BR3 — Beckenham
Beckenham's BR3 postcode sits in Bromley. The board behind it is assembled from 32,583 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical BR3 sale went from £74,375 in 1995 to £560,000 in 2026 — 7.5× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 1998 — prices moved +24.9% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -6.4%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in BR3
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £74,375 | 840 |
| 2000 | £142,500 | 1,265 |
| 2005 | £238,000 | 1,227 |
| 2010 | £287,500 | 785 |
| 2015 | £400,000 | 1,026 |
| 2020 | £475,000 | 735 |
| 2025 | £520,000 | 804 |
| 2026 | £560,000 | 132 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Beckenham (BR3 4) (29% of local sales) — busiest streets: Blandford Road, Croydon Road, Birkbeck Road
- Beckenham (BR3 1) (21% of local sales) — busiest streets: Copers Cope Road, Park Road, Brackley Road
- Beckenham (BR3 5) (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Albemarle Road, The Avenue, Bromley Road
- Beckenham (BR3 3) (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: Upper Elmers End Road, Eden Park Avenue, Village Way
- Beckenham (BR3 6) (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wickham Road, Court Downs Road, Overbury Avenue
- Grand Avenue (0% of local sales)
- South Bank (0% of local sales)
- Blakeney Road (0% of local sales)
Reading about 1998 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the BR3 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.