Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon CR5: house prices, homes and local area information
The most common home is a detached house of about 188 m² with 8 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 2 addresses are in our records and 3 sales since 1995.
Latest recorded sale 7 Nov 2013. How we calculate this.
- What we found
- 3 sales on record since 1995 across 2 addresses.
- 2 addresses in 1 postcode: CR5 1AY.
- 100% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 52 min, including the walk to Coulsdon South (1430 m).
- In Old Coulsdon ward, London Borough of Croydon.
About Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon CR5: a small street
Blakefield Gardens is a small street in Old Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon. We hold 2 addresses on it in CR5 1AY, in Old Coulsdon ward and the Croydon South constituency. The nearest station is Coulsdon South, about 1.4 km away.
The most common home is a detached house of about 188 m² with 8 habitable rooms, built 1967 onwards and most often rated EPC C. 0% of rated homes sit in EPC band D and 100% reach band C or better, compared with 40% across the wider CR5 sample. By type: detached houses 100%. 100% of homes with a recorded age date from 1967 onwards.
There are too few recent sales on Blakefield Gardens to publish a reliable median, so the figures below lean on the postcode and the wider area.
Map of Blakefield Gardens: every home by price per m²
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale. Switch the colouring to see where prices, energy ratings and recent sales cluster.
Blakefield Gardens house prices: every sale on record
Every recorded sale since 1995. Highest recorded sale £675,000 (1 Blakefield Gardens, 2007); lowest £650,000 (2013).
Homes on Blakefield Gardens
Type
Age
Tenure when last surveyed
Median home: 188 m², 8 habitable rooms.
EPC energy ratings on Blakefield Gardens
0% of rated homes are D or below, against 60% across the wider CR5 sample.
Latest house sales on Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Blakefield Gardens | Detached house | 7 Nov 2013 | £650,000 | 188 m² | £3,457 |
| 1 Blakefield Gardens | Detached house | 12 Dec 2012 | £660,000 | 188 m² | £3,511 |
| 1 Blakefield Gardens | Detached house | 2 Aug 2007 | £675,000 | 188 m² | £3,590 |
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 |
Who lives around Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon: 86% of homes are owner-occupied and 43% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 044C: 1,651 residents in 642 households around Blakefield Gardens. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1521%
- 15 to 248%
- 25 to 4425%
- 45 to 6425%
- 65 and over21%
Household type
- One person26%
- Couple, no children11%
- Family with children35%
- Other28%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright43%
- Mortgage or shared44%
- Private rented8%
- Social rented6%
Cars and vans per household
- No car15%
- 1 car41%
- 2 cars33%
- 3 or more11%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (776 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good87%
- Fair9%
- Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above33%
- A level or equivalent20%
- GCSE level25%
- None15%
Schools near Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 160 m 3 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Keston Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2023 | 430 m 7 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 |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon Academy sponsor led · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 1.0 km 16 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| New Valley Primary School Academy sponsor led · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.1 km 17 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| The Hayes Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2023 | 1.4 km 23 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 Blakefield Gardens: 52 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.
Blakefield Gardens to central London
| Blackfriars | 52 min | walk 25 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 55 min | walk 25 min → train 30 min |
Stations near Blakefield Gardens
| Coulsdon South | 1430 m | about 23 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1850 m | about 30 min walk |
| Kenley | 2450 m | about 40 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Blakefield Gardens
11 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 404 466 60 N68. Nearest stop: Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose, 83 m away.
Living on Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon: stations, shops, schools and green space
The nearest stations are Coulsdon South, about 1.4 km away, and Coulsdon Town, about 1.8 km. In TfL's journey planner the quickest weekday trip arriving by 08:30 reaches London Blackfriars in 52 minutes, walking included. 4 bus routes serve stops within a few minutes' walk: 404, 466, 60 and the N68 night bus, with Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose the closest stop.
Aldi and Waitrose are the nearest supermarkets. GP surgeries in reach include Old Coulsdon Medical Practice, Downland Surgery and The Coulsdon Medical Practice. For schools, Coulsdon CofE Primary School (requires improvement), Keston Primary School (good) and Oasis Academy Byron (good) are the closest primarys, and Oasis Academy Coulsdon (good) is the nearest secondary school at 1.0 km. Admissions rules and catchments vary, so check them with Croydon before relying on distance.
Grange Park and New Hill are the nearest named green spaces. Our Old Coulsdon guide covers the wider area in more detail.
Energy use around Blakefield Gardens: homes nearby use 33% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 16% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 044C (637 gas meters, 633 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 88% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 14,015 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 74% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 2,924 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 Blakefield Gardens: NO₂ 9.9 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) | 9.9 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 160 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 Blakefield Gardens: 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 | Old Coulsdon Medical Practice | 220 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Holmes Pharmacy | 120 m | 11 |
| Dentist | Crossways Dental | 420 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.9 km | 6 |
| Library | Bradmore Green Library | 130 m | 5 |
| Post office | Old Coulsdon Post Office | 150 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Grange Park | 200 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 3.6 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near Blakefield Gardens
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 | 1.9 km |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.9 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.6 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.6 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.7 km |
Show 1 more sites
| Public charge point | 2.8 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 Blakefield Gardens: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around Blakefield Gardens
Crime and policing near Blakefield Gardens
714 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Blakefield Gardens
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 365, earlier 6 months: 349.
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 Blakefield Gardens
54 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 37 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Tudor Bakery (107 m, rated 3); Curry Leaf Coulsdon (107 m, rated 4); Meadows Preschool (130 m, rated 5); Morrisons Daily (154 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Blakefield Gardens
- Conservation area
- Yes
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Old Coulsdon
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
Photos of Blakefield Gardens 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 on Blakefield Gardens: 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.
Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the average house price on Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon?
Blakefield Gardens has too few recent house sales for a reliable median: 3 sales are recorded since 1995.
Which council covers Blakefield Gardens?
Blakefield Gardens is in Old Coulsdon ward in London Borough of Croydon, and in the Croydon South parliamentary constituency.
How far is Blakefield Gardens from the nearest station?
Coulsdon South is about 1430 m from the middle of Blakefield Gardens, around 23 minutes' walk, and Coulsdon Town is 1850 m away.
What energy rating do homes on Blakefield Gardens have?
100% of rated homes on Blakefield Gardens are EPC band C or better, against 40% across CR5.
What council tax do you pay on Blakefield Gardens?
Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Which schools are near Blakefield Gardens?
The nearest schools include Coulsdon CofE Primary School (160 m), Keston Primary School (430 m) and Oasis Academy Byron (800 m). Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas.
How much does a house cost on Blakefield Gardens?
Blakefield Gardens has 3 recorded sales since 1995, too few to publish a reliable median. The nearest comparison is Old Coulsdon, where the median sale since 2019 is £550,000.
How is this calculated?
Sales come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, and floor areas and energy ratings from the EPC register. Medians use sales since 2019; £/m² uses houses only. See the method note below.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address on Blakefield Gardens, Old Coulsdon CR5
2 addresses in our records. Filter by number.
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Blakefield Gardens | Detached | 188 m² | C | £660,000 · 2012 | £3,511 |
| 2 Blakefield Gardens | Detached | 188 m² | C | £650,000 · 2013 | £3,457 |
Method. Statistics are computed from the 2 addresses on this road in our records. Medians use sales since 2019 unless stated.