Andrews Close Orpington, Bromley
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (BR5), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 20300998.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £315,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Bromley costs £2,140 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is St Mary Cray, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, River Cray Water Meadows, is about 230 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 51 to 55 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Broomwood Health Centre, about 800 m (0.5 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 700 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 90 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £315,000 | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | £212,000 | £210,250 | £238,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £177,500 | £177,500 | £177,500 |
| 2003 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £112,000 | £112,000 | £112,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £74,000 | £74,000 | £74,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £83,000 | £83,000 | £83,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £68,500 | £68,500 | £68,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 2020 | 6 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £315,000 | |
| 10 Oct 2013 | 4 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £238,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2013 | 8 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £210,250 | |
| 22 Mar 2013 | 10 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £212,000 | |
| 19 Jan 2007 | 10 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £195,000 | |
| 16 Apr 2004 | 7 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £177,500 | |
| 26 Nov 2003 | 6 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £170,000 | |
| 30 Mar 2001 | 7 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £112,000 | |
| 9 Apr 1999 | 9 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £74,000 | |
| 22 Jul 1997 | 10 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £83,000 | |
| 31 Aug 1995 | 10 BR5 3JT | Semi-detached | £68,500 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 58 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (5). Built: 1930-1949 (4); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Bromley in 2026-27: Band D £2,140 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,427 | £1,664 | £1,902 | £2,140 | £2,616 | £3,091 | £3,567 | £4,280 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (58% of about 720 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 11 September 2026: LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY, Highway repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
Groundwater flooding is possible in 2 of these postcodes: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BR5 3JT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
| BR5 3JH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 51 m and 55 m above sea level (53 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR5 3JH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BR5 3JT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | St Mary Cray 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Petts Wood 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Swanley 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 21 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chalk Pit Avenue St Mary Cray | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Albany Park - Footscray Lane Sidcup | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Woolwich Arsenal Pier | 11.1 km (6.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Car Park at Rear of Templegate House | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 12.5 km (7.8 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 35.2 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Broomwood Health Centre | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osbon Pharmacy | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup Elective Surgical Hub | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Sidcup Police Station | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Premier Cashzone | 200 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest River Cray Water Meadows 3.2 ha | 230 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | St Pauls Cray Hill Country Park 31 ha | 370 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,310 m² | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 360 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 35 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Paulinus, a listed building (Grade II*), 190 m north-west. 14 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Paulinus | Listed building, Grade II* | 190 m north-west |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Ruxley old church | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Romano-British masonry building and Saxon cemetery, Fordcroft, Orpington | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Scadbury Manor moated site and fishponds | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Priory Gardens, Orpington | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Foots Cray Place | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Garland Hill | Hill | 420 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Highlands Wood | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Hockenden Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Ruxley Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| The Warren | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Rush Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the street's 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Bromley: see them on the Bromley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Gray's Farm Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 900 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Leesons Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Manor Oak Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Kemnal Technology College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| St. Mary Cray Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Poverest Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Midfield Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Supermarket & Post Office - Main Road St Pauls Cray BR5 3HG | Retailers - other | 190 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 1 Oct 2025 |
| Leaf And Latte BR5 3HG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 5 Very good | 4 Mar 2025 |
| Mr Chippy BR5 3HG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 200 m | 5 Very good | 27 Jun 2025 |
| Butterfly Jerk BR5 3HG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 200 m | 5 Very good | 1 Oct 2025 |
| Valley Stores BR5 3HG | Retailers - other | 210 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 16 Jan 2026 |
| Riverside School BR5 3HS | School/college/university | 270 m | 5 Very good | 4 Feb 2025 |
| Twixus Child Care Centre BR5 3SZ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 330 m | 5 Very good | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Tesco Express BR5 3AQ | Retailers - other | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 Aug 2025 |
| St Pauls Cray Church Of England Primary School BR5 3WD | School/college/university | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Nov 2025 |
| Shelly Tots Pre-school BR5 3WD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Home Bargains BR5 3SR | Retailers - other | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Jun 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 30 |
| Vehicle crime | 22 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 14 |
| Public order | 6 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Main Road (14); On or near Calvin Close (14); On or near Martins Close (14); On or near Ethelbert Road (12); On or near The Landway (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 14% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 20% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | under 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Paulinus Close · Warnham Grove · Ethelbert Road · Georges Close · Beaufort Place · Cascade Close · Martins Close · Calvin Close · Whitefield Close · Gardiner Close · Chalk Pit Avenue · Chapmans Lane
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.