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On Abbey Road, in Lesnes Abbey
What it's like at SE2 9EZ: every home that has sold on Abbey 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Abbey 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.
4 of the 22 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 468, Abbey RoadFlat | Aug 2021 | £220,000 | 45 m² | £4,889/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470, Abbey RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £195,000 | 41 m² | £4,756/m² | 1 |
| 472, Abbey RoadFlat | Aug 1999 | £38,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 474, Abbey RoadFlat | Jun 2003 | £95,000 | 43 m² | £2,209/m² | 2 |
| 478, Abbey RoadFlat | Nov 2005 | £108,000 | 39 m² | £2,769/m² | 2 |
| 480, Abbey RoadOther | Mar 2024 | £210,000 | 43 m² | £4,884/m² | 1 |
| 482, Abbey RoadFlat | Mar 1999 | £36,000 | 44 m² | £818/m² | 1 |
| 486, Abbey RoadFlat | Apr 2002 | £65,000 | 44 m² | £1,477/m² | 1 |
| 488, Abbey RoadTerraced | Oct 1997 | £34,000 | 41 m² | £829/m² | 1 |
| 490, Abbey RoadFlat | Sept 2000 | £49,500 | 41 m² | £1,207/m² | 1 |
| 494, Abbey RoadFlat | Aug 2013 | £115,000 | 41 m² | £2,805/m² | 1 |
| 496, Abbey RoadFlat | Jan 2001 | £50,000 | 44 m² | £1,136/m² | 3 |
| 498, Abbey RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2025 | £3,840,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 500, Abbey RoadOther · company-owned | Jun 2015 | £1,600,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Abbey Wood (London), a few minutes' walk (200 m), with 11.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Tottenham Court Road.
The nearest bus stop is Abbey Wood / Florence Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 301, SL3, 229, 469); 244 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 11% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (17 by car).
Central London is 18 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Boxgrove Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Thomas More Catholic Primary School (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Harris Garrard Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 48.1 · 9.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Riverside School (4.7 km) and Ark Greenwich Free School (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (3.2 km) and Townley Grammar School (3.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 400 m away, with Morrisons Daily closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lakeside Medical (800 m), with Brownes Chemist the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Isma Studios is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 5.8 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Taj Mahal is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Abbey Arms the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 58% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Lesnes Abbey Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.5 µg/m³).
29 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%.
35 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 SE2 9EZ →
For holidays, London City is 6.5 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 41 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is University of East London, 4.6 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Abbey Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 14 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 10 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.5% | 88.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.5% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 2.4% | 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.
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Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 45 min
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