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On Widecombe Road, in Mottingham
What it's like at SE9 4HQ: every home that has sold on Widecombe 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Widecombe 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.
5 of the 58 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £647,000 | 81 m² | £7,988/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Widecombe RoadSemi-detached | May 2003 | £157,500 | 78 m² | £2,019/m² | 1 |
| 4, Widecombe RoadFlat | Jun 2023 | £395,000 | 78 m² | £5,064/m² | 2 |
| 5, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £350,000 | 70 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
| 5a, Widecombe RoadDetached | Apr 2007 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Oct 2011 | £178,000 | 66 m² | £2,697/m² | 1 |
| 8, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Mar 2019 | £385,000 | 86 m² | £4,477/m² | 4 |
| 14, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Dec 2016 | £318,000 | 67 m² | £4,746/m² | 1 |
| 16, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Aug 2003 | £148,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Widecombe RoadTerraced | May 2009 | £174,000 | 81 m² | £2,148/m² | 3 |
| 28, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Nov 2008 | £167,000 | 69 m² | £2,420/m² | 1 |
| 34, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Jul 2019 | £311,000 | 72 m² | £4,319/m² | 1 |
| 36, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £360,000 | 69 m² | £5,217/m² | 4 |
| 42, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Mar 2003 | £145,000 | 85 m² | £1,706/m² | 1 |
| 48, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £377,000 | 64 m² | £5,891/m² | 1 |
| 50, Widecombe RoadTerraced | Apr 2011 | £239,000 | 112 m² | £2,134/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Mottingham, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 1.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Mottingham Road / Ravensworth Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 126, 124, 161, 638); 165 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 14% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 15 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Orion Ravensworth, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 41% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 60.6 · 26% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Greenwich (2.3 km) and Bonus Pastor Catholic College (3.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (4.4 km) and Bexley Grammar School (5.3 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 550 m away; Londis (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Doctor's Surgery (600 m), with The Mound Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Harpers is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Lewisham, 5.0 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
St Edward's Church Lunch Club and Food Bank is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 131 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 59% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Wynford Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Bone's Gym (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 8.2 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 35 km.
42 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Geffery' s Homes (Almshouses) | II | 120 m |
| Pair of Wrought Iron Gates at Geffrey'S Homes (Almshouses) | II | 150 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.
Eltham and Chislehurst constituency: Clive Efford MP (Labour), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,429 (18.5%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 16%, Green Party 7%.
17 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 SE9 4HQ →
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bromley since 2011.
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 58 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 44 min
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On this street: 0 of 47 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 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.9% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.4% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 2.1% | 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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