The UK Postcode Database

CR8 2BH

a postcode in Croydon

Introduced in July 1990
CR8 2BH Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with CR8 2BH

Purley Road - 41 properties, USRN 20500187

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3411 / 51°20'28"N

Longitude: -0.1129 / 0°6'46"W

UTM Reference: 30U 701078 5691718

OS Easting: 531536

OS Northing: 161917

OS Grid: TQ315619

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR GZ.676

Mapcode Global: VHGRS.0K57

Open Location Code: 9C3X8VRP+FR

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91wi61

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

  • major urban conurbation
  • a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 5a1

  • Ethnically Diverse Suburb-an Professionals
  • Outer Suburbs
  • Outer Suburb Asian Mix

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 22543 / 32844

  • 7th decile
  • somewhat less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for CR8 2BH on Saturday 20 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:43
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:56
Sunrise 04:43
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:02
Sunset 21:20
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:07
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:21
Hours of daylight today04:13 to 21:50
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:50 to 04:13
Moon Phase Waxing Crescent
Moon Rises 10:13
Moon sets 23:38

For a full sun and moon calendar for CR8 2BH, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in CR8 2BH

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
18 January 2024 Flat 28, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £490,000
29 June 2023 Flat 14, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £234,011
31 March 2023 Flat 20, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £278,628
31 March 2023 Flat 13, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £246,476
31 March 2023 Flat 6, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £268,533
16 February 2023 Flat 8, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £425,000
13 December 2022 Flat 14, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £237,333
28 November 2022 Flat 10, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £308,700
25 November 2022 Flat 9, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £400,000
29 September 2022 Flat 2, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £300,000
30 June 2022 Flat 13, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £243,000
30 June 2022 Flat 10, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £277,830
30 June 2022 Flat 6, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £249,482
15 February 2022 Flat 19, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £330,000
10 November 2021 Flat 7, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £290,000
16 September 2021 Flat 15, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £472,500
16 September 2021 Flat 19, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £333,000
7 September 2021 Flat 20, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £320,000
23 July 2021 Flat 15, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £525,000
23 July 2021 Flat 19, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £370,000
5 July 2021 Parking Space 26, Gemini Court, 852, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Other property type Leasehold £280,000
19 March 2021 Flat 12, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £355,000
26 October 2020 Flat 17, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £339,000
2 July 2020 Flat 26, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £540,000
5 July 2019 Flat 1, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £495,180
6 February 2019 Flat 23, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £525,000
16 November 2018 Flat 22, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £509,950
19 June 2018 Flat 21, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £350,513
15 June 2018 Flat 16, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £511,633
31 January 2018 Flat 27, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £359,180
26 January 2018 Flat 25, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £628,583
5 December 2017 Flat 28, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £675,180
25 September 2017 Flat 2, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £356,250
22 September 2017 Flat 24, Carriages Apartments, 840, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Flat/apartment Leasehold £429,950
30 June 2015 Ground Floor, 840 Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Other property type Freehold £3,300,000
11 April 2014 Ground Floor, 840 Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2BH Other property type Freehold £2,100,000

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for CR8 2BH

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Croydon South

MP

Chris Philp Conservative

London Assembly
Assembly Constituency

Croydon and Sutton

Assembly Member

Neil Garratt Conservative

Londonwide Members

Assembly Members

Elly Baker Labour

Emma Best Conservative

Andrew Boff Conservative

Hina Bokhari Liberal Democrat

Zoë Garbett Green

Alessandro Georgiou Conservative

Susan Hall Conservative

Lord Bailey of Paddington Conservative

Zack Polanski Green

Caroline Russell Green

Alex Wilson Reform UK

Croydon Borough Council
London borough ward

Purley & Woodcote

Councillors

Simon Brew Conservative

Holly Ramsey Conservative

Samir Dwesar Conservative

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for CR8 2BH

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00005452 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01001093 Croydon 037C Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02000230 Croydon 037 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05011476 Purley & Woodcote Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 3 May 2018 DLUHC
E09000008 Croydon London Boroughs Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000007 London Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001187 Croydon South Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000001 Metropolitan Police Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000234 London Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E32000005 Croydon and Sutton London Assembly Constituencies Electoral 6 May 2010 Greater London Authority
E33033255 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000051 London Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000245 NHS South West London CCG Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2020 ODS
E40000003 London NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2013 ODS
E43000198 Croydon, unparished area Non-Civil Parished Areas Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E54000031 South West London Health and Care Partnership Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2020 NHS
E56000021 North West and South West London Cancer Alliances Health 1 July 2019 NHS England
E61000001 Greater London Authority Greater London Authority Administrative 3 July 2000 ONS
E63012338 Croydon Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

All public sector data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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