CR5 2SQ, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a terraced house of about 113.58 m² with 5 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC D. 31 sales recorded since 1995 across 15 addresses in this postcode, in London Borough of Croydon.
CR5 2SQ has 15 homes valued at a median of £544,000, ranking 139th of 218 postcodes in CR5.
- What we found
- 15 addresses on Cordrey Gardens; houses sold since 2019 for a median £455,000.
- This postcode is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward.
- 20% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Around 42% of nearby households have two or more cars or vans (Census 2021).
- Coulsdon Town station is about 260 m away; fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 43 min.
CR5 2SQ: a Coulsdon postcode on Cordrey Gardens
CR5 2SQ is a postcode on Cordrey Gardens in Coulsdon. It is in London Borough of Croydon, in Coulsdon Town ward, and its MP is Chris Philp (Conservative), who represents Croydon South. The CR5 district straddles several council boundaries, so the ward matters for council tax, school admissions and which council deals with planning and bins.
15 addresses on record. The most common home is a terraced house of about 113.58 m² with 5 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC D. Houses here have sold for a median of £455,000 since 2019, below the CR5 median of £500,000. 20% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, behind the 40% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 91 m above sea level. 42% of households in the surrounding Census area run two or more cars or vans. The nearest station, Coulsdon Town, is 260 m away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 43 minutes to Blackfriars.
Map of CR5 2SQ, Cordrey Gardens: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR5 2SQ: every recorded sale since 1995
What homes in CR5 2SQ sell for
| Home type | Homes | Sales since 2019 | Median price | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 6 | 3 | £473,050 | 114 m² | £4,150 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 1 | £337,000 | 128 m² | £2,633 |
| Detached | 3 | 5 | £455,000 | 105 m² | £4,163 |
| Flat | 5 | 0 | – | – | n/a |
£/m² is shown for houses only; flat sales are priced on a different basis and EPC floor areas for flats are less reliable. Values below £2,035 or above £11,191 per m² are treated as errors and excluded.
What a house costs in CR5 2SQ
Middle half of 9 house sales since 2019: £408,000 to £490,000; median £455,000.
Homes in CR5 2SQ, Cordrey Gardens: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 113.58 m²
- Median £/m² (houses, since 2019)
- £4,150
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 4.1%
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Constituency
- Croydon South
EPC energy ratings in CR5 2SQ
Type
Latest house sales in CR5 2SQ, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 Cordrey Gardens | Detached house | 15 Aug 2025 | £620,000 | 135 m² | £4,593 |
| 56 Cordrey Gardens | Terraced house | 7 Jul 2023 | £440,000 | 115 m² | £3,826 |
| 58 Cordrey Gardens | Semi-detached house | 18 May 2023 | £473,050 | 114 m² | £4,150 |
| 66 Cordrey Gardens | Detached house | 1 Jul 2022 | £530,000 | 98 m² | £5,408 |
| 55 Cordrey Gardens | Semi-detached house | 16 Jun 2021 | £490,000 | 114 m² | £4,298 |
| 71 Cordrey Gardens | Detached house | 19 Jun 2020 | £455,000 | 135 m² | £3,370 |
| 66 Cordrey Gardens | Detached house | 24 Oct 2019 | £408,000 | 98 m² | £4,163 |
| 69 Cordrey Gardens | Detached house | 4 Jun 2019 | £400,000 | 105 m² | £3,810 |
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 Croydon market: average price £393,714, down 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Croydon, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £844,553 |
| Semi-detached | £540,526 |
| Terraced | £399,833 |
| Flat or maisonette | £256,496 |
This postcode: houses sold for a median of £455,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 16% more than the authority average.
Who lives in and around CR5 2SQ: 80% of homes are owner-occupied and 46% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 041B: 1,755 residents in 652 households around CR5 2SQ. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1519%
- 15 to 2411%
- 25 to 4424%
- 45 to 6426%
- 65 and over20%
Household type
- One person22%
- Couple, no children14%
- Family with children34%
- Other30%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright41%
- Mortgage or shared42%
- Private rented10%
- Social rented7%
Cars and vans per household
- No car12%
- 1 car46%
- 2 cars30%
- 3 or more12%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (814 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good85%
- Fair12%
- Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above42%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level23%
- None13%
Schools near CR5 2SQ, Cordrey Gardens: 10 within 1.8 km, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 770 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 800 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 940 m 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 1.2 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Beaumont Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Mar 2025 | 1.2 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Nicholas School Community special school · ages 4-11 | Special | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| New Valley Primary School Academy sponsor led · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.4 km 23 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.4 km 23 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| The Hayes Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2023 | 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 CR5 2SQ: 43 minutes to Blackfriars 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.
CR5 2SQ to central London
| Blackfriars | 43 min | walk 16 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 46 min | walk 16 min → train 30 min |
Stations near CR5 2SQ
| Coulsdon Town | 260 m | about 4 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 590 m | about 10 min walk |
| Reedham | 1420 m | about 23 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR5 2SQ
15 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 166 404 405 434 463 466 60 633 N68. Nearest stop: Farthing Way, 370 m away.
Energy use around CR5 2SQ: homes nearby use 40% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 20% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 041B (698 gas meters, 687 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 91% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 13,921 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 84% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 3,056 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 CR5 2SQ: NO₂ 10.8 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and above 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) | 10.8 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 91 m
- Rail noise (Defra mapping)
- See Defra map
- Air quality management area
- Yes
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 CR5 2SQ: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 6 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 | The Coulsdon Medical Practice | 450 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 370 m | 11 |
| Dentist | Coulsdon Dental Practice | 350 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 350 m | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 390 m | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 540 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Coulsdon Memorial Ground | 540 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 2.6 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR5 2SQ
627 public charging devices in Croydon (140 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 153 per 100,000 people. That ranks 129 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
6 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 310 m |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 550 m |
| Public charge point | 1.5 km | |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.1 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.4 km |
Show 1 more sites
| Public charge point | 2.6 km |
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents CR5 2SQ: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around CR5 2SQ
Crime and policing near CR5 2SQ
1,554 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR5 2SQ
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 807, earlier 6 months: 747.
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 CR5 2SQ
54 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 35 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Coulsdon Victoria Social Club (311 m, rated 4); T Raj (339 m, rated 4); Costa Coffee (340 m, rated 5); PizzaExpress (345 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR5 2SQ
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
Photos of CR5 2SQ and the streets around it
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How Cordrey Gardens compares with the other 104 ranked CR5 roads
Cordrey Gardens ranks 75th of 104 CR5 roads for median sale price, at £447,500 against a district-wide road median of £543,750, and 91st of 96 for house price per square metre. 13% of its rated homes reach EPC band C or better, compared with 25% on the typical road. Homes here are held for 7.2 years on average, against 7.3 years across CR5.
| Measure | Cordrey Gardens | CR5 road median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median sale price since 2019 | £447,500 | £543,750 | 75th of 104 |
| House price per m² | £4,050 | £5,147 | 91st of 96 |
| Homes rated EPC C or better | 13% | 25% | 78th of 104 |
| Years a home is typically held | 7.2 | 7.3 | 53rd of 101 |
| Yearly gain between sales | 6.1% | 5.3% | 31st of 101 |
| Flats as a share of homes | 31% | 0% | 23rd of 104 |
Roads with at least eight addresses in our records. Full league table on the street rankings page.
Council tax in CR5 2SQ: Band D is £2,600 a year in Croydon, up 4.8% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, £208 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Croydon 36th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,480 last year. Next door in Reigate and Banstead, Band D is £2,567, £33 less than in Croydon, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 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 Croydon, 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 | £1,733 | £144 |
| Band B | £2,022 | £169 |
| Band C | £2,311 | £193 |
| Band D | £2,600 | £217 |
| Band E | £3,178 | £265 |
| Band F | £3,755 | £313 |
| Band G | £4,333 | £361 |
| Band H | £5,200 | £433 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
CR5 2SQ, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What council is CR5 2SQ in?
CR5 2SQ is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the average house price in CR5 2SQ?
Houses in CR5 2SQ sold for a median of £455,000 since 2019 (9 sales).
How much is council tax in CR5 2SQ?
Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
What schools are near CR5 2SQ?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include Smitham Primary School (770 m), Oasis Academy Byron (800 m) and St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (940 m).
How much do homes cost in CR5 2SQ?
Houses sold since 2019 had a median price of £455,000 (9 sales), about £4,150 per square metre.
Which council is CR5 2SQ in?
CR5 2SQ falls under London Borough of Croydon, in the Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the typical home?
The most common home is a terraced house of about 113.58 m² with 5 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC D.
Which streets are in CR5 2SQ?
Cordrey Gardens.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR5 2SQ, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 Cordrey Gardens | Flat | 89 m² | D | £260,000 · 2015 | – |
| 47 Cordrey Gardens | Flat | 74 m² | D | £59,500 · 1995 | – |
| 49 Cordrey Gardens | Flat | 79 m² | D | £230,000 · 2017 | – |
| 51 Cordrey Gardens | Flat | 82 m² | C | £78,000 · 1998 | – |
| 54 Cordrey Gardens | Flat | 79.8 m² | E | £158,000 · 2011 | – |
| 55 Cordrey Gardens | Terraced | 114 m² | D | £490,000 · 2021 | £4,298 |
| 56 Cordrey Gardens | Terraced | 115 m² | D | £440,000 · 2023 | £3,826 |
| 58 Cordrey Gardens | Terraced | 114 m² | D | £473,050 · 2023 | £4,150 |
| 60 Cordrey Gardens | Terraced | 117 m² | C | £379,950 · 2015 | £3,247 |
| 61 Cordrey Gardens | Terraced | 117 m² | D | £390,000 · 2018 | £3,333 |
| 62 Cordrey Gardens | Semi-detached | 128 m² | D | £337,000 · 2019 | £2,633 |
| 64 Cordrey Gardens | Terraced | 113.58 m² | E | £250,000 · 2011 | £2,201 |