LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £289,995 | 66 m² | £4,394/m² | 5 |
| 74, Whitehorse LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £315,000 | 66 m² | £4,773/m² | 1 |
| 76, Whitehorse LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £353,000 | 68 m² | £5,191/m² | 7 |
| 78, Whitehorse LaneTerraced | Sept 2003 | £150,000 | 61 m² | £2,459/m² | 3 |
| 80, Whitehorse LaneTerraced | Mar 2026 | £350,000 | 65 m² | £5,385/m² | 4 |
| 82, Whitehorse LaneSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2000 | £92,000 | 59 m² | £1,559/m² | 1 |
| 86, Whitehorse LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £300,000 | 57 m² | £5,263/m² | 4 |
The nearest station is Selhurst, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Clifton Road (SE25), 50 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 468, 130, SL6); 104 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 12 km away as the crow flies.
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Whitehorse Manor Infant School, a few minutes' walk (300 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School (1.2 km).
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy South Norwood, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 48.2 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (2 km) and Harris Academy Merton (2.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (4.7 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (4.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 200 m away; FoodCycle Thornton Heath At St Albans Church Hall (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Thornton Heath Medical Centre (500 m), with Thornton Heath Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Lucy's Hair Design is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Croydon University Hospital, 1.2 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Crystal Palace Football Club is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Prince George the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 172 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 49% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 63% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Whitehorse Meadow, 150 m away; for exercise, Thornton Heath Leisure Centre (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
44 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%.
37 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 6RQ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 26 km.
Many neighbours rent: 36% of households rent privately and 21% socially.
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: 2 of 172 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 8 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.1% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.1% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 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 34 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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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 262 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.