BR3 5HA
Last sold £775,000 in June 2021
17, Downs Hill, Beckenham
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,442 sq ft / 134 sq m
- EPC rating
- B
- Elevation
- About 39m — higher than about 40% of homes in Beckenham
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Price history in context
- Jun 2021 — £775,000
What this home might be worth today
£863,000
Estimate range £819,000–£906,000
+11.3% since June 2021 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 34 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 945m
- Valley Primary School 696m
- Shortlands station 568m
- Summerhouse Hill Wood 811m
- The coast (coastline) 7.4km
- Lake 1.5km
- Elstree Spring 789m
- Croydon Canal 4.3km
- Ravensbourne River 130m
- Beckenham Place Park 517m
- Play Area 246m
- Londis 904m
- Ravensbourne Avenue / Downs Hill (->S) 62m
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 Shortlands, 568m away
- 24 min London
- 96 min Oxford
- 97 min Brighton
- 97 min Cambridge
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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Rail noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — trains are audible.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,550 hours a year — sunnier than 40% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 6% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 72 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 5, Downs Hill, Beckenham £115,000 · 1996
- 29, Downs Hill, Beckenham £162,500 · 1996
- 23, Downs Hill, Beckenham £444,000 · 2008
- 7, Downs Hill, Beckenham £380,000 · 2011
- 21, Downs Hill, Beckenham £720,000 · 2017
- 13, Downs Hill, Beckenham £800,000 · 2024
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Ash (T1) - Reduce height by 3m (from 14m to 11m) and lateral spread by 3m from (14m to… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Ash (T1) - Reduce height by 3m (from 14m to 11m) and lateral spread by 3m from (14m to… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Cypress (T1) - Fell. Jun 2026 source
- Rejected Proposed detached garage and swimming pool to rear garden with landscaping alterations.… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of existing garage and rear covered patio area. Construction of replacement… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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