BR6 7EP
Last sold £557,500 in September 2025
1, Darwin Close, Orpington
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 4 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,109 sq ft / 103 sq m
- Plot area
- about 2,200 sq ft / 200 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
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Price history in context
- Sep 2025 — £557,500 · +152.8% · 9 pts ahead of the UK market
- Oct 2002 — £220,500 · +7.6% · 15 pts behind the UK market
- Nov 2001 — £205,000 · +24.2% · 2 pts ahead of the UK market
- Aug 1999 — £165,000
What this home might be worth today
£557,000
Estimate range £529,000–£585,000
−0.1% since September 2025 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 43 nearby sales within a year · 4-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Farnborough Primary School 396m
- Holy Innocents Catholic Primary School 1.1km
- Orpington station 1.6km
- Darrick Wood 705m
- The coast (coastline) 13.6km
- Hayes Street Farm Trout Fishery 4.5km
- Pond 967m
- Croydon Canal 11.4km
- Kyd Brook 1.7km
- Public Park 298m
- Playing Field 239m
- Wisebyte 612m
- Oleander Close (Stop F) 156m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Orpington, 1.6km away
- 18 min London
- 95 min Cambridge
- 97 min Brighton
- 108 min Oxford
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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3 Newstead Wood School · Secondary · Girls 0.5 miles State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 80.2 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 96 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 39, Hilborough Way, Orpington £448,000 · 2017
- 7, Darwin Close, Orpington £581,000 · 2025
- 37, Hilborough Way, Orpington £715,000 · 2025
- 6, Darwin Close, Orpington £600,000 · 2023
- 35, Hilborough Way, Orpington £380,000 · 2006
- 9, Darwin Close, Orpington £550,000 · 2024
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Construction of front porch and part one/two storey rear extension LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Construction of summer house to rear garden. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED) Jul 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of existing garage and rear extension with construction of single storey… May 2026 source
- Undecided Loft conversion with rear dormer incorporating a Juliet balcony and 3 x front rooflights. May 2026 source
- Undecided Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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