BR5 1HW
Last sold £495,000 in February 2015
3, Abbots Close, Orpington
- Property type
- Bungalow
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 893 sq ft / 83 sq m
- EPC rating
- E
- Elevation
- About 88m — higher than about 70% of homes in Orpington
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Price history in context
- Feb 2015 — £495,000
What this home might be worth today
£760,000
Estimate range £722,000–£798,000
+53.6% since February 2015 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 36 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) bungalow within 1 km
The life around it
- Newstead Wood School 1.1km
- Crofton Junior School 647m
- Orpington station 1.1km
- Woodland 242m
- The coast (coastline) 12.4km
- Hayes Street Farm Trout Fishery 3.4km
- Pond 1.1km
- Croydon Canal 10.3km
- Kyd Brook 569m
- Public Park 528m
- Petts Wood Recreation Ground 463m
- Morrisons Daily 472m
- St Thomas Drive (Stop Cf) 247m
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, 1.1km 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 0.7 miles State Ofsted Outstanding Attainment 8: 80.2 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
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: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 39 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 4, Abbots Close, Orpington £335,000 · 2009
- 5, Abbots Close, Orpington £520,000 · 2007
- 7, Abbots Close, Orpington £350,000 · 2009
- 10, Abbots Close, Orpington £353,500 · 2011
- 15, Abbots Close, Orpington £470,000 · 2011
- 2, Abbots Close, Orpington £367,500 · 2012
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted T1 Reduce Oak from 17h n6 e6 s8 w8 to 13h n5 e5 s5 w6 SUBJECT TO TPO 161 (27.10.1982) May 2026 source
- Undecided Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of Single storey rear/side infill… May 2026 source
- Rejected Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m,… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Conversion of garage to habitable space, elevational and roof alterations May 2026 source
- Permitted Hip to gable loft conversion comprising rear dormer with rooflights to front. LAWFUL… May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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