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On Wiverton Road, in Penge East
What it's like at SE26 5JA: every home that has sold on Wiverton 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).
Sales and extensions on Wiverton 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 109 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Wiverton RoadTerraced | Apr 2022 | £600,000 | 160 m² | £3,750/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £720,000 | 107 m² | £6,729/m² | 1 |
| 5, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £945,000 | 126 m² | £7,500/m² | 4 |
| 7, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £690,000 | 161 m² | £4,286/m² | 1 |
| 9, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £485,000 | 155 m² | £3,129/m² | 1 |
| 11a, Wiverton RoadFlat | Aug 2013 | £285,200 | 73 m² | £3,907/m² | 2 |
| 11b, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £465,000 | 101 m² | £4,604/m² | 3 |
| 13, Wiverton RoadTerraced | Sept 2022 | £910,000 | 127 m² | £7,165/m² | 2 |
| First Floor Flat, 17, Wiverton RoadFlat | Jan 2004 | £138,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Ground Floor, 17, Wiverton RoadFlat | Jul 2026 | £496,000 | 65 m² | £7,631/m² | 5 |
| 19, Wiverton RoadTerraced | Jun 2011 | £450,000 | 162 m² | £2,778/m² | 2 |
| 25, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2005 | £330,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 29, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £95,500 | 197 m² | £485/m² | 1 |
| 35, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £840,000 | 123 m² | £6,829/m² | 3 |
| 37, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £840,000 | 110 m² | £7,636/m² | 3 |
| 39, Wiverton RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £838,000 | 130 m² | £6,446/m² | 2 |
| 43a, Wiverton RoadFlat | Jul 2007 | £205,000 | 54 m² | £3,796/m² | 3 |
| 43b, Wiverton RoadFlat | Aug 2024 | £565,000 | 104 m² | £5,433/m² | 3 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Penge East, a few minutes' walk (200 m), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Studland Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 194, 75); 89 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 11 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Alexandra Junior School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Harris Primary Academy Kent House (0.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Girls Academy Bromley, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 58.3 · 24.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (2.5 km) and Kingsdale Foundation School (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (8.5 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (8.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 550 m away, with Newland News closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wells Park Practice (1.1 km), with Touchwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, CP Nails is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 4.5 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: 22 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Kynd London Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Sydenham Lawn Tennis And Croquet Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 127 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 45% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 63% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Alexandra Recreation Ground, 300 m away; for exercise, Temple of Strength (500 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 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.
Beckenham and Penge constituency: Liam Conlon MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,905 (24.7%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 49%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
61 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 5JA →
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 16.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 12 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 29 km.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 56% 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 40 min
Nearest: Sea Life London Aquarium · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bromley 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 109 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 62 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.3% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 2.1% | 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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