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On Norwood High Street, in West Norwood East
What it's like at SE27 9NS: every home that has sold on Norwood High Street 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). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Norwood High Street; 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.
31 of the 100 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 2, Norwood High StreetTerraced | Jun 2014 | £350,000 | 106 m² | £3,302/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Norwood High StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2026 | £1,060,000 | 92 m² | £11,522/m² | 2 |
| 4a, Norwood High StreetTerraced | Aug 2016 | £525,000 | 99 m² | £5,303/m² | 1 |
| 6, Norwood High StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2005 | £140,000 | 73 m² | £1,918/m² | 3 |
| 6a, Norwood High StreetFlat · company-owned | Jul 2004 | £100,000 | 55 m² | £1,818/m² | 3 |
| 6b, Norwood High StreetFlat | Jun 2005 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Norwood High StreetTerraced | Nov 2001 | £220,000 | 46 m² | £4,783/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is West Norwood, a few minutes' walk (50 m), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is West Norwood Station, 50 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, 468, 68, 196); 241 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 8 km away as the crow flies.
48% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Julian's School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Rosendale Primary School (1.3 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Elmgreen School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 40.1 · 11.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Kingsdale Foundation School (1.1 km) and The Charter School North Dulwich (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (7.9 km) and Wilson's School (8.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland Foods, 300 m away, with General Grocers closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Knights Hill Surgery Suite 1 (150 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Taper Time is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King's College Hospital, 3.9 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% 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: 28 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Brucan Bakery is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Great North Wood the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (26 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 124 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 82 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (65%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 63% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is St Luke's Memorial Garden, 100 m away; for exercise, West Norwood Health and Leisure Centre (250 m).
50 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.
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Dulwich and West Norwood constituency: Helen Hayes MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 18,789 (41.4%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 60%, Green Party 19%, Conservative 9%, Liberal Democrat 8%.
48 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 SE27 9NS →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 9.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 13 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 25 km.
Most households own their home, 35% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 57% 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 54 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.1% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.1% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 14.7% | 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 33 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 100 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.