21 Woodcote Grove Road, Coulsdon CR5 2AG: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A mid-terrace house of 109 m² built 1900-1929, rated EPC D. It last sold for £402,000 in Oct 2016. The Resi IQ estimate today is £551,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £402,000 in 2016; our estimate today is £551,000, up 37% (3.2% a year), behind the 6.1% a year typical on Woodcote Grove Road.
- What we found
- Last sold £402,000 in Oct 2016.
- Estimate today £551,000, higher than 50% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 109 m² against a street median of 102.9 m²; estimated £5,055/m².
- EPC D; 43% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 480 m to Coulsdon Town station (about 8 min walk).
21 Woodcote Grove Road, Coulsdon CR5 2AG: a mid-terrace built 1900-1929
21 Woodcote Grove Road is a mid-terrace house in Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, built 1900-1929. It has an internal floor area of 109 m² and 5 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 102.9 m² home on Woodcote Grove Road. The postcode is CR5 2AG, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2016, when the home changed hands for £402,000. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £551,000 implies a 37% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 50th percentile of recent house sales on the street. Treat it as a figure to test against comparable sales rather than a price.
The energy certificate rates the home EPC band D and was lodged 9 May 2016. Across Woodcote Grove Road, 43% of rated homes reach band C or better. Coulsdon Town station is 480 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 38 minutes.
21 Woodcote Grove Road value: estimated at £551,000, in the middle of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Woodcote Grove Road.
Sale history
| 31 Oct 2016 | Terraced house | £402,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£496,000 to £607,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 21 Woodcote Grove Road sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 21 Woodcote Grove Road
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Typical routes to EPC C
This home is rated EPC D. These are the measures that usually close the gap for a typical home.
| Improvement | Typical cost | Saves a year |
|---|---|---|
| Loft insulation to 270 mm | £900–£1,500 | £110–£170 |
| Cavity wall insulation | £1,500–£3,500 | £190–£300 |
| Low-energy lighting throughout | £100–£250 | £30–£60 |
| Air-source heat pump | £7,000–£13,000 | £0–£250 |
| Solar panels (4 kWp) | £5,000–£7,000 | £300–£600 |
Indicative UK ranges from Energy Saving Trust guidance; get quotes before you commit. The certificate for this address lists its own recommended measures on the government EPC register.
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
Repayment mortgage, illustrative. The rate is an example; check a lender’s current rate before relying on it.
1010 kWh per kWp a year from PVGIS at this location (35° pitch, south-facing, 14% losses). Costs and prices are typical assumptions you can edit.
The building at 21 Woodcote Grove Road: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Terraced house
- Age band
- 1900-1929
- Floor area
- 109 m² (street median 102.9 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 5
- EPC rating
- D
- Tenure when surveyed
- owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 100020579351
Similar homes that sold near 21 Woodcote Grove Road
Terraced homes on the street within 12 m² of this one, sold since 2019.
| Address | Size | EPC | Sold | Price | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Woodcote Grove Road | 104 m² | C | 4 Oct 2024 | £480,000 | £4,615 |
| 23 Woodcote Grove Road | 109 m² | D | 27 Jan 2023 | £479,000 | £4,394 |
Who lives near 21 Woodcote Grove Road: 83% of homes are owner-occupied and 47% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043B: 1,339 residents in 527 households around 21 Woodcote Grove Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1518%
- 15 to 2410%
- 25 to 4427%
- 45 to 6427%
- 65 and over18%
Household type
- One person22%
- Couple, no children17%
- Family with children32%
- Other29%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright38%
- Mortgage or shared46%
- Private rented13%
- Social rented3%
Cars and vans per household
- No car16%
- 1 car47%
- 2 cars30%
- 3 or more7%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (669 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good85%
- Fair11%
- Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above44%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level21%
- None13%
Schools near 21 Woodcote Grove Road: 8 within 1.8 km, 6 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 | 340 m 6 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 540 m 9 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 940 m 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 1.1 km 17 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.2 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Beaumont Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Mar 2025 | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Nicholas School Community special school · ages 4-11 | Special | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.6 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 21 Woodcote Grove Road: 38 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.
21 Woodcote Grove Road to central London
| Blackfriars | 38 min | walk 11 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 41 min | walk 11 min → train 30 min |
Stations near 21 Woodcote Grove Road
| Coulsdon Town | 480 m | about 8 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 650 m | about 11 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 930 m | about 15 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 21 Woodcote Grove Road
16 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 166 404 405 434 463 60 633 N68. Nearest stop: Chipstead Valley Road / Brighton Road, 81 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 21 Woodcote Grove Road: 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 | Bramley Avenue Surgery | 260 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Infohealth Pharmacy | 120 m | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 90 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 220 m | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 200 m | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 140 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Coulsdon Memorial Ground | 810 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 2.8 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 21 Woodcote Grove Road
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
| Parkable | 10 bays | 230 m |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 260 m |
| Public charge point | 1.7 km | |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.5 km |
| Public charge point | 2.7 km |
Show 1 more sites
| Public charge point | 2.7 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 21 Woodcote Grove Road: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 21 Woodcote Grove Road: 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) | 7.3 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 93 m
- Major-road 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.
Crime and policing near 21 Woodcote Grove Road
Crime and policing near 21 Woodcote Grove Road
1,529 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 21 Woodcote Grove Road
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 788, earlier 6 months: 741.
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 21 Woodcote Grove Road
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 36 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Bright Horizons Coulsdon Day Nursery And Preschool (82 m, rated 5); Abuela Play Cafe (95 m, rated 5); DD's Cafe (110 m, rated 4); Singapore Orchid (110 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 21 Woodcote Grove Road
- 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
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 street: houses sold for a median of £523,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 33% more than the authority average.
Photos of 21 Woodcote Grove Road 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 at 21 Woodcote Grove Road: 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.
21 Woodcote Grove Road, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 21 Woodcote Grove Road?
21 Woodcote Grove Road has an EPC rating of band D, with a recorded internal floor area of 109 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 21 Woodcote Grove Road last sell for?
21 Woodcote Grove Road last sold for £402,000 on 31 Oct 2016.
What is the estimated value of 21 Woodcote Grove Road?
An automated estimate puts 21 Woodcote Grove Road at £551,000, in a range of £496,000 to £607,000. It is a model estimate from Resi IQ, not a valuation, so compare it with recent sales on the street.
What council tax band is 21 Woodcote Grove Road?
The band is held by the Valuation Office Agency, which you can look up on GOV.UK. For reference, Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.