Nursery Close Swanley, Sevenoaks

27 addresses across 2 postcodes (BR8), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 34300805.

  • Sales: 47 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £253,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Sevenoaks cost £535,810 in August 2026 (+0.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,828 a month.
  • Energy: 17 homes have an energy certificate (C: 11, D: 5, E: 1).
  • Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Sevenoaks costs £2,522 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Swanley, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: There is a small park or garden about 380 m away, and Swanley Park (17 hectares) is about 630 m (0.4 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 68 to 70 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 1 of its 27 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Swanley Medical Practice, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
  • People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 52 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20231£253,000£253,000£253,000
20221£260,000£260,000£260,000
20212£246,500£238,000£255,000
20201£222,500£222,500£222,500
20192£250,000£250,000£250,000
20181£237,500£237,500£237,500
20172£200,000£175,000£225,000
20151£182,000£182,000£182,000
20141£135,000£135,000£135,000
20133£123,000£120,000£153,400
20113£145,000£130,000£157,995
20091£149,995£149,995£149,995
All 47 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
30 Jun 20041 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£135,000Leasehold.
6 Nov 20021 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£96,000Leasehold.
28 Apr 20132 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£123,000Leasehold.
6 Oct 20032 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£126,000Leasehold.
17 May 20022 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£90,000Leasehold.
28 Apr 20002 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£68,000Leasehold.
10 Nov 20063 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£149,995Leasehold.
3 Jan 20074 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£117,000Leasehold.
12 May 20115 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£130,000Leasehold.
18 Dec 20206 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£222,500Leasehold.
28 Jun 20197 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£250,000Leasehold.
2 Feb 20077 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£160,000Leasehold.
3 Sep 20047 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£140,000Leasehold.
5 Apr 20027 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£89,995Leasehold.
12 Oct 20007 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£74,250Leasehold.
1 Aug 20088 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£117,000Leasehold.
20 Jun 20078 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£131,000Leasehold.
25 Jun 20219 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£255,000Leasehold.
21 Nov 20039 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£125,000Leasehold.
7 Jan 201110 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£157,995Leasehold.
23 May 200311 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£112,500Leasehold.
10 Feb 200612 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£147,000Leasehold.
14 Apr 202113 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£238,000Leasehold.
6 Dec 201313 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£120,000Leasehold.
1 Mar 202214 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£260,000Leasehold.
6 Nov 200914 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£149,995Leasehold.
26 May 200614 BR8 7HHSemi-detached£154,000Leasehold.
12 Jul 201716 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£225,000Leasehold.
17 Nov 200616 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£154,000Leasehold.
5 Apr 200216 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£92,500Leasehold.
11 Jun 199716 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£54,000Leasehold.
7 Nov 201717 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£175,000Leasehold.
1 Aug 202318 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£253,000Leasehold.
22 Oct 199918 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£66,995Leasehold.
12 Jul 201820 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£237,500Leasehold.
18 Jun 201420 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£135,000Leasehold.
25 Nov 201921 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£250,000Leasehold.
14 Oct 201121 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£145,000Leasehold.
21 Dec 200621 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£155,000Leasehold.
2 Nov 199921 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£64,500Leasehold.
22 May 199621 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£50,250Leasehold.
11 Feb 201522 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£182,000Leasehold.
11 Sep 200322 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£118,000Leasehold.
17 Nov 201723 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£245,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
31 Oct 201323 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£153,400Leasehold.
25 Jun 200124 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£73,000Leasehold.
25 Nov 199724 BR8 7HHFlat or maisonette£54,000Leasehold.

House prices and rents in Sevenoaks

A typical home in Sevenoaks cost £535,810 in August 2026, 0.4% more than a year before. That is 14% more than five years earlier and 29% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£1,004,668
Semi-detached£534,514
Terraced£425,197
Flat or maisonette£278,604
Bought by a first-time buyer£405,786

Private renters in Sevenoaks paid £1,828 a month on average in September 2026, 6.9% more than a year before. That is 30% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£1,278
Two bedrooms£1,596
Three bedrooms£1,948
Four or more bedrooms£2,985

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from February 2010 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 63 m². Most common: Maisonette, semi-detached (13); Flat (3); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (8); 1967-1975 (7); 2007-2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (9); rented (private) (4).

Each home's certificates and sales (17 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 9,879 kWh of it on average in 2024, 12% less than the district's 11,197 kWh, and 2,880 kWh of electricity, 18% less than the district's 3,527 kWh. There are gas meters for about 97% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
BR8 7HH281,759 kWh 277,035 kWh
BR8 7HG94,004 kWh 916,712 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is BR8.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Sevenoaks in 2026-27: Band D £2,522 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,682£1,962£2,242£2,522£3,083£3,643£4,204£5,045

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (52% of about 610 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 2 October 2026 to 6 October 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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.

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.

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 27 addresses are between 68 m and 70 m above sea level (69 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
BR8 7HG100%100%100%0%
BR8 7HH100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsSwanley 1.5 million journeys in 2024–251.1 km (0.7 miles)
St Mary Cray 1.3 million journeys in 2024–253.9 km (2.4 miles)
Bexley 1.1 million journeys in 2024–254.3 km (2.7 miles)
Bus stops10 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 25 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Walnut Way Swanley130 m
Bus or coach stationAlbany Park - Hurst Road/Valentine Avenue Sidcup4.5 km (2.8 miles)
Ferry terminalWoolwich Arsenal Pier12.1 km (7.5 miles)
Car parksApcoa1.1 km (0.7 miles)
EV charging points2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swanley Civic Centre Car Park1 km (0.6 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon City Airport LCY13.6 km (8.5 miles)
Nearest large airportLondon Gatwick Airport LGW37.2 km (23 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swanley Medical Practice Good Dec 20181.1 km (0.7 miles)
Pharmacies3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swanley Pharmacy1.1 km (0.7 miles)
NHS dentists4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest White Oak Dental Practice550 m (0.3 miles)
HospitalQueen Mary's Hospital Sidcup Elective Surgical Hub Good Mar 20184.6 km (2.8 miles)
Care homesEmerson Grange Good Dec 20221.8 km (1.1 miles)
Police stationSwanley Police Station810 m (0.5 miles)
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Highway Stops - Swanley Cashzone220 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,630 m²380 m
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Swanley Park 17 ha630 m (0.4 miles)
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 300 m²400 m (0.2 miles)
Playing fieldUnnamed 3.3 ha1 km (0.6 miles)
AllotmentsUnnamed 1,250 m²1.1 km (0.7 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 18 hectares in all.

Landmarks

2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Windmill Hill WoodWood730 m (0.5 miles) south
Bourne WoodWood1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west
Tile Kilns WoodWood1.3 km (0.8 miles) south
Hook SpringWood1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west
Great MountHill2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east
Swanley BottomValley3.2 km (2 miles) north-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)11.64010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.9205
Particles (PM10)12.84015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5910
Under 552627

1 of the street's 27 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 Sevenoaks: see them on the Sevenoaks page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 5 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Horizon Primary AcademyPrimary4–11740 m (0.5 miles) No published inspection 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 23% at the higher standard (2025; 82% in 2024 and 86% in 2023)
Orchards AcademySecondary11–18890 m (0.6 miles) No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 38.3 (41.3 in 2025 and 40.9 in 2024); 27.4% grade 5+ in English and maths
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary2–111 km (0.6 miles) Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 59% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 39% in 2024 and 42% in 2023)
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley Roman CatholicPrimary5–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection None published
High Firs Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.5 km (0.9 miles) Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 54% in 2023)
Downsview Community Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.8 km (1.1 miles) Report card (Dec 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 37% in 2023)
Crockenhill Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.9 km (1.2 miles) No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement 41% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 47% in 2023)
Hextable Primary SchoolPrimary4–112 km (1.2 miles) No published inspection 66% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 74% in 2024 and 60% in 2023)

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

7 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 740 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Oaks Day Nursery BR8 7BT Full day care 39 Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 740 m (0.5 miles)
The Birches Nursery BR8 7YL Full day care 125 Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 950 m (0.6 miles)
West Hill Life Ltd BR8 7BU Out-of-school day care 20 Not inspected yet 1 km (0.6 miles)
Bright Sparks Pre-School BR8 7AY Sessional day care 40 Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 miles)
Hextable Village Pre-School BR8 7LT Sessional day care 26 Good (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Ab Day Nursery BR8 8ES Full day care 24 Feb 2026: Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 2 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Footscray OSC High Firs BR8 8NR Out-of-school day care 30 Not inspected yet 1.5 km (0.9 miles)

Ofsted also registers 757 childminders and 217 home childcarers (nannies) in Kent. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 5 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Rainbow Inn BR8 7HBRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen120 m5 Very good18 Nov 2025
The Bull Beefeater BR8 7QDRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen370 m4 Good30 Jul 2025
Shurlock Stores BR8 7STRetailers - other480 m (0.3 miles)4 Good5 Dec 2024
Kevis BR8 7STTakeaway/sandwich shop480 m (0.3 miles)3 Generally satisfactory23 Sep 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

52 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences12
Vehicle crime9
Other theft9
Anti-social behaviour8
Burglary3
Criminal damage and arson3
Other crime3
Shoplifting3
Drugs1
Robbery1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Petrol Station (15); On or near Irving Way (6); On or near Walnut Way (6); On or near Dale Road (5); On or near Lawn Close (4).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight. 1 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202200
202320
202420
202500
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
29 Nov 2024 08:42 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist B2173, 40 mph Wet road
21 Feb 2024 15:36 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist B2173, 40 mph Wet road
30 Aug 2023 14:20 Slight 2 people: 2 children B2173, 40 mph Daylight
30 Jul 2023 17:13 Slight 1 person B2173, 40 mph Wet road
20 Oct 2021 06:56 Slight 1 person B2173, 30 mph Wet road

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 352 residents in 146 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4540
Children under 1517%17%
Aged 65 and over21%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)78%61%
Owned outright39%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented3%17%
Private rented19%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work60%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)5%6%
Retired (of adults)26%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 van59%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram9%4%
By any public transport, including bus10%8%
On foot or by bicycle2%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)52%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away9%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)28%34%
No qualifications23%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification8%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)93%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all0%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: THAMES WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 2 October 2026 to 6 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026

Everything that has changed on and near this street

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • BR8 7HH: 26 addresses of 30 in the postcode
  • BR8 7HG: 1 address of 10 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Woodview Road · Cedar Close · Lawn Close · Heathwood Gardens · Crescent Gardens · Ash Close · Russett Way · Irving Way · Greenside · Wisteria Gardens · Acacia Walk · Brook Road

All the streets in BR8 and across Sevenoaks.

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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • 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.