CR0 8TJ
Last sold £215,000 in July 2021
281, Wickham Road, Croydon
- Property type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 1 (est.)
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- Floor area
- 484 sq ft / 45 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 74m
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Price history in context
- Jul 2021 — £215,000 · +7.5% · 15 pts behind the UK market
- Jan 2016 — £200,000 · +129.9% · 34 pts ahead of the UK market
- Mar 2002 — £87,000 · +24.3% · 16 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jun 2001 — £70,000
What this home might be worth today
£251,000
Estimate range £238,000–£263,000
+16.7% since July 2021 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 55 nearby sales within a year · 1-bed (est.) flat within 1 km
The life around it
- Harris Primary Academy Benson 10-min walk crosses a major road
- St John's CofE Primary School 8-min walk crosses a major road
- Eden Park station 2.1km
- Cold Shaw 1.1km
- The coast (coastline) 11.2km
- South Norwood Country Park Lake 2.6km
- Pond 665m
- Croydon Canal 4.0km
- The Beck 1.4km
- Millers Pond 724m
- Shirley Church Recreation Ground 409m
- Co-Op Food 96m
- Peregrine Gardens (Stop W) 78m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
- 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 Eden Park, 2.1km away
- 30 min London
- 113 min Brighton
- 115 min Cambridge
- 115 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 Shirley High School Performing Arts College · Secondary 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 38.0 (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 65–69 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a main road close by.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,570 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 76 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 283, Wickham Road, Croydon £72,000 · 2001
- 279, Wickham Road, Croydon £46,000 · 1998
- 273, Wickham Road, Croydon £120,000 · 2007
- 269, Wickham Road, Croydon £46,000 · 1999
- 271, Wickham Road, Croydon £195,000 · 2019
- 11, Orchard Avenue, Croydon £495,000 · 2019
Planning activity nearby
- Rejected Replacement and relocation of 15m pole supporting 6no. antennas with 20m pole supporting… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a 3/4 -bedroom dwelling, with associated… May 2026 source
- Rejected Lawful development certificate for loft conversion and side dormer May 2026 source
- Rejected Loft conversion with side dormer Jul 2026 source
- Permitted Erection of a rear dormer with Juliette balcony including hip to gable roof and… Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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