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Rycroft Lane

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6 recorded sales · median £572,500 · Sevenoaks

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Sevenoaks Council · Conservative minority — no overall control 23/54 seats · 43% · OCD 2026

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

71/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£573k

median price

5.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£573k

median sold price

13.4 yrs

of local pay to buy

23 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

5.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

208

Violence — most

8.4

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.6%

in a flood zone

923

green spaces

6.8

PM2.5 · WHO 5

284

eat & drink

shops

63.3%

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

Not enough history to chart yet.

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

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

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

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £572,500. That's about 13.4× local earnings — around the 14.4× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 6 sales£572,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay13.4× · five-year average 14.4×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership72%

Owned outright

38%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

13%

Social rented

13%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,402

Your band:

Sevenoaks District Council£258

Kent County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,759

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,601

Band B£1,868

Band C£2,135

Band D (baseline)£2,402

Band E£2,936

Band F£3,470

Band G£4,003

Band H£4,804

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 Sevenoaks how Rycroft Lane compares · from Sevenoaks

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Westerham +34.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Westerham	£460,000	+34.5%	80
St John's	£743,225	+28.3%	160
Riverhead	£575,000	+20.2%	119
Swanley	£366,200	+20%	116
Christchurch	£428,000	+19.3%	97
Greatness	£425,000	+18.8%	89
Otford	£832,500	+17%	84
New Ash Green	£330,000	+15.8%	78
Sevenoaks	£455,000	+15.1%	155
Hextable	£456,500	+13.3%	102
St Mary's	£425,000	+11.3%	61
West Heath	£1,465,000	+8.8%	66
Edenbridge	£385,000	+8.3%	181
Childsbridge	£570,000	-0.3%	59

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 Rycroft Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Little Foxes Rycroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£1,837,500	Mar 2018
THE BUNGALOW RYCROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£840,000	Oct 2007
Bayleys Hill Lodge Rycroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£160,000	May 2006
Little Foxes Rycroft Lane	Detached	—	—	£775,000	Feb 2005
BAYLEYS HILL HOUSE RYCROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£350,000	Sep 2001
GLENMORE RYCROFT LANE	Detached	—	—	£370,000	Feb 1998

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6 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 Sevenoaks

Crime runs at 5.4 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 / month5.4

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

By category, 12 months from Sevenoaks

Violence & sexual offences

208

Anti-social behaviour

124

Other theft

Criminal damage & arson

Vehicle crime

Shoplifting

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Sevenoaks 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 Sevenoaks

Population120,514

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 7/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% 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 7 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

7.4/10

Employment

7.7/10

Education & skills

6.7/10

Health & disability

8.3/10

Crime

6.1/10

Housing & services

3.3/10

Living environment

5.5/10

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

Figures for the wider Sevenoaks — 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+58%

Unemployment · economically active residents4%

Degree-level (Level 4+)37%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home72%

Median age44.3

Born outside the UK11%

See the full Sevenoaks report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 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
Weald Community Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.7 km
The New Beacon School	All-through	—	1.8 km
Activate Camps@The New Beacon School	Nursery	—	1.8 km
Solefield School	All-through	—	2.4 km
Ide Hill Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('21)	2.6 km
Sevenoaks School	Secondary	—	2.8 km
Ide Hill Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	2.9 km
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.0 km
Oakley Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.1 km
Kids Planet Sevenoaks	Nursery	—	3.4 km
The Children's Workshop	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.4 km
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks	Primary	Outstanding ('22)	3.6 km
7 Acorns Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.8 km
Acer Forest School	Nursery	—	3.8 km
The Granville School	Primary	—	3.8 km
Amherst School	Primary	Good ('22)	3.9 km
Riverhead Infants' School	Primary	Good ('23)	4.0 km
Springboard Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	4.0 km
Kids Play & Learn Preschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.0 km
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Sevenoaks	Nursery	—	4.0 km
Monique Montessori Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	4.1 km
Walthamstow Hall	All-through	—	4.1 km
Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	4.2 km
Sevenoaks Primary School	Primary	—	4.4 km
Acorns Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.4 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 3.0 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 3.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 3.1 km
NHS ODS

3 of 4 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
South Park Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	3.0 km
Tricon House	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Town Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	3.1 km
London Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Paydens Ltd	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Atkinson Brignall Caring Dentistry	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Sevenoaks Dental And Implant Centre	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
J R Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Delmergate Limited	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
The London House Dental Partners	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Amherst Medical Practice	GP	—	3.6 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Eustace Dental & Implant Clinic	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Sevenoaks Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
St John'S Medical Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	4.7 km
Bat & Ball Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Sevenoaks Hospital	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Thompsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.1 km
Hildenborough Medical Group	GP	Good ('17)	6.4 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 Sevenoaks

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 23 min from Sevenoaks Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Sevenoaks Rail Station	2.2 mi	London Bridge	23 min
Bat & Ball Rail Station	3.2 mi	London Blackfriars	63 min
Hildenborough Rail Station	3.4 mi	London Bridge	30 min
Penshurst Rail Station	3.4 mi	—	no direct train
Dunton Green Rail Station	3.4 mi	London Bridge	46 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Sevenoaks Rail Station (23 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

44%

Work from home

42%

Public transport

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging6 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

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

Environment from Sevenoaks

Air quality

NO₂

8.4

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.8

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.5%

Flood zone3.6% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)

Historic landfill183 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 buildings1,659

Conservation areas41

Green belt92.9%

Green spaces923

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Sevenoaks

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	284	92% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	62	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	32	—
Green spaces & parks	923	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

63.3%

Superfast

91.5%

Ultrafast

63.4%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Sevenoaks

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

Unemployment rate4%

In work (employment rate)58.4%

Companies registered here12,804

New incorporations (12m)1,271

Property companies (SPVs)1,525

See the full Sevenoaks report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district