Sheepcote Lane Kevington, Bromley
37 addresses across 2 postcodes (BR5,BR8), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 20300972.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £419,000 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Bromley cost £520,253 in August 2026 (-0.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,693 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, E: 1, F: 1, G: 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, West Of Sheepcote Lane, is 200 m away.
- Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- 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 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is St Mary Cray, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, St Pauls Cray Hill Country Park, is about 940 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 54 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: 10 of its 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Derry Downs Surgery, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | £419,000 | £313,000 | £525,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £710,000 | £710,000 | £710,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £336,000 | £336,000 | £336,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £407,500 | £235,000 | £580,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 2018 | HILLVIEW BR5 4ET | Detached | £710,000 | |
| 16 Dec 2014 | HILLVIEW BR5 4ET | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 30 Oct 2006 | HILLVIEW BR5 4ET | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 25 Apr 1997 | LITTLE CROFT BR5 4ET | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 25 Jun 2021 | 3, SHEEPCOTE FARM COTTAGES BR5 4ET | Semi-detached | £313,000 | |
| 25 Jul 2014 | 3, SHEEPCOTE FARM COTTAGES BR5 4ET | Semi-detached | £235,000 | |
| 25 Nov 2016 | 4, SHEEPCOTE FARM COTTAGES BR5 4ET | Semi-detached | £336,000 | |
| 15 Jan 2021 | TIMPERLEY BR5 4ET | Detached | £525,000 |
House prices and rents in Bromley
A typical home in Bromley cost £520,253 in August 2026, 0.5% less than a year before. That is 8% more than five years earlier and 15% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £1,082,545 |
| Semi-detached | £664,931 |
| Terraced | £493,107 |
| Flat or maisonette | £306,823 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £397,470 |
Private renters in Bromley paid £1,693 a month on average in September 2026, 3.2% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,318 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,649 |
| Three bedrooms | £2,002 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,943 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 126 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2); House, detached (1). Built: 1930-1949 (2); 2007 onwards (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 7 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
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 BR5.
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 (41% of about 740 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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: yes, Bromley.
Listed buildings
- BARN AT SHEEPCOTE FARM, grade II
- SHEEPCOTE FARMHOUSE, grade II
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.
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
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.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 3 to 5%: 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. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 200 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Of Sheepcote Lane Derry Downs | Not recorded | Commercial, household | 200 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 37 addresses are between 54 m and 78 m above sea level (66 m on average); the ground rises about 24 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR5 4ET | 9% | 0% | 0% | 73% |
| BR8 7QR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | St Mary Cray 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Swanley 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Orpington 5.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Waldens Road Kevington | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Albany Park - Footscray Lane Sidcup | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Woolwich Arsenal Pier | 12.7 km (7.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Car Park at Rear of Templegate House | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 14.1 km (8.8 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 34.8 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Derry Downs Surgery Good May 2017 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osbon Pharmacy | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Chelsfield Park Hospital Good Dec 2016 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Care homes | Pemberley Manor Care Home Good Feb 2026 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Kent Police Swanley Police Station | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | St Pauls Cray Hill Country Park 31 ha | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,540 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6.6 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Kevington Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 650 m (0.4 miles) west. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Kevington Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 650 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Romano-British masonry building and Saxon cemetery, Fordcroft, Orpington | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Priory Gardens, Orpington | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Warren | Wood | 200 m north-west |
| Child's Wood | Wood | 240 m north-east |
| Kynaston Wood | Wood | 560 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Hockenden Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Garland Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Kyd Brook (East Branch) | Lake or reservoir | 4.9 km (3 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.5 | 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 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 36 |
10 of the street's 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 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 Bromley: see them on the Bromley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Oak Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 720 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | 69% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 44% in 2023) |
| St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 32% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 43% in 2024 and 46% in 2023) |
| St. Mary Cray Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 41% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 48% in 2023) |
| St Philomena's Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 5–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 86% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 79% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
| Harris Primary Academy Orpington | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 68% in 2023) |
| Harris Academy Orpington | Secondary | 11–18 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 43.9 (42.7 in 2025 and 43.0 in 2024); 35.7% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C-; 11.1% AAB or better; progress average |
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
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.3 km (0.8 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelly Tots Preschool at St Pauls Cray CE Primary School BR5 3WD | Sessional day care | 42 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Threshers Day Nursery BR5 4AX | Full day care | 90 | Good (Dec 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Mrs Bonds Village Nursery BR5 4AX | Sessional day care | 45 | Outstanding (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Shelly Tots Pre-School BR5 3TU | Sessional day care | 34 | May 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Our Lady's Pre-School BR5 4AR | Full day care | 40 | Good (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 298 childminders and 84 home childcarers (nannies) in Bromley. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (metropolitan).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a child under 16. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2023 11:25 | Serious | 3 people: 1 child | Minor road, 60 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.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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.
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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.