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Selhurst
Croydon, London
Selhurst lies in the north-east of Croydon, between South Norwood and Thornton Heath, a tightly built Victorian and Edwardian suburb that grew around the station after it opened in 1865. The ward's best-known feature is Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace Football Club since the stadium opened in 1924 on a former brickfield — Archibald Leitch was the architect. There are four listed buildings including the Grade II Selhurst War Memorial and small Victorian shop terraces on Sydenham Road. Transport is reasonable: Selhurst, Norwood Junction and Thornton Heath stations run frequent services to London Bridge and Victoria, with around 12 Ofsted-outstanding schools nearby. The food scene reaches around 68 venues along the high roads. The drawbacks are significant. Safety scores are low, with the ward sitting in the corridor affected by football-match-day disorder and high-road street crime. Green space is minimal at 5.8 hectares with Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground the largest patch, there is no conservation-area cover, and air-quality scores are below the London median. This is a connected but hard-edged inner south London ward.
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Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace Football Club, was built on a former brickfield site purchased in 1922 from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway for £2,750 and opened in 1924, designed by Archibald Leitch.
- Good public-transport access
- 4 listed buildings
- 3 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground (1.7 hectares)
- 94 open venues (68 food and drink, 26 other)
Selhurst score highlights
- Property prices & growth Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover (score 61/100).
- Education Strong access to rated primary and secondary schools (score 59/100).
- Area development Little recent major-development activity (score 7/100).
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Property prices & growth
61/ 100
- Purchase affordability85
- Rent affordability90
- Price momentum (5yr)49
- Activity (turnover)40
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and 30 years of sale-price history for this ward.
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Safety
24/ 100
- Personal safety18
- Property crime31
- Anti-social behaviour28
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Connectivity
48/ 100
Median public-transport access is good (TfL PTAL 4.0 of 8 across this ward).
Air & Quiet
40/ 100
- Air quality45
- Quietness33
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Cultural Signal
28/ 100
- Nightlife7
- Dining14
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops14
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene64
- Vitality (openings, diversity)63
94 open venues nearby — 68 food & drink, 26 other.
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Education
59/ 100
- Primary schools52
- Secondary schools66
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Heritage
9/ 100
4 listed buildings
- Selhurst War MemorialGrade II
- 226-228, Sydenham RoadGrade II
- 237 and 239, Sydenham RoadGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
33/ 100
- Green spaces41
- Waterways20
Largest green space: Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground (2 ha). ~6 ha of green space in total.
Area development
7/ 100
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