Larkin Close Coulsdon, Croydon
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (CR5), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 20502597.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £825,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 8).
- 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 E; Band D in Croydon costs £2,600 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 44% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Coulsdon South, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Bradmore Green, is about 280 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 151 to 152 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Old Coulsdon Medical Practice, about 750 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 530 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £825,000 | £825,000 | £825,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £900,000 | £900,000 | £900,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £639,950 | £639,950 | £639,950 |
| 2016 | 2 | £547,664 | £530,327 | £565,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £349,950 | £349,950 | £349,950 |
| 2007 | 1 | £460,000 | £460,000 | £460,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £328,000 | £328,000 | £328,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £274,950 | £274,950 | £274,950 |
| 1999 | 1 | £266,000 | £266,000 | £266,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £176,000 | £176,000 | £176,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 2024 | 10 CR5 2LS | Detached | £730,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 24 Mar 2022 | 4 CR5 2LS | Detached | £825,000 | |
| 26 Jan 2018 | 8 CR5 2LS | Detached | £900,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2017 | 2 CR5 2LS | Detached | £639,950 | |
| 13 Oct 2016 | 1 CR5 2LS | Detached | £565,000 | |
| 12 May 2016 | 4 CR5 2LS | Detached | £530,327 | |
| 28 May 2008 | 6 CR5 2LS | Detached | £349,950 | |
| 10 Oct 2007 | 9 CR5 2LS | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 31 Aug 2005 | 1 CR5 2LS | Detached | £328,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2003 | 1 CR5 2LS | Detached | £274,950 | |
| 16 Jul 1999 | 10 CR5 2LS | Detached | £266,000 | |
| 28 May 1997 | 1 CR5 2LS | Detached | £135,000 | |
| 27 Jan 1995 | 10 CR5 2LS | Detached | £176,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 113 m². Most common: House, detached (9). Built: 1991-1995 (6); 1983-1990 (2); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
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 E (39% of about 610 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)
- 91, Marlpit Lane: up to 9 homes, permissioned (130 m)
- 37, Fairdene Road: up to 5 homes, permissioned (860 m (0.5 miles))
- 26, Fairdene Road: up to 7 homes, permissioned (900 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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.
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 2LS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CR5 2LN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 151 m and 152 m above sea level (151 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR5 2LN | 100% | 44% | 44% | 0% |
| CR5 2LS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Coulsdon South 2.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Coulsdon Town 98,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | |
| Woodmansterne 127,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 33 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Coulsdon Rise Coulsdon South | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Kenley - Kenley Hotel | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 18.5 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Old Coulsdon Medical Practice | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Holmes Pharmacy | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Kenley Police Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Daily - Coulsdon The Parade, Coulsdon Road Cashzone | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bradmore Green 5,130 m² | 280 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Farthing Downs 50 ha | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rotherwick Rise Natural Play Space 330 m² | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Grange Park Recreation Ground 4.2 ha | 340 m |
| Allotments | Hartley Down Allotments 2.9 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 51 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St John the Evangelist, a listed building (Grade I), 670 m (0.4 miles) south-east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St John the Evangelist | Listed building, Grade I | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Regular aggregate field system, associated trackway and Anglo-Saxon barrow field on Farthing Downs, 490m east of Hooley Farm | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Surrey Iron Railway embankment, approximately 130m south west of Lion Green Road, Coulsdon | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Group of four World War II fighter pens at the former airfield of RAF Kenley | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bleakfield Shaw | Wood | 380 m north |
| Stonyfield Shaw | Wood | 530 m (0.3 miles) north |
| In Wood | Wood | 710 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Dollyper's Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Happy Valley | Valley | 1.7 km (1 mile) 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) | 9.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 11 |
1 of the street's 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis Academy Byron | Primary | 2–11 | 290 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 360 m | Requires improvement (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Keston Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| New Valley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Hayes Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Smitham Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Beaumont Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th Purley Scout Group CR5 2HD | Other catering premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Daisy Chain Preschool Old Coulsdon LLP CR5 2HD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 23 Sep 2026 |
| Old Coulsdon Centre For The Retired CR5 2LD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 31 Jan 2024 |
| Old Coulsdon Bowling Club CR5 2LD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 250 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jan 2026 |
| Brighter Horizon Homes CR5 2HF | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 290 m | 5 Very good | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Sodexo @ Oasis Academy Byron & The Mulberry Bush Pre-School CR5 2XE | School/college/university | 290 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jul 2025 |
| Oasis Academy Byron Breakfast Club CR5 2XE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 290 m | 5 Very good | 1 Feb 2022 |
| School Breakfast Club At Coulsdon C Of E Primary School CR5 1ED | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 360 m | 5 Very good | 13 Dec 2018 |
| Olive Dining At Coulsdon C Of E Primary School CR5 1ED | School/college/university | 360 m | 5 Very good | 23 Oct 2025 |
| Meadows Preschool CR5 1PE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 25 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Rossetti Gardens (4); On or near Larkin Close (3); On or near Betjeman Close (2); On or near Cherry Tree Court (2); On or near Stoneyfield Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 39% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 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) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
Shelley Close · Rossetti Gardens · Betjeman Close · Stoneyfield Road · Stanley Close · St David's · Cherry Tree Court · Hillside Road · Southlands Close · Coulsdon Rise · Bradmore Green · Marlpit 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.