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Biggin Hill
Bromley, London
PocketsBiggin Hill West (south-west · Jerry Reddins Shaw · Jewels Wood · Biggin Hill Recreation Ground · Long Coppice)Biggin Hill East & Cudham (Cudham Lodge Wood · Biggin Hill Recreation Ground)
Biggin Hill sits at the southern edge of Bromley on the Kent border, a Battle of Britain airfield town set in open North Downs countryside. The thirteen listed buildings include the Grade II Memorial Chapel — St George's Chapel of Remembrance, consecrated in 1951 after Winston Churchill championed its rebuilding following a 1946 fire — and the Grade II St Mark's Church. Green space is exceptional by London standards: around 116 hectares across Jewels Wood, the airfield fringes and farmland pockets. The air is clean and crime sits near the top of London wards for safety. The costs are structural: almost no public-transport access, with no rail connection and the only links into London handled by long bus routes; a single Ofsted outstanding rated school within reach; and a thin conservation-area cover across the ward. For residents willing to drive and willing to trade connectivity for space, the numbers add up; for anyone commuting on rails, they do not.
- Strongest100Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Also strong78Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Watch out0Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Limited public-transport access
- 13 listed buildings
- 0.9% covered by a conservation area
- 1 school rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Jewels Wood (17.7 hectares)
- 56 open venues (32 food and drink, 24 other)
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St George's Chapel at Biggin Hill was rebuilt and consecrated in 1951 after the original 1943 memorial chapel was destroyed by fire in December 1946, with funds raised through a public appeal led by Winston Churchill.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
78Highest in London
How scores work - Purchase affordability95
- Rent affordability90
- Price momentum (5yr)57
- Activity (turnover)84
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Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Biggin Hill: 136 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
73Better than 91% of London
- Personal safety75
- Property crime71
- Anti-social behaviour72
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Every recorded crime type — burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and more — grouped into personal, property and anti-social behaviour, with the monthly trend for this ward.
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Connectivity
20Among the lowest in London
Median public-transport access is limited (TfL PTAL 1.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
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Air & Quiet
100Highest in London
- Air quality100
- Quietness100
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
11Better than 7% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining7
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops0
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene14
- Vitality (openings, diversity)38
56 open venues nearby — 32 food & drink, 24 other.
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For Biggin Hill: the mix behind 56 open venues—% independent
Education
26Lowest in London
- Primary schools22
- Secondary schools30
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For Biggin Hill: 2 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
3Better than 9% of London
13 listed buildings · 1% under a conservation area
- Memorial ChapelGrade II
- St Mark's ChurchGrade II
- Norheads FarmhouseGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
67Better than 65% of London
- Green spaces91
- Waterways15
Largest green space: Jewels Wood (18 ha). ~117 ha of green space in total.
Area development
0Shared lowest band with 24% of London
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- Is Biggin Hill safe?
- Biggin Hill scores 73 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — one of London's safer wards on this measure. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Biggin Hill a good place to live?
- Biggin Hill scores 42 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are air & quiet (100) and property prices & growth (78); its weakest is area development (0). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Biggin Hill?
- Limited public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Biggin Hill 1 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 20 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Biggin Hill expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Biggin Hill is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 19/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Biggin Hill?
- Biggin Hill scores 26 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 1 school within a kilometre holds an Outstanding rating.
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