Farthing Way Coulsdon, Croydon
23 addresses across 3 postcodes (CR5), about 260 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 20503115.
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 C; Band D in Croydon costs £2,600 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 4% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Coulsdon South, about 380 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 400 m (0.2 miles) away, and Farthing Downs (50 hectares) is about 510 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 84 to 87 m above sea level.
- Noise: 24 of its 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bramley Avenue Surgery, about 520 m (0.3 miles) away.
- People: About 360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 55% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 154 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often shoplifting.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Croydon in 2026-27: Band D £2,600 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,733 | £2,022 | £2,311 | £2,600 | £3,178 | £3,755 | £4,333 | £5,200 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (44% of about 1,450 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Marshalls Yard, 55, Edward Road: up to 9 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- Rear Of 41 To 43, Chipstead Valley Road: up to 10 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- 41 Chipstead Valley Road: up to 5 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- 41 Chipstead Valley Road: up to 10 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- 41 Chipstead Valley Road: up to 5 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- Plumb Centre, Station Approach Road: up to 5 homes, permissioned (260 m)
- Waitrose, 110-112 Brighton Road: up to 90 homes, not permissioned (310 m)
- Waitrose, 110-112 Brighton Road: up to 90 homes, not permissioned (310 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 9 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CR5 2AR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CR5 2NR | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 0 / 6 | possible |
| CR5 2NS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | possible |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 84 m and 87 m above sea level (85 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR5 2AR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CR5 2NR | 4% | 4% | 4% | 0% |
| CR5 2NS | 96% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Coulsdon South 2.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 380 m |
| Coulsdon Town 98,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 390 m | |
| Woodmansterne 127,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 53 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Coulsdon Library | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Kenley - Kenley Hotel | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 19.3 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bramley Avenue Surgery | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Infohealth Pharmacy | 210 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 149 Brighton Road (Dental Practice) | 100 m |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Kenley Police Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 110 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.5 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Farthing Downs 50 ha | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 130 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Coulsdon Memorial Recreation Ground 4.1 ha | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Smitham Allotments 7,310 m² | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 54 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Surrey Iron Railway embankment, approximately 130m south west of Lion Green Road, Coulsdon, a scheduled monument, 270 m west. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Surrey Iron Railway embankment, approximately 130m south west of Lion Green Road, Coulsdon | Scheduled monument | 270 m west |
| Regular aggregate field system, associated trackway and Anglo-Saxon barrow field on Farthing Downs, 490m east of Hooley Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) south |
| Promenade de Verdun Memorial Landscape | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Scrub Shaw | Wood | 390 m east |
| Twiners Shaw | Wood | 620 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Dunstan's Wood | Wood | 660 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Dollyper's Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Happy Valley | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south |
| Elmore Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 1 |
| 65 to 69 | 4 | 12 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 8 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 3 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 0 |
24 of the street's 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 24 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
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 Croydon: see them on the Croydon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smitham Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 430 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 600 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Oasis Academy Byron | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woodcote Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Woodcote High School | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Beaumont Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Requires improvement (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| New Valley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Arcos CR5 2NH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 100 m | 5 Very good | 13 Dec 2025 |
| Thirstywork CR5 2NH | Retailers - other | 100 m | 4 Good | 27 Jun 2025 |
| Aldi Stores Limited CR5 2NH | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 100 m | 5 Very good | 28 Sep 2015 |
| Kenitos Coulsdon CR5 2NH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 100 m | 5 Very good | 30 Mar 2025 |
| Best Save Food & Wine Store CR5 2NF | Retailers - other | 120 m | 4 Good | 15 Jul 2026 |
| The Coulsdon Comrades Club CR5 2NF | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 20 May 2025 |
| Wood And Stone CR5 2NF | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 120 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 27 Sep 2025 |
| Mei Gourmet CR5 2NF | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 120 m | 5 Very good | 7 Apr 2026 |
| Flame Bite, Eugreeka!,Bao&Bowls,choco Charm Dessert,LEB+NÖM CR5 2NE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 160 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 25 Jul 2025 |
| Chicken Valley CR5 2NE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 160 m | 5 Very good | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Bengal Bliss CR5 2NE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 160 m | 4 Good | 1 Aug 2025 |
| Cozy Glow CR5 2NE | Retailers - other | 160 m | 5 Very good | 15 May 2026 |
| Cake Forest CR5 2RB | Retailers - other | 180 m | 5 Very good | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Star Mart CR5 2RB | Retailers - other | 180 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 28 Mar 2026 |
| DD's Cafe CR5 2RB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 180 m | 4 Good | 11 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 53 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 34 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 24 |
| Vehicle crime | 9 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 6 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (71); On or near Lion Green Road (30); On or near Parking Area (12); On or near Farthing Way (12); On or near Station Approach (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 70% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 26% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 9% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 17% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 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
- CR5 2AR: 20 addresses of 30 in the postcode
- CR5 2NR: 2 addresses of 44 in the postcode
- CR5 2NS: 1 address of 37 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Station Approach · Edward Road · Brighton Road · Redlands · Lion Green Road · Victoria Road · Cane Hill Drive · Malcolm Road · Station Approach Road · Iron Railway Close · Leaden Hill · Deepfield Way
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.