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BR3 5ET

Last sold £950,000 in February 2026

47, Downs Hill, Beckenham

Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
7 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
2,067 sq ft / 192 sq m
Plot area
about 11,800 sq ft / 1,100 sq m
EPC rating
E
Elevation
About 54m — higher than about 90% of homes in Beckenham

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Price history in context

  • Feb 2026 — £950,000 · +265.4% · 37 pts behind the UK market
  • Nov 1998 — £260,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £950,000 £260,000 1998 2026

The life around it

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School 14-min walk
  • St Christophers The Hall School 12-min walk crosses a major road
  • Ravensbourne station 524m
  • Summerhouse Hill Wood 687m
  • The coast (coastline) 7.4km
  • Lake 1.3km
  • Elstree Spring 914m
  • Croydon Canal 4.0km
  • Ravensbourne River 288m
  • Beckenham Place Park 506m
  • Play Area 400m
  • The Country Store 796m
  • Downs Bridge Road (->W) 110m

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 Ravensbourne, 524m away

  • 27 min London
  • 100 min Brighton
  • 105 min Cambridge
  • 105 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

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 south-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 4% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

  • In the Downs Hill, Beckenham conservation area — external changes usually need consent.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 86 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • 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
  • Undecided Beech hedge - Reduce by approximately 3m back to its last reduction point. Jun 2026 source
  • Undecided Hip to gable loft conversion with front roof lights and rear dormer May 2026 source
  • Permitted Demolition of garage. Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and… Apr 2026 source

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

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