BR3 5HD
Last sold £610,000 in May 2002
71, Downs Hill, Beckenham
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 64m — higher than about 90% of homes in Beckenham
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Price history in context
- May 2002 — £610,000 · +165.2% · 73 pts ahead of the UK market
- Mar 1996 — £230,000
What this home might be worth today
£1,644,000
Estimate range £1,562,000–£1,726,000
+169.5% since May 2002 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 80 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 13-min walk
- St Christophers The Hall School 15-min walk crosses a major road
- Ravensbourne station 288m
- Summerhouse Hill Wood 398m
- The coast (coastline) 7.1km
- Lake 1.4km
- Pond 741m
- Croydon Canal 3.9km
- Ravensbourne River 366m
- Beckenham Place Park 219m
- Playing Field 374m
- The Country Store 787m
- Downs Hill / The Avenue (->N) 24m
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, 288m 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
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 north-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 2% 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: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 77, Downs Hill, Beckenham £635,000 · 2001
- 73, Downs Hill, Beckenham £395,000 · 2001
- 67, Downs Hill, Beckenham £820,000 · 2011
- 69, Downs Hill, Beckenham £800,000 · 2011
- 79, Downs Hill, Beckenham £845,000 · 2011
- 75, Downs Hill, Beckenham £1,290,000 · 2022
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted T1 Weeping Willow - Re-Pollard back to previous pollard points. Mar 2026 source
- Undecided Beech hedge - Reduce by approximately 3m back to its last reduction point. Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Single storey rear extension LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED) Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Single storey side extension to provide a downstairs WC and relocated front door Jun 2026 source
- Permitted T2 & T3 Pine trees - Fell. May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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