Map of CR7 7EP postcode

General information

Postcode	CR7 7EP
Post Town	Thornton Heath
Nearest station	Thornton Heath (1 km)
Bus stops	Bert Road (N) Lakehall Road (S) Torridge Road (N) Fairgreen Road (N) Haslemere Road (S) Kimberley Road (CR0) (NW)
London travel zone	4
Roads in this postcode	Bensham Lane
Number of UPRNs	50 View
Known addresses	208 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 210 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 212 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 216 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 218 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 220 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 224 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 226 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 230 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 232 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 234 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 238 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 240 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 242 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 244 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 248 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 250 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 252 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 254 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 258 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 260 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 264 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 266 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 268 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 270 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 276 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 278 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 282 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 284 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 286 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 288 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 290 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath 292 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath
Main property type	Terraced
Businesses	DIVINE BUILDING LIMITED FARAI NICOLE LTD. HAMID ALI LTD HUMMINGBIRD IMMIGRATION LTD KARAMOJA COMMUNITY UK FOUNDATION LISALI LTD MARCEL .B EXPORT LTD MARQUE CORPORATION LIMITED ODIASE ENGINEERING LTD OLIVER AND BROTHERS LTD

Geography

	Latitude	51.392667
	Longitude	-0.104584
	Easting	531970
	Northing	167663
	Grid reference	TQ319676
	UTM reference	30U 701431 5697471
	what3words	detail.mutual.snacks
	Plus code	9C3X9VVW+35
	Altitude	48 metres (157 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:15
	Sunset (today)	18:05
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	36.4 KMs (22.6 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Croydon, unparished area	E43000198
Ward	Bensham Manor	E05011464
London Borough	Croydon	E09000008
County	Greater London	E11000009
Constituency (2024)	Croydon West	E14001188
MP	Sarah Jones	Labour
Police force	Metropolitan Police
Water company	Thames Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Croydon
NUTS/ITL 2	Outer London - South
NUTS/ITL 1	London
Country	England	E92000001

Data

Date introduced	July 1990
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	101
Households (2011)	40
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	9,626 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£45,100 Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban	Urban major conurbation
Built up area (2024)	Croydon	E63012338
Census output area (2021)	E00004970
Census output area (2011)	E00004970
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Croydon 015A	E01001004
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Croydon 015A	E01001004
Middle layer super output area (2021)	University Hospital & Queen's Road	E02000208
Middle layer super output area (2011)	University Hospital & Queen's Road	E02000208
Travel to work area	London	E30000234

Nearby schools

Thornton Heath Nursery School (Nursery)

Elmwood Infant School (Primary)

Whitehorse Manor Infant School (Primary)

Ecclesbourne Primary School (Primary)

The Crescent Primary School (Primary)

Chestnut Park Primary School (Primary)

Paxton Academy Sports And Science (Primary)

Elmwood Junior School (Primary)

Whitehorse Manor Junior School (Primary)

Aya College (Educational Provision)

Bensham Manor School

Arise Academy

BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology

Property sales

Average property price in Croydon	£417,781
Annual change	1.2%
View all properties sold in the CR postcode area

Properties recently sold in this postcode

Address	Type	Date	Price
212 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Terraced (freehold)	May 2024	£376,000
266 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Terraced (freehold)	Feb 2022	£350,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2017	£315,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2015	£235,000
	Flat (freehold)	Nov 2011	£100,000
220 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Terraced (freehold)	Sep 2021	£334,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Jul 2020	£250,000
282 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Terraced (freehold)	Jun 2021	£342,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Mar 2017	£312,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Aug 1998	£78,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Dec 1997	£52,500
254 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Terraced (freehold)	May 2021	£290,000
264 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Terraced (freehold)	Dec 2020	£330,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Nov 2015	£307,500
	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2014	£210,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Sep 2014	£130,000
258 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Terraced (freehold)	Oct 2020	£270,000
	Terraced (freehold)	Mar 2015	£205,000
290 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Semi-detached (freehold)	Sep 2020	£290,000
	Semi-detached (freehold)	Mar 2020	£245,000
	Semi-detached (freehold)	Jul 2000	£93,000
	Semi-detached (freehold)	Sep 1995	£50,000
292 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Semi-detached (freehold)	Nov 2019	£312,500
	Semi-detached (freehold)	Aug 2013	£179,500
	Semi-detached (freehold)	Feb 2009	£175,000
	Semi-detached (freehold)	Mar 2007	£161,000
218 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath	Terraced (freehold)	Apr 2019	£245,000

View all properties sold in the CR7 7 sector

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