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Orpington is a town on the south-eastern edge of London, touching Kent. Its parish church – All Saints – stands upon pre-Norman foundations and has Saxon work visible. The town also hosts The Priory, a medieval house, rebuilt from an earlier design in 1290.

The town expanded with the arrival of the railway in 1868 and there are surviving late-Victorian terrace houses from that era, such as in the High Street. You can find semi-detached and terrace homes built in the interwar period in Elmcroft Road and Wellbrook Road and large detached houses from the latter period of the 20th century in Sevenoaks Road.

There are lots of very modern developments, such as the terrace houses in Broadwater Gardens and Chine Farm Place and new builds in Hazel Grove.

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Properties in the north of Orpington built close to the Kyd Brook, in streets such as Heath Side and Sparrow Drive, are subject to flood alerts and warnings from time to time. If you are concerned that a property you are looking to buy is in a flood risk area, you should consider getting a flood risk report (click for more details).	According to the UK Government's Public Health England, some parts of Orpington, including streets such as Novar close and Sequoia Gardens, are in a raised radon area, with properties built there having a higher probability than average of experiencing ground Radon emissions. The raised Radon area has a maximum radon potential of 1 – 3% (the percentage is the chance of a property being built where Radon emissions might measure above the action level). If you are concerned that a property you are buying is in an area of raised Radon, please click to visit Public Health England's UK Radon Map. Click also to find out more about Radon, Radon property searches and much more.	Properties sometimes have issues with ground stability in certain locations in Orpington. In a recent environmental search, taken out for a property in Elmcroft Road, Orpington BR6 0HY, the report noted that there was a high potential for natural ground instability within 50m of the property. This should not be taken to mean that the property in question actually suffered/suffers from subsidence however as "active subsidence will be dependent on local conditions, such as the proximity of trees or areas where trees have been removed, which require an inspection of the site to identify the nature of the ground on which the property is built." Click to find out more about subsidence

Kent has many port towns including Dover, Folkestone and Margate. Adjacent counties include East Sussex, Surrey, Essex (across the River Thames) and, as stated earlier, Greater London. Curiously, Kent used to contain an enclave north of the River Thames until 1965 which equates now to the E16 postcode area and which has now been reclassified as part of the London Borough of Newham. JMW Turner, the great impressionist painter, spent part of his childhood in Margate and regularly returned there in later life. The coastline of East Kent is regarded as the inspiration for many of his works, particularly his fantastic seascapes.

We have local RICS surveyors who specialise in listed building surveys in Orpington. To find out more go to - Listed Building Surveys - Building Surveyor and Survey Cost in Orpington