Bexley: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Bexley on the mapWhat these local examples show
Broadway Shopping Centre, Russell Park and Crayford Island Retail Park make a useful comparison between shopping-site and park reference positions. None of these examples supplies a supported-line walk within this report's limits. notbad covers Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines rather than every National Rail service, so that finding must not be read as 'Bexley has no trains'. The Russell Park reference also illustrates why a park position is not automatically a verified entrance.
This page covers the official Bexley boundary (E09000004), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 0 supported station records, 37 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 19 supported supermarket records, 4 shopping-centre records and 91 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
No supported station reference positions fall inside this boundary. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Broadway Shopping Centre
Shopping-site reference · mapped centre entrance. Coordinates: 51.455799, 0.145990.
Retained source ID: w965350807. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 65.15 dB Nighttime: 57.67 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 14 min walk The Warren 4.7 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Bexley 015B · E01000362 286.5 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,464 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 7 min walk Lift Bexleyheath Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Expected standard · Curriculum and teaching · 2026-04-28 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 4 min walk Sainsbury's Sainsbury's · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 3 min walk Broadway Shopping Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
2. Russell Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.461875, 0.149924.
Retained source ID: 229717120. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 50.61 dB Nighttime: 38.9 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Green-space walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Recorded crime | Band 1 / 5 · Lowest Bexley 017A · E01000327 28.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 92 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Supermarket walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Shopping walk | No reliable route estimate No reliable walking-network connection for this overview cell. |
3. Crayford Island Retail Park
Shopping-site reference · mapped centre entrance. Coordinates: 51.450784, 0.178137.
Retained source ID: w534942120. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 60.3 dB Nighttime: 52.91 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | No reliable route estimate |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 7 min walk Shenstone Park 6.2 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Bexley 019G · E01033791 221.1 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 631 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 8 min walk St Paulinus Church of England Primary School Primary · Academy converter · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Aldi Aldi · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk Crayford Island Retail Park Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; missing readings do not establish quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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