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On Kent House Road, in Lower Sydenham
What it's like at SE26 5LJ: every home that has sold on Kent House 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 Kent House 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.
11 of the 105 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 23, Kent House RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2010 | £460,000 | 20 m² | £23,000/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 4, 25, Kent House RoadFlat | Dec 2019 | £405,000 | 61 m² | £6,639/m² | 5 |
| Flat 3, 25, Kent House RoadFlat | Feb 2026 | £370,000 | 57 m² | £6,491/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 25, Kent House RoadFlat | Jun 2002 | £108,000 | 37 m² | £2,919/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 25, Kent House RoadFlat | Oct 2021 | £350,000 | 37 m² | £9,459/m² | 4 |
| 27, Kent House RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2002 | £210,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat D, 27, Kent House RoadTerraced | Jun 2014 | £230,000 | 51 m² | £4,510/m² | 1 |
| Flat B, 27, Kent House RoadFlat · company-owned | Feb 2026 | £280,000 | 35 m² | £8,000/m² | 2 |
| Flat A, 27, Kent House RoadFlat · company-owned | Jul 2015 | £305,000 | 79 m² | £3,861/m² | 2 |
| Flat C, 27, Kent House RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £295,000 | 36 m² | £8,194/m² | 2 |
| 29, Kent House RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2008 | £180,000 | – | – | 5 |
| Flat 2, 31, Kent House RoadFlat | May 2015 | £250,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 1, 31, Kent House RoadFlat | Nov 2004 | £159,995 | – | – | 3 |
| 31b, Kent House RoadFlat | Oct 2017 | £292,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 35, Kent House RoadFlat | Nov 2002 | £163,000 | 66 m² | £2,470/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 35, Kent House RoadFlat | Feb 2001 | £62,500 | 33 m² | £1,894/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 35, Kent House RoadFlat | May 2021 | £315,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Kent House RoadTerraced | Feb 2022 | £497,000 | 88 m² | £5,648/m² | 2 |
| 51, Kent House RoadTerraced | Oct 2004 | £200,000 | 100 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 55, Kent House RoadTerraced | Jul 2015 | £430,000 | 96 m² | £4,479/m² | 1 |
| 57, Kent House RoadSemi-detached | May 2013 | £260,000 | 78 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 59, Kent House RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2004 | £177,000 | 104 m² | £1,702/m² | 1 |
| 81a, Kent House RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2012 | £250,000 | 148 m² | £1,689/m² | 1 |
| 83, Kent House RoadSemi-detached | May 2024 | £680,000 | 138 m² | £4,928/m² | 3 |
| 87, Kent House RoadTerraced | Aug 2002 | £250,000 | 204 m² | £1,225/m² | 2 |
| 89, Kent House RoadTerraced | Jul 2016 | £650,000 | 122 m² | £5,328/m² | 1 |
| 91, Kent House RoadTerraced | Nov 2016 | £615,000 | 139 m² | £4,424/m² | 1 |
| 95, Kent House RoadTerraced | Feb 2022 | £680,000 | 135 m² | £5,037/m² | 1 |
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 Watlington Grove, 100 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (route 356); 86 departures an hour from the 8 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 Our Lady and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 58% 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 Harris Girls Academy Bromley, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 58.3 · 24.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Kingsdale Foundation School (2.7 km) and Harris Academy Beckenham (3.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (9.3 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (9.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl UK Gmbh, 400 m away, with Istanbul Supermarket closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sydenham Green Group Practice (600 m), with Touchwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Stylie Barbers is 200 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.
Mad Dough is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Alfred the nearest pub (200 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, 400 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (500 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 12 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
49 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%.
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 5LJ →
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 105 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 69 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 21 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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