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On Lawrie Park Avenue, in Lower Sydenham
What it's like at SE26 6HA: every home that has sold on Lawrie Park Avenue 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lawrie Park Avenue; 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 46 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1a, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Jan 2023 | £410,000 | 65 m² | £6,308/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1b, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Oct 2022 | £438,000 | 68 m² | £6,441/m² | 3 |
| 3a, Lawrie Park AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £91,000 | 68 m² | £1,338/m² | 1 |
| 5a, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Aug 2006 | £187,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5b, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Apr 2008 | £262,500 | 59 m² | £4,449/m² | 3 |
| 5c, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Oct 2025 | £435,000 | 64 m² | £6,797/m² | 5 |
| 5d, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Apr 2012 | £225,000 | 72 m² | £3,125/m² | 1 |
| 7, Lawrie Park AvenueDetached | Nov 2002 | £495,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Lawrie Park AvenueDetached | Apr 1997 | £236,000 | 295 m² | £800/m² | 1 |
| 13, Lawrie Park AvenueDetached | Oct 2017 | £1,100,000 | 153 m² | £7,190/m² | 1 |
| 15, Lawrie Park AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £850,000 | 247 m² | £3,441/m² | 1 |
| 17, Lawrie Park AvenueDetached · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £1,500,000 | 428 m² | £3,505/m² | 3 |
| 23, Lawrie Park AvenueTerraced | Jul 2003 | £247,500 | 142 m² | £1,743/m² | 1 |
| 25, Lawrie Park AvenueTerraced | Jan 2014 | £557,500 | 92 m² | £6,060/m² | 3 |
| 27, Lawrie Park AvenueTerraced | May 2026 | £850,000 | 156 m² | £5,449/m² | 2 |
| 29, Lawrie Park AvenueDetached | Jun 1997 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Lawrie Park AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Lawrie Park AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2010 | £315,000 | 112 m² | £2,813/m² | 1 |
| 47, Lawrie Park AvenueDetached | Aug 2017 | £655,000 | 82 m² | £7,988/m² | 1 |
| 49, Lawrie Park AvenueDetached | Jul 2000 | £399,999 | 296 m² | £1,351/m² | 1 |
| 51, Lawrie Park AvenueDetached | Mar 2003 | £525,000 | 360 m² | £1,458/m² | 1 |
| 53c, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Jan 2015 | £244,000 | 41 m² | £5,951/m² | 2 |
| 53e, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Feb 2021 | £370,000 | 48 m² | £7,708/m² | 2 |
| 53g, Lawrie Park AvenueFlat | Nov 2022 | £390,000 | 62 m² | £6,290/m² | 3 |
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: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Sydenham, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 3.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canada Water.
The nearest bus stop is Cricketers Walk, 200 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 176, 197); 139 departures an hour from the 12 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 Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 80% 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 Sydenham School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 50.8 · 21.4% 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; Centre News (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wells Park Practice (500 m), with Touchwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Paris Barbers is 400 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.
Cobb'S Corner Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Greyhound the nearest pub (350 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 MacColl Gardens, 350 m away; for exercise, PureGym (350 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 12 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
52 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%.
59 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 6HA →
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.
On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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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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 46 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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