CR8 3DE, Smitham Bottom Lane, Woodcote: house prices, sold prices and local information
The most common home is a detached house of about 180.8 m² with 7 habitable rooms, of mixed age and most often rated EPC B. 36 sales recorded since 1995 across 25 addresses in this postcode, in London Borough of Croydon.
CR8 3DE has 25 homes valued at a median of £901,000, ranking 19th of 297 postcodes in CR8.
- What we found
- 25 addresses on Smitham Bottom Lane; houses sold since 2019 for a median £895,000.
- This postcode is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Purley & Woodcote ward.
- 60% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 42% across the wider CR8 sample.
- Around 65% of nearby households have two or more cars or vans (Census 2021).
- Reedham station is about 1350 m away; fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 62 min.
CR8 3DE: a Woodcote postcode on Smitham Bottom Lane
CR8 3DE is a postcode on Smitham Bottom Lane in Woodcote. It is in London Borough of Croydon, in Purley & Woodcote ward, and its MP is Chris Philp (Conservative), who represents Croydon South. The CR8 district straddles several council boundaries, so the ward matters for council tax, school admissions and which council deals with planning and bins.
25 addresses on record. The most common home is a detached house of about 180.8 m² with 7 habitable rooms, of mixed age and most often rated EPC B. Houses here have sold for a median of £895,000 since 2019, above the CR8 median of £455,000. 60% of rated homes are EPC band C or better, ahead of the 42% across the wider sample.
The postcode sits about 121 m above sea level. 65% of households in the surrounding Census area run two or more cars or vans. The nearest station, Reedham, is 1.3 km away, and the quickest weekday journey into London in TfL's planner is 62 minutes to Blackfriars.
Map of CR8 3DE, Smitham Bottom Lane: every home
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale.
House prices in CR8 3DE: every recorded sale since 1995
What homes in CR8 3DE sell for
| Home type | Homes | Sales since 2019 | Median price | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 5 | 2 | £842,500 | 193.5 m² | £4,338 |
| Detached | 11 | 5 | £895,000 | 189 m² | £5,000 |
| Flat | 9 | 9 | £465,000 | 68 m² | 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 CR8 3DE
Middle half of 7 house sales since 2019: £869,750 to £1,012,500; median £895,000.
Homes in CR8 3DE, Smitham Bottom Lane: size, energy rating and type
- Median home size
- 180.8 m²
- Median £/m² (houses, since 2019)
- £4,656
- Median yearly gain on resale
- 4.3%
- Ward
- Purley & Woodcote
- Constituency
- Croydon South
EPC energy ratings in CR8 3DE
Type
Latest house sales in CR8 3DE, Woodcote
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9a Smitham Bottom Lane | Detached house | 11 Aug 2025 | £1,080,000 | 270 m² | £4,000 |
| 29 Smitham Bottom Lane | Detached house | 19 Jun 2025 | £880,000 | 189 m² | £4,656 |
| 3a Smitham Bottom Lane | Detached house | 28 Mar 2025 | £859,500 | 152 m² | £5,655 |
| 29a Smitham Bottom Lane | Detached house | 19 Feb 2025 | £1,100,000 | 220 m² | £5,000 |
| Flat 5, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat / maisonette | 25 Oct 2022 | £458,000 | 65 m² | – |
| 15 Smitham Bottom Lane | Semi-detached house | 26 Aug 2022 | £945,000 | 203 m² | £4,655 |
| Flat 9, Highgate House | Flat / maisonette | 26 May 2022 | £465,000 | – | – |
| Flat 7, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat / maisonette | 26 May 2022 | £447,500 | 125 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 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 £895,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 127% more than the authority average.
Who lives in and around CR8 3DE: 92% of homes are owner-occupied and 53% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 038A: 1,656 residents in 538 households around CR8 3DE. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1516%
- 15 to 2410%
- 25 to 4422%
- 45 to 6426%
- 65 and over25%
Household type
- One person13%
- Couple, no children13%
- Family with children34%
- Other40%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright43%
- Mortgage or shared49%
- Private rented7%
- Social rented1%
Cars and vans per household
- No car6%
- 1 car29%
- 2 cars39%
- 3 or more26%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (785 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good86%
- Fair10%
- Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above52%
- A level or equivalent13%
- GCSE level18%
- None11%
Schools near CR8 3DE, Smitham Bottom Lane: 11 within 1.8 km, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumnor House School Other independent school · ages 4-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 300 m 5 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 630 m 10 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 760 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Laleham Lea School Other independent school · ages 3-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.0 km 17 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| The John Fisher School Voluntary aided school · ages 11-18 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.1 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St David's School Other independent school · ages 3-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.3 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Wallington High School for Girls Academy converter · ages 11-18 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Nov 2019 | 1.4 km 23 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Nicholas School Community special school · ages 4-11 | Special | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Beaumont Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Mar 2025 | 1.6 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.7 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Thomas More Catholic School Voluntary aided school · ages 11-18 | Secondary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Nov 2024 | 1.7 km 27 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 CR8 3DE: 62 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.
CR8 3DE to central London
| Blackfriars | 62 min | walk 35 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 64 min | walk 39 min → train 25 min |
Stations near CR8 3DE
| Reedham | 1350 m | about 22 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1640 m | about 27 min walk |
| Purley | 1890 m | about 31 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near CR8 3DE
4 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 463 633. Nearest stop: Upper Woodcote Village, 269 m away.
Energy use around CR8 3DE: homes nearby use 117% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 19% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 038A (600 gas meters, 625 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 100% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 23,598 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 96% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 4,218 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 CR8 3DE: NO₂ 11 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) | 11 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 12 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 121 m
- 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 CR8 3DE: 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 | Woodcote Medical | 1.3 km | 12 |
| Pharmacy | Foxley Lane Pharmacy | 1.3 km | 18 |
| Dentist | Foxley Lane Dental Care | 1.2 km | 19 |
| Supermarket | Waitrose | 1.6 km | 6 |
| Library | Purley Library | 1.6 km | 7 |
| Post office | The Mount Post Office | 1.5 km | 7 |
| Park or green space | Woodcote Village Green | 300 m | 29 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 1.9 km | 1 |
Electric vehicle charging near CR8 3DE
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
| Public charge point | 1.2 km | |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.7 km |
| Public charge point | 1.8 km | |
| Public charge point | 1.8 km | |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.9 km |
Show 1 more sites
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 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 CR8 3DE: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around CR8 3DE
Crime and policing near CR8 3DE
1,047 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of CR8 3DE
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 524, earlier 6 months: 523.
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 CR8 3DE
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 40 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Thomas Franks Catering @ Cumnor House Girls School (246 m, rated 5); Thomas Franks Catering @ Cumnor House Nursery Purley (280 m, rated 5); Lord Roberts On The Green (287 m, rated 5); Beth Ezra (338 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around CR8 3DE
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Purley & Woodcote
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
Photos of CR8 3DE 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.
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Council tax in CR8 3DE: 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.
CR8 3DE, Woodcote: questions people ask
What council is CR8 3DE in?
CR8 3DE is in London Borough of Croydon, in the Purley & Woodcote ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the average house price in CR8 3DE?
Houses in CR8 3DE sold for a median of £895,000 since 2019 (7 sales).
How much is council tax in CR8 3DE?
Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
What schools are near CR8 3DE?
The nearest primary and secondary schools include Woodcote High School (630 m), Woodcote Primary School (760 m) and The John Fisher School (1.1 km).
How much do homes cost in CR8 3DE?
Houses sold since 2019 had a median price of £895,000 (7 sales), about £4,656 per square metre.
Which council is CR8 3DE in?
CR8 3DE falls under London Borough of Croydon, in the Purley & Woodcote ward and the Croydon South constituency.
What is the typical home?
The most common home is a detached house of about 180.8 m² with 7 habitable rooms, of mixed age and most often rated EPC B.
Which streets are in CR8 3DE?
Smitham Bottom Lane.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address in CR8 3DE, Smitham Bottom Lane, Woodcote
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 1, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat | 52 m² | B | £550,000 · 2022 | – |
| Flat 2, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat | 89 m² | B | £525,000 · 2021 | – |
| 3 Smitham Bottom Lane | Semi-detached | 201 m² | F | £725,000 · 2016 | £3,607 |
| 3a Smitham Bottom Lane | Detached | 152 m² | D | £859,500 · 2025 | £5,655 |
| Flat 3, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat | 76 m² | B | £465,000 · 2022 | – |
| Flat 4, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat | 52 m² | B | £450,000 · 2021 | – |
| 5 Smitham Bottom Lane | Semi-detached | 184 m² | D | £740,000 · 2021 | £4,022 |
| 5a Smitham Bottom Lane | Detached | 181 m² | B | £685,000 · 2013 | £3,785 |
| Flat 5, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat | 65 m² | B | £458,000 · 2022 | – |
| Flat 6, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat | 68 m² | B | £490,000 · 2022 | – |
| 7a Smitham Bottom Lane | Detached | 173 m² | F | £895,000 · 2021 | £5,173 |
| Flat 7, Smitham Bottom Lane | Flat | 125 m² | B | £447,500 · 2022 | – |