CR8 — Purley
Purley's CR8 postcode sits in Croydon. The board behind it is assembled from 18,682 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical CR8 sale went from £95,000 in 1995 to £455,000 in 2026 — 4.8× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2000 — prices moved +21.2% that year. The one to avoid was 2025: the median moved -8.2%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in CR8
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £95,000 | 449 |
| 2000 | £159,950 | 614 |
| 2005 | £250,000 | 628 |
| 2010 | £300,000 | 416 |
| 2015 | £375,000 | 601 |
| 2020 | £475,000 | 545 |
| 2025 | £475,000 | 518 |
| 2026 | £455,000 | 90 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Purley (CR8 2) (31% of local sales) — busiest streets: Brighton Road, Lansdowne Road, High Street
- Purley (CR8 4) (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Old Lodge Lane, Brighton Road, Aveling Close
- Purley (CR8 5) (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Godstone Road, Hayes Lane, Valley Road
- Purley (CR8 1) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Riddlesdown Road, Downs Court Road, Brancaster Lane
- Purley (CR8 3) (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Foxley Lane, Woodcote Valley Road, Plough Lane
- Kenley (9% of local sales) — busiest streets: Godstone Road, Valley Road, Hayes Lane
- Stock Chase (0% of local sales)
- Linton Glade (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2000 is easy; surviving 2025 is the game. Play the CR8 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.