Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon CR5: house prices, homes and local area information
The most common home is a detached house of about 140 m² with 5 habitable rooms, built 1930–1966 and most often rated EPC E. 1 addresses are in our records and 1 sales since 1995.
Latest recorded sale 24 Apr 2015. How we calculate this.
- What we found
- 1 sale on record since 1995 across 1 address.
- 1 addresses in 1 postcode: CR5 1DA.
- 0% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Fastest weekday train to London Blackfriars 59 min, including the walk to Coulsdon South (1950 m).
- In Old Coulsdon ward, London Borough of Croydon.
About Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon CR5: a small street
Ditches Lane is a small street in Old Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon. We hold 1 address on it in CR5 1DA, in Old Coulsdon ward and the Croydon South constituency. The nearest station is Coulsdon South, about 1.9 km away.
The most common home is a detached house of about 140 m² with 5 habitable rooms, built 1930–1966 and most often rated EPC E. 0% of rated homes sit in EPC band D and 0% 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 1930 to 1966.
There are too few recent sales on Ditches Lane to publish a reliable median, so the figures below lean on the postcode and the wider area.
Map of Ditches Lane: 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.
Ditches Lane house prices: every sale on record
Every recorded sale since 1995. Highest recorded sale £600,000 (Badgers Welcome, Ditches Lane, 2015); lowest £600,000 (2015).
Homes on Ditches Lane
Type
Age
Tenure when last surveyed
Median home: 140 m², 5 habitable rooms.
EPC energy ratings on Ditches Lane
100% of rated homes are D or below, against 60% across the wider CR5 sample.
Latest house sales on Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badgers Welcome, Ditches Lane | Detached house | 24 Apr 2015 | £600,000 | 140 m² | £4,286 |
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 Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 51% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043A: 1,648 residents in 630 households around Ditches Lane. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1518%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4424%
- 45 to 6427%
- 65 and over21%
Household type
- One person21%
- Couple, no children18%
- Family with children32%
- Other28%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright41%
- Mortgage or shared48%
- Private rented7%
- Social rented3%
Cars and vans per household
- No car8%
- 1 car44%
- 2 cars32%
- 3 or more16%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (833 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good88%
- Fair9%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above48%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level21%
- None10%
Schools near Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Keston Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2023 | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon Academy sponsor led · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 1.4 km 23 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 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 Ditches Lane: 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.
Ditches Lane to central London
| Blackfriars | 59 min | walk 32 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 62 min | walk 32 min → train 30 min |
Stations near Ditches Lane
| Coulsdon South | 1950 m | about 32 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 2650 m | about 43 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 2700 m | about 44 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Ditches Lane
No bus stops within 450 m of this location.
Living on Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon: stations, shops, schools and green space
The nearest stations are Coulsdon South, about 1.9 km away, and Coulsdon Town, about 2.6 km. In TfL's journey planner the quickest weekday trip arriving by 08:30 reaches London Blackfriars in 59 minutes, walking included.
Tesco and Aldi are the nearest supermarkets. GP surgeries in reach include Downland Surgery, Old Coulsdon Medical Practice and Woodcote Medical. 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 1.4 km. Admissions rules and catchments vary, so check them with Croydon before relying on distance.
New Hill and Happy Valley are the nearest named green spaces. Our Old Coulsdon guide covers the wider area in more detail.
Energy use around Ditches Lane: homes nearby use 62% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 19% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Croydon 043A (660 gas meters, 684 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 97% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 16,299 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 88% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 3,321 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 Ditches Lane: NO₂ 9.3 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) | 9.3 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 146 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 Ditches Lane: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 2 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 | Downland Surgery | 1.0 km | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Old Coulsdon Pharmacy | 1.2 km | 11 |
| Dentist | Crossways Dental | 1.2 km | 12 |
| Supermarket | Tesco | 2.5 km | 6 |
| Library | Bradmore Green Library | 1.2 km | 5 |
| Post office | Old Coulsdon Post Office | 1.4 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Unnamed | 550 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 3.7 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near Ditches Lane
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.
2 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Parkable | 10 bays | 2.4 km |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 2.5 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 Ditches Lane: MP and councillors
Crime, food and planning around Ditches Lane
Crime and policing near Ditches Lane
523 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Ditches Lane
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 277, earlier 6 months: 246.
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 Ditches Lane
56 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: The Netherne Pavilion Cafe Community Interest Company (942 m, rated 5); Netherne Community Amateur Sports Club (966 m, rated 5); The Shaw (1026 m, rated 5); Netherne Village Store (1052 m, rated 3).
Planning designations around Ditches Lane
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- Yes
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Old Coulsdon
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
Photos of Ditches Lane 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 Ditches Lane: 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.
Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the average house price on Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon?
Ditches Lane has too few recent house sales for a reliable median: 1 sale are recorded since 1995.
Which council covers Ditches Lane?
Ditches Lane is in Old Coulsdon ward in London Borough of Croydon, and in the Croydon South parliamentary constituency.
How far is Ditches Lane from the nearest station?
Coulsdon South is about 1950 m from the middle of Ditches Lane, around 32 minutes' walk, and Coulsdon Town is 2650 m away.
What energy rating do homes on Ditches Lane have?
0% of rated homes on Ditches Lane are EPC band C or better, against 40% across CR5.
What council tax do you pay on Ditches Lane?
Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Which schools are near Ditches Lane?
The nearest schools include Coulsdon CofE Primary School (1.3 km), Keston Primary School (1.3 km) and Oasis Academy Coulsdon (1.4 km). Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas.
How much does a house cost on Ditches Lane?
Ditches Lane has 1 recorded sale 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 Ditches Lane, Old Coulsdon CR5
1 addresses in our records. Filter by number.
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badgers Welcome, Ditches Lane | Detached | 140 m² | E | £600,000 · 2015 | £4,286 |
Method. Statistics are computed from the 1 addresses on this road in our records. Medians use sales since 2019 unless stated.