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CR8 1DB

Last sold £355,000 in January 2005

70, Riddlesdown Road, Purley

Property type
Detached
Tenure
Freehold
Elevation
About 82m

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Price history in context

  • Jan 2005 — £355,000 · +35.5% · 25 pts behind the UK market
  • Dec 2000 — £262,000 · +37.0% · 13 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Jun 1999 — £191,250
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £355,000 £191,250 1999 2005

The life around it

  • Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School 31-min walk crosses a major road
  • Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) 14-min walk crosses a major road
  • Purley station 19-min walk
  • Woodland 1.1km
  • The coast (coastline) 14.7km
  • Waddon Ponds 3.4km
  • Pond 509m
  • The Grotto Canal 4.4km
  • River Wandle 4.2km
  • Purley Beeches 781m
  • Rotary Field Recreation Ground 412m
  • Sainsbury's Local 590m
  • Montpelier Road (Stop L) 391m

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 Purley, 611m away

  • 22 min London
  • 59 min Brighton
  • 101 min Cambridge
  • 104 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 a gentle north-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 5% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 58 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Planning activity nearby

  • Permitted Conversion of garage to habitable room. Replacement of garage door with a window. Jun 2026 source
  • Permitted Non-material amendment (S96a) to planning permission ref. 25/00291/HSE for Demolition of… Apr 2026 source
  • Undecided Use of existing dwelling-house (Use Class C3a) as supported living accommodation (Use… May 2026 source
  • Permitted Alterations, demolition of existing side/front extension, swimming pool, outbuilding, and… May 2026 source
  • Rejected T1 Horse chestnut - Raise crown to 3m (measured from pavement) to give head height… Apr 2026 source

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

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