BR6 7BH
Last sold £472,000 in February 2026
7, Royal Close, Orpington
- Property type
- Terraced
- Bedrooms
- 2 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 689 sq ft / 64 sq m
- Plot area
- about 1,100 sq ft / 100 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 113m — higher than about 90% of homes in Orpington
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Price history in context
- Feb 2026 — £472,000 · +109.8% · 28 pts ahead of the UK market
- Dec 2005 — £225,000 · +1.4% · 1 pts ahead of the UK market
- Aug 2005 — £222,000 · +39.6% · 32 pts behind the UK market
- Jan 2001 — £159,000
What this home might be worth today
£474,000
Estimate range £450,000–£498,000
+0.4% since February 2026 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid above the local norm at the time
vs 11 nearby sales within a year · 2-bed (est.) terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- Darrick Wood School 12-min walk
- Darrick Wood Junior School 12-min walk
- Orpington station 2.3km
- Darrick Wood 629m
- The coast (coastline) 13.9km
- Hayes Street Farm Trout Fishery 3.4km
- Pond 117m
- Croydon Canal 10.3km
- Kyd Brook 884m
- Broadstreet Green 527m
- Farnborough Recreation Ground 535m
- Morrisons Daily 773m
- Hilda Vale Road (Stop B) 133m
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
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2 Darrick Wood School · Secondary 0.3 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 50.3 — 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 2% 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: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 8, Royal Close, Orpington £415,000 · 2018
- 5, Royal Close, Orpington £420,000 · 2024
- 4, Poplar Cottages, Orpington £500,000 · 2016
- 9, Royal Close, Orpington £550,000 · 2021
- 2, Poplar Cottages, Orpington £390,000 · 2024
- 10, Royal Close, Orpington £520,000 · 2026
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.
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