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On Whinchat Road, in Plumstead Common & Riverside
What it's like at SE28 0DP: every home that has sold on Whinchat 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.
Sales and extensions on Whinchat 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.
7 of the 50 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 140, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £337,000 | 99 m² | £3,404/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Jun 2005 | £179,900 | 101 m² | £1,781/m² | 2 |
| 148, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Aug 2001 | £91,500 | 75 m² | £1,220/m² | 1 |
| 149, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Jan 1999 | £73,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 154, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Oct 2010 | £185,500 | 101 m² | £1,837/m² | 1 |
| 157, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Oct 2021 | £395,000 | 116 m² | £3,405/m² | 3 |
| 158, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £182,500 | 92 m² | £1,984/m² | 2 |
| 162, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Jun 2005 | £152,000 | 74 m² | £2,054/m² | 3 |
| 163, Whinchat RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2023 | £470,000 | 104 m² | £4,519/m² | 1 |
| 164, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Sept 2013 | £225,000 | 105 m² | £2,143/m² | 2 |
| 165, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Mar 2021 | £360,000 | 100 m² | £3,600/m² | 2 |
| 167, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Jul 2005 | £187,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 168, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Sept 1998 | £62,500 | 93 m² | £672/m² | 1 |
| 174, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Nov 2012 | £205,000 | 101 m² | £2,030/m² | 2 |
| 175, Whinchat RoadTerraced | Feb 2003 | £153,000 | 96 m² | £1,594/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Plumstead, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 923k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Wigeon Path, 50 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 244, 380); 157 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 23% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
45% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Heronsgate Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is St Paul's Academy, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 40.4 · 5.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: London Design and Engineering UTC (2.5 km) and Ark Greenwich Free School (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (4 km) and Townley Grammar School (5.8 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Checkers Afro Caribbean Store, 450 m away, with Whinchat Chemist closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heronsgate Medical Centre (400 m), with Whinchat Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Sam's Unisex Salon is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 2.6 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Love Soup Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Plumstead Radical Club the nearest pub (800 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 88 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 46% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Gallions Park, 500 m away; for exercise, 7R Gym (800 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.1 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 2.9 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 37 km.
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.
Erith and Thamesmead constituency: Ms Abena Oppong-Asare MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 16,302 (40.4%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 55%, Reform UK 15%, Conservative 14%, Green Party 9%.
60 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 SE28 0DP →
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of East London, 1.9 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 43 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.8% | 65.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.1% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 11.8% | 26.4% | 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 47 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 50 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.