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Mottingham
Bromley, London
PocketsMottingham (River Quaggy · Fairy Hall Flow · Little Quaggy · Lower Marvels Wood · Elmstead Lane · Marvels Wood)Chislehurst North
Mottingham sits in the far north-west of the London Borough of Bromley, a suburban ward where the boundary with Greenwich runs through the back gardens. The area has old roots — recorded in 862 as Modingahema — but its present form comes from the London County Council's Mottingham Estate, built from 1935 on Court Farm with around 2,000 houses, schools and shops. The ward has five listed buildings including the Grade II Mottingham War Memorial and the Grade II Geffery's almshouses built by the Ironmongers' Company in 1912. Green space is generous for an outer suburb at 66.9 hectares, with Mottingham Sports Ground and Foxes Field anchoring the open space, and air-quality scores are very high. There are decent rail links from Mottingham station into central London. The drawbacks are meaningful. Just one Ofsted-outstanding school sits nearby, there is no conservation-area cover, culture and heritage scores are low, and safety sits close to the London median rather than above it. It is a quiet residential suburb with limited amenities of its own.
- Strongest75Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Also strong72Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Watch out0Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 5 listed buildings
- 1 school rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Mottingham Sports Ground / Foxes Field (11.4 hectares)
- 94 open venues (27 food and drink, 67 other)
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Mottingham's name was first recorded in 862 AD as Modingahema, meaning 'the land of Moda's people', and the area was only transferred from Kent to Greater London in 1965.
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
64Better than 87% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability75
- Rent affordability90
- Price momentum (5yr)57
- Activity (turnover)48
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Mottingham: 100 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
47Better than 45% of London
- Personal safety45
- Property crime43
- Anti-social behaviour56
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Connectivity
34Better than 24% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
75Better than 89% of London
- Air quality80
- Quietness68
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
12Better than 11% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining0
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene29
- Vitality (openings, diversity)31
94 open venues nearby — 27 food & drink, 67 other.
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For Mottingham: the mix behind 94 open venues—% independent
Education
43Better than 8% of London
- Primary schools44
- Secondary schools42
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Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Mottingham: 4 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
8Better than 21% of London
5 listed buildings
- Mottingham War MemorialGrade II
- Fairmount Ladies Rest HomeGrade II
- Geffery' S Homes (almshouses) Grade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
72Better than 82% of London
- Green spaces96
- Waterways25
Largest green space: Mottingham Sports Ground / Foxes Field (11 ha). ~67 ha of green space in total.
Area development
0Shared lowest band with 24% of London
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- Is Mottingham safe?
- Mottingham scores 47 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — mid-table for London. 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 Mottingham a good place to live?
- Mottingham scores 39 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 (75) and nature access (72); 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 Mottingham?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Mottingham 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 34 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Mottingham expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Mottingham is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 15/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Mottingham?
- Mottingham scores 43 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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