Last sold £165,000 in February 2001

Price history in context

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• Feb 2001 — £165,000

The life around it

• Darrick Wood School 12-min walk
• Darrick Wood Junior School 12-min walk
• Orpington station 2.3km
• Darrick Wood 592m
• The coast (coastline) 13.9km
• Hayes Street Farm Trout Fishery 3.4km
• Pond 135m
• Croydon Canal 10.3km
• Kyd Brook 864m
• Broadstreet Green 503m
• Farnborough Recreation Ground 505m
• Morrisons Daily 767m
• Hilda Vale Road (Stop B) 151m

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, 2.3km 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

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 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

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: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 374 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Nearby sold homes

• 16, Royal Close, Orpington £258,000 · 2000
• 1, Royal Close, Orpington £190,000 · 2000
• 11, Royal Close, Orpington £198,000 · 2000
• 2, Royal Close, Orpington £185,000 · 2000
• 15, Royal Close, Orpington £285,000 · 2001
• 17, Royal Close, Orpington £311,500 · 2004

Planning activity nearby

• Undecided X2 Cypress trees - Reduce canopy laterally by 2.5m and height by 5m. SUBJECT TO TPO 86… Jun 2026 source
• Rejected Permission in Principle for the erection of a residential development comprising 1no… May 2026 source
• Permitted Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to… Jun 2026 source
• Permitted Roof alterations from hip to gable roof with hung tiled gable walls and rear dormer with… May 2026 source
• Undecided T2 Dead English Elm (tag 198) - Fell to ground level. T11 Ash (tag 197) - Fell. T57… Jun 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.