CR3 6SL, Harestone Hill, Caterham: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a flat of about 67 m² with 3 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 69 sales recorded since 1995 across 32 addresses in this postcode, in Tandridge.
CR3 6SL has 32 homes valued at a median of £296,000, ranking 221st of 255 postcodes in CR3.
- What we found
- 32 addresses on Harestone Hill.
- This postcode is in Tandridge, in the Harestone ward.
- 75% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 47% across the wider CR3 sample.
- Around 35% of nearby households have two or more cars or vans (Census 2021).
- Caterham station is about 420 m away; fastest weekday train to London Victoria 65 min.
CR3 6SL: a Caterham postcode on Harestone Hill
CR3 6SL is a postcode on Harestone Hill in Caterham. It is in Tandridge, in Harestone ward, and its MP is Claire Coutinho (Conservative), who represents East Surrey. The CR3 district straddles several council boundaries, so the ward matters for council tax, school admissions and which council deals with planning and bins.
32 addresses on record. The most common home is a flat of about 67 m² with 3 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 75% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, ahead of the 47% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 158 m above sea level. 35% of households in the surrounding Census area run two or more cars or vans. The nearest station, Caterham, is 420 m away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 65 minutes to Victoria.
Map of CR3 6SL, Harestone Hill: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR3 6SL: every recorded sale since 1995
Homes in CR3 6SL, Harestone Hill: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 67 m²
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 6.0%
- Ward
- Harestone
- Constituency
- East Surrey
EPC energy ratings in CR3 6SL
Type
Latest house sales in CR3 6SL, Caterham
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 Fern Towers | Flat / maisonette | 13 Jan 2026 | £260,500 | 69 m² | – |
| 33 Fern Towers | Flat / maisonette | 19 Apr 2024 | £245,000 | 66 m² | – |
| 58 Fern Towers | Flat / maisonette | 19 Apr 2024 | £310,000 | 79 m² | – |
| 34 Fern Towers | Flat / maisonette | 23 Jun 2023 | £257,500 | 67 m² | – |
| 39 Fern Towers | Flat / maisonette | 2 Mar 2023 | £275,000 | 67 m² | – |
| 32 Fern Towers | Flat / maisonette | 27 Apr 2022 | £267,000 | 79 m² | – |
| 24 Fern Towers | Flat / maisonette | 30 Sept 2021 | £261,000 | 74 m² | – |
| 37 Fern Towers | Flat / maisonette | 13 Jul 2020 | £240,000 | 67 m² | – |
A dash in £/m² marks flats, missing floor areas and implausible values (below £2,035 or above £11,191 per m²), which usually mean part-share sales or EPC errors.
The Tandridge market: average price £480,535, down 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Tandridge, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £864,696 |
| Semi-detached | £465,672 |
| Terraced | £391,845 |
| Flat or maisonette | £244,836 |
Who lives in and around CR3 6SL: 63% of homes are owner-occupied and 46% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Tandridge 004B: 1,723 residents in 773 households around CR3 6SL. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1517%
- 15 to 248%
- 25 to 4429%
- 45 to 6426%
- 65 and over20%
Household type
- One person30%
- Couple, no children20%
- Family with children29%
- Other20%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright31%
- Mortgage or shared32%
- Private rented30%
- Social rented6%
Cars and vans per household
- No car19%
- 1 car46%
- 2 cars27%
- 3 or more9%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (902 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good87%
- Fair10%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above47%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level21%
- None9%
Schools near CR3 6SL, Harestone Hill: 8 within 1.8 km, 2 primary, with their latest Ofsted grades
Distances from the Department for Education register, with the latest Ofsted outcome for each school.
| School | Phase | Latest Ofsted | Distance | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's CofE Aided Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jan 2023 | 760 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Caterham School Other independent school · ages 10-19 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 810 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Caterham Prep Other independent school · ages 4-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 940 m 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Essendene Lodge School Other independent school · ages 2-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.2 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Mar 2023 | 1.2 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oakhyrst Grange School Other independent school · ages 3-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Clifton Hill School Academy special converter · ages 11-19 | Other | – | 1.5 km 25 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| de Stafford School Academy converter · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2024 | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
Ofsted replaced its single-word judgements with report cards for inspections from November 2025, so each school shows its most recent grade on the older scale until it is re-inspected. Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas; check the council for admissions rules.
Commuting from CR3 6SL: 65 minutes to Victoria by train
Fastest door-to-door journey arriving by 08:30 on a weekday, from the TfL journey planner, including the walk to the station.
CR3 6SL to central London
| Victoria | 65 min | walk 10 min → train 14 min → train 25 min |
| Blackfriars | 67 min | walk 10 min → train 32 min → train 20 min |
Stations near CR3 6SL
| Caterham | 420 m | about 7 min walk |
| Woldingham | 2300 m | about 37 min walk |
| Whyteleafe South | 2820 m | about 46 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR3 6SL
16 bus stops within 1000 m, with routes 400 407 409 411 434 611 658. Nearest stop: Longsdon Way, 298 m away.
Energy use around CR3 6SL: homes nearby use 18% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 18% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Tandridge 004B (667 gas meters, 832 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 82% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 10,060 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 87% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 2,746 kWh.
Older and larger homes, gas heating and electric cars all push use up; falling use since 2019 reflects higher prices, milder weather and efficiency work. Figures describe the area, not any single home.
Air quality and noise near CR3 6SL: NO₂ 9.8 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and within the WHO guideline
Modelled annual averages for the 1 km square around this location, from Defra's 2023 background maps. Readings beside busy roads are higher.
| Pollutant | This square | WHO guideline | UK legal limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 9.8 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean.
- Height above sea level
- 158 m
- Air quality management area
- No
Defra noise maps cover major roads and railways only (above 55 dB), so "no contour" does not mean silent. Height from the Copernicus 90 m elevation model via Open-Meteo.
Shops, doctors and services near CR3 6SL: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 0 EV charging sites within 6 km
Nearest of each kind, from OpenStreetMap, measured in a straight line from the postcode.
| Service | Nearest | Distance | Within 2 km |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP surgery | Caterham Valley Medical Practice | 220 m | 8 |
| Pharmacy | Superdrug | 360 m | 10 |
| Dentist | Townend Dental Practice | 1.3 km | 8 |
| Supermarket | Morrisons | 320 m | 8 |
| Library | Caterham Library | 410 m | 7 |
| Post office | Caterham on the Hill Post Office | 1.0 km | 7 |
| Park or green space | Timber Hill Park | 530 m | 43 |
| Hospital | North Downs Hospital | 460 m | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR3 6SL
125 public charging devices in Tandridge (23 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 138 per 100,000 people. That ranks 156 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
No charging sites are mapped within 6 km in OpenStreetMap, so the authority-wide count above is the better guide.
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents CR3 6SL: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Crime, food and planning around CR3 6SL
Crime and policing near CR3 6SL
1,181 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR3 6SL
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 610, earlier 6 months: 571.
Police-recorded incidents mapped to the nearest street within roughly a mile, so a road near the town centre shows more shoplifting and anti-social behaviour than a quiet cul-de-sac nearby. Counts show what was reported, not how safe any home is.
Food and drink near CR3 6SL
55 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 51 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Silk Road (316 m, rated 5); Morrisons (336 m, rated 5); Kokoro (358 m, rated 5); Greggs (380 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR3 6SL
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- No
- Ward
- Harestone
- Planning authority
- Tandridge LPA
Photos of CR3 6SL and the streets around it
Openly licensed photos taken close to this location on Wikimedia Commons. They show the surroundings, not necessarily this exact address.
Council tax in CR3 6SL: Band D is £2,595 a year in Tandridge, up 5.0% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Tandridge is £2,595 for 2026 to 2027, £203 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Tandridge 41st highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,472 last year. Next door in Croydon, Band D is £2,600, £5 more than in Tandridge, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £5 a year at Band D.
Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Tandridge, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.
| Band | Per year | Per month (12 payments) |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,730 | £144 |
| Band B | £2,018 | £168 |
| Band C | £2,307 | £192 |
| Band D | £2,595 | £216 |
| Band E | £3,171 | £264 |
| Band F | £3,748 | £312 |
| Band G | £4,325 | £360 |
| Band H | £5,190 | £432 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
CR3 6SL, Caterham: questions people ask
What council is CR3 6SL in?
CR3 6SL is in Tandridge, in the Harestone ward and the East Surrey constituency.
What is the average house price in CR3 6SL?
CR3 6SL has 69 recorded sales, too few for a reliable median.
How much is council tax in CR3 6SL?
Band D council tax in Tandridge is £2,595 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
What schools are near CR3 6SL?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include St John's CofE Aided Primary School (760 m), Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery (1.2 km) and de Stafford School (1.7 km).
How much do homes cost in CR3 6SL?
CR3 6SL has 69 recorded sales across 32 addresses, too few for a reliable median.
Which council is CR3 6SL in?
CR3 6SL falls under Tandridge, in the Harestone ward and the East Surrey constituency.
What is the typical home?
The most common home is a flat of about 67 m² with 3 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C.
Which streets are in CR3 6SL?
Harestone Hill.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR3 6SL, Harestone Hill, Caterham
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fern Towers | Flat | 67 m² | C | £172,500 · 2013 | – |
| 3 Fern Towers | Flat | 67 m² | C | £170,000 · 2011 | – |
| 4 Fern Towers | Flat | 66 m² | C | £246,500 · 2020 | – |
| 9 Fern Towers | Flat | 63 m² | C | £142,000 · 2004 | – |
| 10 Fern Towers | Flat | 65 m² | C | £135,500 · 2006 | – |
| 12 Fern Towers | Flat | 67 m² | D | £250,000 · 2018 | – |
| 13 Fern Towers | Flat | 81 m² | D | £291,000 · 2016 | – |
| 14 Fern Towers | Flat | 54 m² | C | £210,000 · 2018 | – |
| 17 Fern Towers | Flat | 51 m² | D | £78,500 · 2000 | – |
| 18 Fern Towers | Flat | 75 m² | C | £97,000 · 2000 | – |
| 19 Fern Towers | Flat | 52 m² | C | £168,000 · 2015 | – |
| 22 Fern Towers | Flat | 62 m² | C | £227,000 · 2016 | – |