The street features a mix of properties, including flats, semi-detached houses, and some detached properties, with some dating back to the 1800s.
The street was formerly named Brick Kiln Lane, with the area being hugely populated by workers who worked on the railways and gas works during Victorian times.
Located a short way from Bromley South, Homesdale Road offers convenient travel links to and from Central London by train from Bromley South and Bickley stations, with both being within a 20-minute walk.
But aside from commuting to the city for work or leisure, the street is also within a 20-minute journey of Bromley’s town centre, with its attractions like The Glades shopping centre, the Churchill Theatre, and the Vue Cinema.
For schools, the street is within two miles of 11 schools that received an Outstanding rating from Ofsted, with the closest being La Fontaine Academy in Nightingale Lane, just a five-minute walk away.
One of its three nearby pubs – Lord Holmesdale – pays tribute to the street’s namesake, first opening in the 1860s as The Carpenter Arms when the area would have been hugely occupied by the workers who lived in nearby cottages.
Today the pub is thought to be named after Viscount Holmesdale, the local MP from 1859 to 1868, and offers a family-friendly space with regular events from live music to fundraisers for the local community.
Its two other local pubs – the Bricklayers Arms and the Chatterton Arms – both date back to the mid-1800s.The Bricklayers Arms, nicknamed “The Bricks,” dates back to 1851 and was recently revamped in a £330,000 refurbishment by Shepherd Neame.
The pub has retained its original features—including historic brick tiling on the exterior—while introducing a stylish, contemporary interior.
The Chatterton Arms, a large Victorian community pub, first opened in 1883 as the Chatterton Hotel to replace a nearby beer-house.
Now part of the Craft Union Pub group, the Chatterton Arms underwent a significant refurbishment in 2018, enhancing its original features while updating the facilities.
For parks, locals have the pick of a number of nearby parks like Havelock Recreation Ground running alongside the road, with expanses of open grass for sport and meadowed areas to the south, as well as Norman Park, which is a 20-minute drive with a two-kilometre pathway surrounding the park for walkers.
