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Sydenham Cottages

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7 recorded sales · median £282,500 · Lewisham

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Lewisham Council · Green (directly-elected mayor) 39/54 seats · 72% · OCD 2026

Overview Cost Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

70/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£283k

median price

11.3

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£283k

median sold price

11.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

9 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

11.3

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

1,084

Violence — most

17.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

18.5%

in a flood zone

1,561

green spaces

8.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

717

eat & drink

273

shops

82.4%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£116,250 in 1998 → £394,000 in 2023

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Lewisham, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-05

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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Could Sydenham Cottages be a good investment? Yields & returns →

What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £282,500. That's about 11.1× local earnings — around the 12.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2023 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 7 sales£282,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.1× · five-year average 12.2×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership42%

Owned outright

15%

With a mortgage

27%

Private rented

27%

Social rented

29%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,237

Your band:

London Borough of Lewisham£1,727

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,492

Band B£1,740

Band C£1,989

Band D (baseline)£2,237

Band E£2,735

Band F£3,232

Band G£3,729

Band H£4,475

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Lewisham how Sydenham Cottages compares · from Lewisham

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Redbrick Estate +41%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Redbrick Estate	£550,000	+41%	98
Burnt Ash	£535,000	+22.6%	106
Grove Park	£385,750	+16.7%	132
Telegraph Hill	£591,000	+15.8%	162
Catford South	£539,000	+15.8%	274
Ladywell	£510,000	+14.4%	144
Southend	£430,000	+13.2%	246
Perry Vale	£525,000	+12.4%	338
Forest Hill	£440,000	+11.2%	410
Deptford	£412,500	+11.2%	210
Downham	£386,000	+10.5%	187
Catford	£415,000	+9%	414
Sydenham	£445,000	+8.1%	353
Hither Green	£425,000	+4.4%	302
Honor Oak	£692,500	+4.3%	342
Cordwell Estate	£600,000	+4.3%	236
New Cross Gate	£415,000	+3.4%	270
Brockley	£486,525	+2.1%	244
New Cross	£450,000	+0.6%	243
Lewisham	£330,000	-0.6%	220
Burnt Ash Green	£462,500	-3.3%	76
Baizdon Road Estate	£517,000	-10.6%	66
Hughesfield Estate	£377,500	-17%	108
Dacre Park Estate	£370,000	-19.5%	96
Pepys Estate	£400,000	-20.3%	208

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Sydenham Cottages — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
3 Sydenham Cottages Marvels Lane	Detached	—	—	£470,000	Sep 2023
6, Sydenham Cottages Marvels Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£394,000	Jul 2023
3 Sydenham Cottages Marvels Lane	Detached	—	—	£282,500	Jan 2023
1, Sydenham Cottages Marvels Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£477,000	Nov 2015
2 SYDENHAM COTTAGES	Semi-detached	—	—	£117,500	Dec 1998
6, Sydenham Cottages Marvels Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£115,000	May 1998
6, Sydenham Cottages Marvels Lane	Semi-detached	—	—	£47,050	Dec 1996

Show all sales ↓

7 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Lewisham

Crime runs at 11.3 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month11.3

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Lewisham

Violence & sexual offences

1,084

Anti-social behaviour

746

Shoplifting

377

Other theft

207

Vehicle crime

202

Public order

200

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Lewisham district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Lewisham

Population300,553

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 4/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

3.9/10

Employment

4.4/10

Education & skills

6.9/10

Health & disability

4.6/10

Crime

3.8/10

Housing & services

3.2/10

Living environment

2.7/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Lewisham — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+64%

Unemployment · economically active residents8.2%

Degree-level (Level 4+)50%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home42%

Median age35.5

Born outside the UK36%

See the full Lewisham report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 2 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

2 of 2 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 2 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Bright Origin Nursery Baby's Castle	Nursery	—	0.2 km
Little Stars Preschool Grove Park	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Little Stars Preschool Library	Nursery	—	0.4 km
Cooper's Lane Primary School	Primary	—	0.5 km
Marvels Lane Primary School	Primary	—	0.7 km
Marvels Lane Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('19)	0.8 km
Haberdashers' Knights Primary	Primary	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Grove Park Pre-School And Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Mottingham Hall for Children	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	0.8 km
Eltham College	All-through	—	0.9 km
Oak and Wren Day Nursery	Nursery	Inadequate ('25)	0.9 km
Haberdashers' Knights Academy	Secondary	—	1.0 km
Horn Park Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.1 km
Crafty Wizards Horn Park	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Launcelot Primary School and Nursery	Primary	—	1.2 km
Northover Fruit Tree Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Learn Log	Nursery	—	1.3 km
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School	Primary	Good ('21)	1.3 km
Middle Park Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.3 km
Les Petits Sunshine Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.3 km
Sunflower Montessori Nursery School	Nursery	—	1.4 km
Treetops Mottingham Day	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.4 km
Sunny Kids - St Andrews	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.4 km
Good Shepherd RC School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.5 km
Just Little Kidz Children's Centre	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.5 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

10 of 13 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
First Dental Grove Park	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Brook Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Baring Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Baring Road Dental Practice / Dr P Gupta	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Ms Priya Gupta - Baring Road Dental	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Grove Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Harris Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Mottingham Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Gokul Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Ashdown Medical Group	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	1.5 km
Ico Health Group	GP	—	1.5 km
Downham Health Centre	Dentist	Requires improvement ('23)	1.5 km
Beaconsfield Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Oakview Family Practice	GP	—	1.5 km
Ash Lane Dental Suite	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Newmarket Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Cambelle Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Links Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.8 km
Lee Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
The Mound Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Dental Beauty	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Lee Dental And Implant Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Catford Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Torridon Road Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.1 km
Elmstead Medical Clinic	GP	—	2.2 km
Chislehurst Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Sundridge Medical Centre	GP	—	2.4 km
Touchwood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Hillview Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Nightingale Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Thames View Health Limited	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Dental Beauty Lee	Dentist	—	2.5 km
London Lane Clinic	GP	Good ('17)	2.5 km
Duncans Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Eltham Medical Practice	GP	—	2.5 km
Eltham Palace Surgery	GP	—	2.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Eltham Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Rey Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Parkview Surgery	GP	—	2.7 km
Green Lane Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Lords Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Everest Health Partnership	GP	—	2.7 km
Mangal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
S3 Dental	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Se9 Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Vantage Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Rains Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Woodlands Health Centre	GP	—	2.9 km
Woodlands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
The Buckley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.0 km
K J Brophy Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Smile4U (Kidbrooke) Ltd	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Dental Beauty Bromley	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Highland Road Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	3.1 km
Eltham Park Dental Practice Ltd	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Lewisham Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	3.1 km
Oral Surgery Ltd - Maxident	Dentist	—	3.2 km
The Chislehurst Partnership	GP	Good ('16)	3.2 km
Pura Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.2 km
New Eltham And Blackfen Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	3.2 km
South View Partnership	GP	—	3.2 km
Lee Road Surgery	GP	—	3.4 km
Novum Health Partnership	GP	—	3.6 km
Triangle Group Practice Limited	GP	Requires improvement ('21)	3.7 km
Manor Brook Pms	GP	Good ('16)	3.9 km
Dysart Surgery	GP	—	3.9 km
Woodlands Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	4.3 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Lewisham

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 11 min from Grove Park Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Grove Park Rail Station	0.3 mi	London Bridge	11 min
Mottingham Rail Station	1.1 mi	London Bridge	16 min
Lee Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Bridge	13 min
Elmstead Woods Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Bridge	15 min
Sundridge Park Rail Station	1.4 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Grove Park Rail Station (11 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

45%

Public transport

27%

Drive

17%

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging17 points

Per 10,000 residents0.6

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Lewisham

Air quality

NO₂

17.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

8.3

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.3%

Flood zone18.5% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill42 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings365

Conservation areas30

Green belt0%

Green spaces1,561

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Lewisham

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	717	85% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	273	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	54	—
Green spaces & parks	1,561	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

82.4%

Superfast

97.5%

Ultrafast

83.3%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Lewisham

Figures for the wider Lewisham — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate8.2%

In work (employment rate)64.2%

Companies registered here19,339

New incorporations (12m)3,089

Property companies (SPVs)1,952

See the full Lewisham report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district