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On Polesteeple Hill, in Biggin Hill West
What it's like at TN16 3TF: every home that has sold on Polesteeple Hill 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.
Sales and extensions on Polesteeple Hill; 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 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 12, Polesteeple HillTerraced | May 2010 | £202,000 | 80 m² | £2,525/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12a, Polesteeple HillTerraced | Jun 1997 | £77,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Polesteeple HillTerraced | May 2024 | £408,000 | 73 m² | £5,589/m² | 3 |
| 14a, Polesteeple HillTerraced | Jul 2026 | £350,000 | 59 m² | £5,932/m² | 1 |
| 16a, Polesteeple HillTerraced | Jan 2025 | £350,000 | 58 m² | £6,034/m² | 1 |
| 18, Polesteeple HillDetached | Aug 2007 | £443,500 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is New Addington tram stop, a drive away (5.0 km). The nearest rail station is Chelsfield, 7.4 km away, with 593k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Lebanon Gardens, 200 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 320, 464, R2); 62 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 24 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Biggin Hill Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Charles Darwin School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 38.9 · 4.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (7.1 km) and St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (8.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 350 m away, with Tiffany’s Temptations closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stock Hill Surgery (200 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Schaar is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 6.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Blue Bird Bakes is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Black Horse the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Biggin Hill Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, Downe Court RIding Centre (4.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 22 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 23 km.
Most households own their home, 9% 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.
38 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.
Bromley and Biggin Hill constituency: Peter Fortune MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 302 (0.6%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Labour 33%, Reform UK 18%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
7 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 TN16 3TF →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Polesteeple Hill in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 21 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 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.8% | 90.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 57 min
Nearest: Tonbridge Swimming Pool · about 33 min
Nearest: Gravesend town pier · about 39 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.