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On Lock Chase, in Blackheath Village
What it's like at SE3 9HA: every home that has sold on Lock Chase 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lock Chase; 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 45 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Lock ChaseSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £900,000 | 119 m² | £7,563/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Lock ChaseFlat | May 2013 | £455,000 | 86 m² | £5,291/m² | 1 |
| 8, Lock ChaseFlat | Aug 2015 | £690,000 | 82 m² | £8,415/m² | 2 |
| 10, Lock ChaseFlat | Apr 2006 | £315,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Lock ChaseFlat | Jul 2026 | £690,000 | 88 m² | £7,841/m² | 2 |
| 14, Lock ChaseFlat | Jan 2010 | £330,000 | 93 m² | £3,548/m² | 1 |
| 18, Lock ChaseSemi-detached | Apr 2010 | £900,000 | 184 m² | £4,891/m² | 1 |
| 20, Lock ChaseSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £1,390,000 | 150 m² | £9,267/m² | 2 |
| 24, Lock ChaseSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £1,500,000 | 104 m² | £14,423/m² | 1 |
| 26, Lock ChaseSemi-detached | Sept 2004 | £495,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 28, Lock ChaseFlat | Jul 2000 | £220,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Lock ChaseFlat | Mar 2025 | £540,350 | 82 m² | £6,590/m² | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 32, Lock ChaseFlat | Jul 2017 | £660,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Lock ChaseFlat | Jan 2009 | £375,000 | 80 m² | £4,688/m² | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 36, Lock ChaseFlat | Aug 1997 | £135,150 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Lock ChaseFlat | Jun 2017 | £690,000 | 94 m² | £7,340/m² | 1 |
| 38, Lock ChaseFlat | Jun 2018 | £600,000 | 87 m² | £6,897/m² | 4 |
| 40, Lock ChaseFlat | Jan 2021 | £645,000 | 93 m² | £6,935/m² | 1 |
| 46, Lock ChaseFlat | Jan 2021 | £620,000 | 86 m² | £7,209/m² | 1 |
| 50, Lock ChaseFlat | Feb 2001 | £200,000 | 87 m² | £2,299/m² | 1 |
| 52, Lock ChaseFlat | Sept 2002 | £295,000 | 89 m² | £3,315/m² | 3 |
| 54, Lock ChaseFlat | Jan 2007 | £340,000 | 87 m² | £3,908/m² | 2 |
| Upper Floor Flat, 56, Lock ChaseFlat | May 1999 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 66, Lock ChaseFlat | Jan 2012 | £437,500 | 109 m² | £4,014/m² | 2 |
| 72, Lock ChaseFlat | May 2025 | £675,000 | 92 m² | £7,337/m² | 2 |
| 76, Lock ChaseDetached | Mar 2016 | £1,410,000 | 129 m² | £10,930/m² | 1 |
| 78, Lock ChaseSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £730,000 | 167 m² | £4,371/m² | 2 |
| 80, Lock ChaseSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £1,511,000 | 175 m² | £8,634/m² | 2 |
| 84, Lock ChaseSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £1,330,030 | 145 m² | £9,173/m² | 2 |
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: 54% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Blackheath, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Blackheath Hospital, 200 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 108, 54, 89); 110 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 15% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 10 km away as the crow flies.
48% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Margaret's Lee CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is John Ball Primary School (0.3 km), with 6 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is St Matthew Academy, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 47.2 · 11% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Church of England School, Lewisham (1 km) and Leigh Academy Blackheath (2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bexley Grammar School (7.1 km) and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (7.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Blackheath food centre, 700 m away, with VK Corner Shop closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lee Road Surgery (250 m), with Lewisham Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Champions Barber Shop is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 2.1 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: 30 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Medirest Healthcare Compass Group is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Dacre Arm's the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 193 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 72% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Blackheath).
There are 75 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (68%).
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
49 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 135, Lee Park Se3 | II | 120 m |
| 137, Lee Park Se3 | II | 120 m |
| 123-133, Lee Park Se3 | II | 130 m |
| 139-143, Lee Park Se3 | II | 130 m |
| 258-264, Dacre Park Se13 | II | 140 m |
| 73-87, Dacre Park Se13 | II | 150 m |
| 119 and 121, Lee Park Se3 | II | 150 m |
| 266, Dacre Park Se13 | II | 160 m |
| 111 and 113, Dacre Park Se13 | II | 170 m |
| 115 and 117, Dacre Park Se13 | II | 180 m |
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.
Lewisham North constituency: Vicky Foxcroft MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,782 (35.7%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 58%, Green Party 22%, Liberal Democrat 7%, Conservative 6%.
78 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 SE3 9HA →
The nearest park is Manor House Gardens, 650 m away; for exercise, Base 13 (350 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 13 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 18.2 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 5.4 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 32 km.
Most households own their home, 35% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 60% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Greenwich, 2.6 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
On this street: 0 of 28 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 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.7% | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.1% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.9% | 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.
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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 45 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 37 min
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