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BR3 5HX

Last sold £1,425,500 in November 2025

8, Downs Bridge Road, Beckenham

Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
5 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,572 sq ft / 146 sq m
Plot area
about 5,400 sq ft / 500 sq m
EPC rating
E
Elevation
About 57m

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Price history in context

  • Nov 2025 — £1,425,500 · +37.1% · 6 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Feb 2018 — £1,040,000 · +91.5% · 58 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Apr 2011 — £543,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £1,425,500 £543,000 2011 2025

The life around it

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School 17-min walk
  • St Christophers The Hall School 9-min walk crosses a major road
  • Shortlands station 10-min walk crosses a major road
  • Summerhouse Hill Wood 854m
  • The coast (coastline) 7.6km
  • Lake 1.2km
  • Elstree Spring 1.1km
  • Croydon Canal 4.0km
  • Ravensbourne River 418m
  • Beckenham Place Park 674m
  • Play Area 342m
  • The Country Store 737m
  • Albemarle Road (Stop N) 135m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 71% of premises — not all
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 71% of premises — not all
  • 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 Shortlands, 657m away

  • 24 min London
  • 96 min Oxford
  • 97 min Brighton
  • 97 min Cambridge

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-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 86 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Planning activity nearby

  • Undecided Hip to gable loft conversion with front roof lights and rear dormer May 2026 source
  • Permitted Demolition of garage. Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and… Apr 2026 source
  • Permitted Demolition of existing garage and rear covered patio area. Construction of replacement… Apr 2026 source
  • Rejected Proposed detached garage and swimming pool to rear garden with landscaping alterations.… Apr 2026 source
  • Rejected Demolition of rear extension. Garage rebuilt with pitched roof and conversion into… Apr 2026 source

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

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