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On Larkbere Road, in Lower Sydenham
What it's like at SE26 4HA: every home that has sold on Larkbere 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Larkbere 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.
1 of the 52 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Sept 1997 | £75,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £620,000 | 81 m² | £7,654/m² | 6 |
| 15, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Oct 2022 | £568,000 | 78 m² | £7,282/m² | 3 |
| 21, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Jul 2002 | £182,500 | 76 m² | £2,401/m² | 2 |
| 23, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £425,000 | 82 m² | £5,183/m² | 1 |
| 25, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £545,000 | 77 m² | £7,078/m² | 3 |
| 29, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Sept 2011 | £218,000 | 85 m² | £2,565/m² | 2 |
| 31, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Feb 1995 | £64,000 | 77 m² | £831/m² | 1 |
| 35, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Feb 2018 | £407,500 | 77 m² | £5,292/m² | 1 |
| 37, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Feb 2004 | £180,000 | 81 m² | £2,222/m² | 1 |
| 39, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Dec 2018 | £483,000 | 82 m² | £5,890/m² | 2 |
| 41, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Nov 1995 | £62,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Jan 2022 | £487,500 | 87 m² | £5,603/m² | 1 |
| 45, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Apr 1997 | £75,500 | 89 m² | £848/m² | 1 |
| 55, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £400,000 | 112 m² | £3,571/m² | 5 |
| 61, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Sept 1996 | £30,000 | 49 m² | £612/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 61, Larkbere RoadFlat | Feb 2022 | £302,300 | – | – | 2 |
| First Floor Flat, 61, Larkbere RoadFlat | Oct 2013 | £149,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 63, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £395,000 | 61 m² | £6,475/m² | 3 |
| Flat A, 65, Larkbere RoadFlat | Jul 2014 | £225,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat B, 65, Larkbere RoadFlat | Feb 2007 | £145,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Upper Flat, 67, Larkbere RoadFlat | Feb 2010 | £150,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat A, 67, Larkbere RoadFlat | Jul 2019 | £320,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat B, 67, Larkbere RoadFlat | Jul 2026 | £345,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 69, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Oct 2013 | £340,000 | 110 m² | £3,091/m² | 5 |
| 71a, Larkbere RoadFlat | Nov 2012 | £152,500 | 29 m² | £5,259/m² | 2 |
| 71b, Larkbere RoadFlat | Mar 1999 | £47,000 | 42 m² | £1,119/m² | 1 |
| 73, Larkbere RoadTerraced | Dec 2017 | £475,000 | 81 m² | £5,864/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 75, Larkbere RoadFlat | Sept 2024 | £230,000 | – | – | 4 |
| First Floor Flat, 75, Larkbere RoadFlat | Mar 2023 | £303,000 | – | – | 4 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Lower Sydenham, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 787k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Highclere Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 202, 450, 194, 356); 173 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 11 km away as the crow flies.
44% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Kent House (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Forest Hill School, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 52.3 · 18.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Girls Academy Bromley (1 km) and Kingsdale Foundation School (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (9.3 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (9.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 350 m away, with Home Park Convenience closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sydenham Green Group Practice (200 m), with Touchwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Stylie Barbers is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 3.7 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: 17 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Caribbean Bites is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Alfred the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 106 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (58%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 56% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Home Park, 200 m away; for exercise, The Bridge Leisure Centre (400 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 12 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
54 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%.
69 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 SE26 4HA →
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 16.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 29 km.
Most households own their home, 23% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 50% 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 52 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 37 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 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.4% | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.4% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 40 min
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