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On Sandycombe Road, in Kew Gardens
What it's like at TW9 3LU: every home that has sold on Sandycombe 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Sandycombe 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.
38 of the 284 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 249, Sandycombe RoadTerraced | Mar 2026 | £1,615,000 | 201 m² | £8,035/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255, Sandycombe RoadTerraced | Apr 2006 | £400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 257, Sandycombe RoadTerraced | Nov 2006 | £410,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 261, Sandycombe RoadTerraced | Aug 2001 | £325,000 | 159 m² | £2,044/m² | 2 |
| 265, Sandycombe RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £1,040,000 | 117 m² | £8,889/m² | 1 |
| 267, Sandycombe RoadOther · company-owned | Oct 2014 | £1,400,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 273, Sandycombe RoadFlat | Oct 2017 | £525,000 | 48 m² | £10,938/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, 273a, Sandycombe RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £421,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 273a, Sandycombe RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £344,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 273a, Sandycombe RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £421,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 5, 273a, Sandycombe RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £898,000 | 93 m² | £9,656/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 273a, Sandycombe RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £344,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 273b, Sandycombe RoadFlat | Dec 2013 | £440,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 277, Sandycombe RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2002 | £140,000 | 98 m² | £1,429/m² | 2 |
| 277a, Sandycombe RoadFlat | Aug 2015 | £630,000 | 93 m² | £6,774/m² | 3 |
| 281, Sandycombe RoadTerraced | Apr 2009 | £400,000 | 98 m² | £4,082/m² | 1 |
| 291, Sandycombe RoadOther · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £605,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 293a, Sandycombe RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £350,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 295, Sandycombe RoadFlat · company-owned | Jun 1999 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, 295, Sandycombe RoadFlat · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £397,000 | 43 m² | £9,233/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 297, Sandycombe RoadFlat | Jul 2015 | £380,000 | 41 m² | £9,268/m² | 6 |
| Flat 1, 297, Sandycombe RoadFlat | May 2023 | £355,000 | 43 m² | £8,256/m² | 4 |
| 297, Sandycombe RoadOther · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £310,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 301, Sandycombe RoadOther | Jan 2025 | £605,000 | 88 m² | £6,875/m² | 1 |
| The Coach House, 273a, Sandycombe RoadOther · company-owned | Sept 2017 | £1,050,000 | 30 m² | £35,000/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 68% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Kew Gardens Underground station, a few minutes' walk (300 m). The nearest rail station is Kew Gardens, 300 m away, with 1.4m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Lawn Crescent, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 110); 38 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 12 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is The King's Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 88% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Strand-on-the-Green Junior School (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 57 · 27.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Gunnersbury Catholic School (2.6 km) and Orleans Park School (3.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Tiffin Girls' School (5.6 km) and Tiffin School (7.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Richmond food centre, 750 m away, with Squires Food and Wine closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kew Medical Practice (300 m), with Kew Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Qcut is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is West Middlesex University Hospital, 2.4 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 72% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 49 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Palmyra Express is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Tap on the Line the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 76% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Kew Gardens, Kew Green).
There are 95 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 40% flats and 10% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 63% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is St Luke's Open Space, 100 m away; for exercise, Boomerang Pilates and Fitness (150 m).
48 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.
Richmond Park constituency: Sarah Olney MP (Liberal Democrat), since December 2019. 2024 general election: LD hold, majority 17,155 (32.9%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 55%, Conservative 22%, Labour 10%, Green Party 7%.
58 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 TW9 3LU →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 9.0 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 17.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 11 km away.
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 72% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Richmond, the American International University in London, 2.3 km away (TEF Bronze).
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 Richmond upon Thames 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 284 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 168 homes with certificates have solar panels, 4 a heat pump, and 20 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.1% | 87.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.8% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 3.5% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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