BR3 5JY
Last sold £405,000 in August 2005
5, Downs Road, Beckenham
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 44m — higher than about 60% of homes in Beckenham
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Price history in context
- Aug 2005 — £405,000 · +80.0% · 39 pts behind the UK market
- Mar 1999 — £225,000 · +63.0% · 33 pts ahead of the UK market
- Dec 1995 — £138,000
What this home might be worth today
£745,000
Estimate range £707,000–£782,000
+83.8% since August 2005 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 84 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green 9-min walk crosses a major road
- St Christophers The Hall School 9-min walk crosses a major road
- Beckenham Junction station 615m
- Summerhouse Hill Wood 1.1km
- The coast (coastline) 7.7km
- Lake 425m
- Pond 324m
- Croydon Canal 3.1km
- The Beck 230m
- Kelsey Park 222m
- Croydon Road Recreation Ground 635m
- The Country Store 278m
- Chancery Lane Beckenham (Stop L) 105m
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 Beckenham Junction, 615m away
- 24 min London
- 93 min Oxford
- 94 min Cambridge
- 102 min Brighton
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
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 level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 55 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 18, Downs Road, Beckenham £215,500 · 1999
- 4, Downs Road, Beckenham £369,000 · 2001
- 20, Downs Road, Beckenham £357,500 · 2002
- 8, Downs Road, Beckenham £367,500 · 2005
- 11, Downs Road, Beckenham £600,000 · 2011
- 14, Downs Road, Beckenham £800,000 · 2015
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Replacement of two existing timber windows at Flat 3, 16 Wickham Road with new uPVC… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear infill… Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Demolition of existing conservatory, conversion of garage to habitable space, elevational… May 2026 source
- Permitted Conversion and extension of existing dwelling into 5 self-contained units, including… Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to… Jul 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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