BR3 5HA
Last sold £444,000 in September 2008
23, Downs Hill, Beckenham
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Sep 2008 — £444,000
What this home might be worth today
£758,000
Estimate range £720,000–£796,000
+70.8% since September 2008 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 54 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 956m
- Valley Primary School 685m
- Shortlands station 556m
- Summerhouse Hill Wood 823m
- The coast (coastline) 7.4km
- Lake 1.5km
- Elstree Spring 792m
- Croydon Canal 4.3km
- Ravensbourne River 129m
- Beckenham Place Park 528m
- Play Area 234m
- Londis 901m
- Ravensbourne Avenue / Downs Hill (->S) 53m
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, 556m 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
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.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 76 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 29, Downs Hill, Beckenham £162,500 · 1996
- 7, Downs Hill, Beckenham £380,000 · 2011
- 5, Downs Hill, Beckenham £115,000 · 1996
- 13, Downs Hill, Beckenham £800,000 · 2024
- 17, Downs Hill, Beckenham £775,000 · 2021
- 21, Downs Hill, Beckenham £720,000 · 2017
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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