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The Birches

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33 recorded sales · median £223,500 · Greenwich

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Greenwich Council · Labour-controlled 35/55 seats · 64% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

70/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£224k

median price

10.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£224k

median sold price

12 yrs

of local pay to buy

8 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

107

schools total

10.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

1,014

Violence — most

17.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

27.2%

in a flood zone

4,138

green spaces

8.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

581

eat & drink

196

shops

81.2%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£68,000 in 1996 → £486,000 in 2020

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Greenwich, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £223,500. That's about 12× local earnings — around the 12.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2020 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 33 sales£223,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay12× · five-year average 12.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership41%

Owned outright

16%

With a mortgage

25%

Private rented

26%

Social rented

31%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,108

Your band:

Royal Borough of Greenwich£1,597

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,405

Band B£1,639

Band C£1,874

Band D (baseline)£2,108

Band E£2,576

Band F£3,044

Band G£3,513

Band H£4,215

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Greenwich how The Birches compares · from Greenwich

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Middle Park +30.2%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Middle Park	£382,500	+30.2%	36
Thamesmead	£358,500	+29.1%	224
Mottingham	£560,000	+26.7%	70
Shooters Hill	£541,555	+24.9%	154
Eltham	£440,000	+24.9%	172
Abbey Wood	£435,000	+24.3%	258
Kidbrooke	£500,000	+22.4%	148
New Eltham	£476,013	+20.9%	166
Well Hall	£475,000	+18.8%	278
Blackheath Park	£458,000	+16.6%	94
Plumstead	£405,000	+14.6%	468
Albury Court	£450,000	+12.6%	84
Avery Hill	£555,000	+9%	66
Charlton	£482,500	+5.4%	368
Woolwich Dockyard	£300,000	+4.3%	66
Woolwich	£410,000	+3.2%	214
Coldharbour	£475,000	+2%	77
Callis Yard	£395,000	+0%	390
Gallions Reach	£281,500	-2%	40
Greenwich	£577,500	-3.8%	256
East Greenwich	£515,000	-5.4%	506
Deptford	£475,000	-9.4%	170
Horn Park	£425,000	-9.5%	42
Kidbrooke Village	£450,000	-12.6%	202

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in The Birches — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
17 The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£520,000	Jan 2025
20 THE BIRCHES CHARLTON	Terraced	—	—	£587,000	Aug 2024
23, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£545,000	Feb 2023
20 THE BIRCHES CHARLTON	Terraced	—	—	£462,000	Dec 2020
3, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£486,000	Nov 2020
10, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£487,000	Jun 2020
10, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£366,000	Dec 2019
23, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£470,000	Nov 2018
12 The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£415,000	Sep 2015
8, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£475,000	Aug 2014
6, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£380,000	May 2014
6, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£245,000	Feb 2012
5 The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£242,000	Sep 2010
3, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£227,000	Aug 2009
30 THE BIRCHES	Terraced	—	—	£220,000	Mar 2009
9, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£275,000	Oct 2007
3, The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£212,500	Oct 2006
2 THE BIRCHES	Terraced	—	—	£230,000	Sep 2006
21 THE BIRCHES CHARLTON	Terraced	—	—	£193,000	Mar 2006
12 The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£227,000	Jul 2005
27 The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£210,000	Jul 2004
29 The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£177,000	Apr 2003
17 The Birches	Terraced	—	—	£140,000	Jul 2002
11 THE BIRCHES	Terraced	—	—	£110,000	Nov 2000

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Greenwich

Crime runs at 10.2 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month10.2

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Greenwich

Violence & sexual offences

1,014

Anti-social behaviour

589

Other theft

234

Vehicle crime

224

Shoplifting

211

Public order

184

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Greenwich district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Greenwich

Population289,068

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — has improved since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

4.3/10

Employment

4.9/10

Education & skills

6.3/10

Health & disability

5.1/10

Crime

4.0/10

Housing & services

3.8/10

Living environment

4.0/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Greenwich — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+62%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)46%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home41%

Median age35.3

Born outside the UK38%

See the full Greenwich report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

5 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Fossdene Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	0.1 km
Little People's Montessori	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.1 km
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	0.2 km
Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Pre-School, Charlton	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.4 km
Sherington Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Charlton	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.4 km
Orchard House Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.5 km
Busy Bees At Blackheath (Charlton)	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.6 km
Invicta Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	0.7 km
Montage Deptford	Nursery	—	0.7 km
The Blackheath Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.7 km
Montessori Moments	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
RIMU Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.8 km
Greenwich Waldorf School	All-through	—	0.8 km
Bopeeps Preschool Blackheath	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
LinguaPlay-Greenwich	Nursery	—	0.8 km
Leigh Academy Blackheath	Secondary	Outstanding ('22)	0.8 km
Halstow Primary School	Primary	Good ('21)	0.9 km
Charlton Manor Primary School	Primary	—	0.9 km
Rimu Music Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.9 km
Cherry Orchard Primary School	Primary	—	0.9 km
Back 2 Basics	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Bright Horizons East Greenwich Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Blackheath High School GDST	All-through	—	1.0 km
Code Kids Blackheath High School	Nursery	—	1.0 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

12 of 13 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Charlton Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Charlton Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Totty Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Grove Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
The Village Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Charlton Village Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Oral Surgery Ltd - Charlton Village	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Blackheath Standard Pms	GP	Good ('16)	0.8 km
Fairfield Pms	GP	—	0.8 km
Artisan Implants	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Blackheath Standard Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Pyramid Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Dental Beauty Blackheath	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Masters Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Dental Beauty Greenwich	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Oral Surgery Ltd - Confidental	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Vanbrugh Group Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.3 km
Pyramid Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
The Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Pe Logan	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Greenwich Peninsula	GP	Good ('24)	1.5 km
Manor Brook Pms	GP	Good ('16)	1.6 km
Woodlands Surgery	GP	—	1.6 km
Amal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Kidbrooke Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Interdental Centre	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Royal Wharf Dental	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Royal Docks Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Ns Warwick Ltd	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Sparkly Smile Limited	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Sogim Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Triveni Pms	GP	Good ('17)	2.3 km
Mangal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Smile4U (Kidbrooke) Ltd	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Chemcare Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Ar Smiles	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Roopson Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Cubitt Town Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Valentine Health Partnership	GP	—	2.6 km
Burney Street Pms	GP	Good ('18)	2.6 km
City Airport Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Lee Road Surgery	GP	—	2.6 km
The Cosmetic Dental Gallery	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Start2Smile Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Mychemistonline	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
The Practice Albert Road	GP	Good ('18)	2.7 km
Greenwich Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
All Saints Medical Centre Pms	GP	—	2.7 km
J H Patel & Partners	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Altmore Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Smile With Pride Dental Care Ltd	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Pyramid Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
St James Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Primecare Pms (South Street)	GP	Good ('16)	2.9 km
Woolwich Gentle Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Plumstead Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Plumbridge Medical Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('20)	3.1 km
Roserton Street Surgery	GP	—	3.1 km
St Marks Pms	GP	Good ('16)	3.1 km
Island Health	GP	—	3.1 km
Lewisham Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	3.2 km
Community Dermatology Clinic	GP	—	3.2 km
Custom House Surgery	GP	—	3.3 km
The Ruiz Medical Practice	GP	Good ('20)	3.3 km
Royal Arsenal Medical Centre	GP	—	3.4 km
Docklands Medical Centre	GP	—	3.5 km
Everest Health Partnership	GP	—	3.5 km
Nightingale Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	3.6 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Greenwich

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 11 min from Maze Hill Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Charlton Rail Station	0.3 mi	London Bridge	15 min
Westcombe Park Rail Station	0.4 mi	London Bridge	13 min
Maze Hill Rail Station	1.1 mi	London Bridge	11 min
Woolwich Dockyard Rail Station	1.3 mi	London Bridge	19 min
Blackheath Rail Station	1.4 mi	London Bridge	12 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Maze Hill Rail Station (11 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

41%

Public transport

29%

Drive

22%

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging38 points

Per 10,000 residents1.3

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Greenwich

Air quality

NO₂

17.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

8.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002.1%

Flood zone27.2% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill74 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings538

Conservation areas14

Green belt0%

Green spaces4,138

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Greenwich

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	581	94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	196	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	65	—
Green spaces & parks	4,138	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

81.2%

Superfast

97.6%

Ultrafast

82.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Greenwich

Figures for the wider Greenwich — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate7.9%

In work (employment rate)62.2%

Companies registered here24,841

New incorporations (12m)4,447

Property companies (SPVs)2,584

See the full Greenwich report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district