CR0 8DJ
Last sold £325,000 in June 2004
486, Wickham Road, Croydon
- Property type
- Terraced
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 66m — higher than about 70% of homes in Croydon
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Price history in context
- Jun 2004 — £325,000 · +100.6% · 1 pts behind the UK market
- Dec 1998 — £162,000
What this home might be worth today
£651,000
Estimate range £618,000–£683,000
+100.2% since June 2004 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 66 nearby sales within a year · terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- Harris Primary Academy Benson 17-min walk crosses a major road
- Orchard Way Primary School 14-min walk crosses a major road
- Eden Park station 1.7km
- Cold Shaw 831m
- The coast (coastline) 11.1km
- South Norwood Country Park Lake 2.6km
- Millers Pond 431m
- Croydon Canal 4.1km
- The Beck 897m
- Millers Pond 385m
- Parkfields 156m
- Co-Op Food 600m
- Langland Gardens (Cr0) (Stop E) 55m
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 Eden Park, 1.7km 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 Orchard Park High School · Secondary 0.5 miles State Attainment 8: 49.7 — top 40% nationally (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: 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 — 81 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 474, Wickham Road, Croydon £122,950 · 1997
- 496, Wickham Road, Croydon £390,000 · 2005
- 490, Wickham Road, Croydon £385,000 · 2010
- 478, Wickham Road, Croydon £580,000 · 2025
- 480, Wickham Road, Croydon £650,000 · 2021
- 482, Wickham Road, Croydon £800,000 · 2025
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Hip-to-gable roof extension and loft conversion, including the construction of a rear… May 2026 source
- Permitted Erection of two storey side and rear extensions, single storey front, side and rear… May 2026 source
- Undecided The application seeks a variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) attached to planning… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted The installation of replacement white internally illuminated "McDonald's" letterset, on… Apr 2026 source
- Rejected Replacement and relocation of 15m pole supporting 6no. antennas with 20m pole supporting… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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