49 Woodcote Park Avenue, Woodcote CR8 3NS: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A detached house of 256 m², rated EPC C. It last sold for £950,000 in May 2019. The Resi IQ estimate today is £1,025,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £950,000 in 2019; our estimate today is £1,025,000, up 8% (1.0% a year), behind the 9.6% a year typical on Woodcote Park Avenue.
- What we found
- Last sold £950,000 in May 2019.
- Estimate today £1,025,000.
- 256 m² against a street median of 211.5 m²; estimated £4,004/m².
- EPC C; 100% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 1230 m to Coulsdon Town station (about 20 min walk).
49 Woodcote Park Avenue, Woodcote CR8 3NS: a detached
49 Woodcote Park Avenue is a detached house in Woodcote, London Borough of Croydon. It has an internal floor area of 256 m² and 8 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 211.5 m² home on Woodcote Park Avenue. The postcode is CR8 3NS, in Purley & Woodcote ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2019, when the home changed hands for £950,000. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £1,025,000 implies a 8% change since the last sale. Treat it as a figure to test against comparable sales rather than a price.
The energy certificate rates the home EPC band C and was lodged 30 Jul 2018. Across Woodcote Park Avenue, 100% of rated homes reach band C or better. Coulsdon Town station is 1.2 km from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 59 minutes.
49 Woodcote Park Avenue value: estimated at £1,025,000
This home against every recorded sale on Woodcote Park Avenue.
Sale history
| 17 May 2019 | Detached house | £950,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£870,000 to £1,181,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 49 Woodcote Park Avenue sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Going further than EPC C
This home is rated EPC C. It already meets the C target, so these are the measures that cut bills further.
| 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.
1013 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 49 Woodcote Park Avenue: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Detached house
- Floor area
- 256 m² (street median 211.5 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 8
- EPC rating
- C
- UPRN
- 100020670528
Who lives near 49 Woodcote Park Avenue: 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 49 Woodcote Park Avenue. 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 49 Woodcote Park Avenue: 11 within 1.8 km, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 240 m 4 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 390 m 6 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Cumnor House School Other independent school · ages 4-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 880 m 14 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 1.4 km 23 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 1.6 km 25 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) | 1.6 km 26 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) | 1.6 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 |
| 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 |
| The John Fisher School Voluntary aided school · ages 11-18 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodmansterne Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.8 km 29 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 49 Woodcote Park Avenue: 59 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.
49 Woodcote Park Avenue to central London
| Blackfriars | 59 min | walk 32 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 62 min | walk 32 min → train 30 min |
Stations near 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
| Coulsdon Town | 1230 m | about 20 min walk |
| Reedham | 1430 m | about 23 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 1520 m | about 25 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
6 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 434 463 633. Nearest stop: Smitham Bottom Lane, 408 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 49 Woodcote Park Avenue: 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 | 920 m | 11 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 1.2 km | 19 |
| Dentist | Ivory Dental | 1.0 km | 18 |
| Supermarket | Waitrose | 1.1 km | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 1.3 km | 6 |
| Post office | The Mount Post Office | 1.0 km | 7 |
| Park or green space | Woodcote Village Green | 580 m | 31 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 2.3 km | 1 |
Electric vehicle charging near 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
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 | 1.3 km |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.4 km |
| Public charge point | 1.4 km | |
| Public charge point | 2.2 km | |
| Public charge point | 2.2 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 49 Woodcote Park Avenue: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 49 Woodcote Park Avenue: NO₂ 10.5 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) | 10.5 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 128 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.
Crime and policing near 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
Crime and policing near 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
1,276 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 669, earlier 6 months: 607.
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 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
59 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Brightsparks Day Nursery (177 m, rated 5); Beth Ezra (372 m, rated 5); Nourish Contract Catering @ Woodcote Primary School (386 m, rated 5); Woodcote Primary School Breakfast & After School Club (386 m, rated 4).
Planning designations around 49 Woodcote Park Avenue
- 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
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 |
Photos of 49 Woodcote Park Avenue 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 49 Woodcote Park Avenue: 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.
49 Woodcote Park Avenue, Woodcote: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 49 Woodcote Park Avenue?
49 Woodcote Park Avenue has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 256 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 49 Woodcote Park Avenue last sell for?
49 Woodcote Park Avenue last sold for £950,000 on 17 May 2019.
What is the estimated value of 49 Woodcote Park Avenue?
An automated estimate puts 49 Woodcote Park Avenue at £1,025,000, in a range of £870,000 to £1,181,000. 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 49 Woodcote Park Avenue?
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.