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On Longton Avenue, in Sydenham Wells
What it's like at SE26 6RE: every home that has sold on Longton 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Longton 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.
None of the 92 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 13, Longton AvenueOther | Sept 2024 | £32,000 | 85 m² | £376/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13a, Longton AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £620,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15a, Longton AvenueFlat | Dec 2011 | £230,000 | 59 m² | £3,898/m² | 1 |
| 15b, Longton AvenueFlat | Sept 1999 | £125,000 | 70 m² | £1,786/m² | 1 |
| 15b - 15c, Longton AvenueFlat | Nov 2007 | £249,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 15d, Longton AvenueFlat | Apr 2013 | £222,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17a, Longton AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £411,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17b, Longton AvenueDetached | Apr 2025 | £702,600 | 89 m² | £7,894/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 19, Longton AvenueFlat | Feb 2023 | £300,000 | 42 m² | £7,143/m² | 8 |
| Flat 4, 19, Longton AvenueFlat | Sept 2003 | £80,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 19, Longton AvenueFlat | Mar 2016 | £371,500 | 79 m² | £4,703/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 19, Longton AvenueFlat | Apr 1998 | £52,000 | 41 m² | £1,268/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 19, Longton AvenueFlat | Sept 2010 | £170,000 | 44 m² | £3,864/m² | 3 |
| 21, Longton AvenueDetached | Jun 2001 | £670,000 | 85 m² | £7,882/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 21, Longton AvenueFlat | Oct 2016 | £575,780 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat D, 21, Longton AvenueFlat | Nov 2013 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat A, 21, Longton AvenueFlat | Jan 2020 | £385,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat C, 21, Longton AvenueFlat | Nov 2013 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat B, 21, Longton AvenueFlat | Oct 2022 | £340,000 | 46 m² | £7,391/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 21, Longton AvenueFlat | Jan 2026 | £605,000 | 111 m² | £5,450/m² | 2 |
| 23, Longton AvenueDetached | Jun 2007 | £350,000 | 35 m² | £10,000/m² | 1 |
| 25, Longton AvenueDetached | May 2019 | £1,126,000 | 284 m² | £3,965/m² | 2 |
| 31, Longton AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £970,000 | 127 m² | £7,638/m² | 2 |
| 33, Longton AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2006 | £265,000 | 145 m² | £1,828/m² | 2 |
| 35, Longton AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £760,000 | 126 m² | £6,032/m² | 2 |
| 37, Longton AvenueDetached | Jun 2021 | £1,305,000 | 155 m² | £8,419/m² | 2 |
| 39, Longton AvenueDetached | Jun 2013 | £620,000 | 158 m² | £3,924/m² | 2 |
| 41, Longton AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £800,000 | 177 m² | £4,520/m² | 2 |
| 43, Longton AvenueOther | Oct 2024 | £836,000 | 162 m² | £5,160/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Sydenham Hill, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 694k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Crystal Palace Park Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 450, 122); 98 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 16% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 10 km away as the crow flies.
46% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Kelvin Grove Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 72% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St George's CofE Primary School (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Sydenham School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 50.8 · 21.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Kingsdale Foundation School (1.6 km) and Harris Girls Academy Bromley (1.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wilson's School (9 km) and Wallington County Grammar School (9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 950 m away, with High level Drive Express closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wells Park Practice (500 m), with Perfucare Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, George's Barber Shop is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 4.1 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
the Wells Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Wood house the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 14 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (68%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Sydenham Wells Park, 250 m away; for exercise, NSC Diving Pool (750 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 11 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
23 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%.
56 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 6RE →
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 16.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 28 km.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% 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 70 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.5% | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.6% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.4% | 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 37 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 92 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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