CT13 9BD Dover
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Sandwich. Region: South East.
Streets
- Dover Road, Sandwich: 22 addresses
- New Street, Sandwich: 2 addresses
- Galliard Street, Sandwich: 1 address
- Mill Wall Place, Sandwich: 1 address
- The Rope Walk, Sandwich: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Dover in 2026-27: Band D £2,462 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,641 | £1,915 | £2,188 | £2,462 | £3,009 | £3,556 | £4,103 | £4,923 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (32% of about 1,130 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Sandwich - Walled Town. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 31.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Article 4(2) Direction, Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.
- Tree preservation orders: 3 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 15, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II*
- 17, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II*
- 1, GALLIARD STREET, grade II
- 1, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II
- 10, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II
- 12 AND 14, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II
- 16 AND 18, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II
- 19-23, THE CHAIN, grade II
- 20-30, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II
- 3 GAS LAMPS APPROXIMATELY 80, 180 AND 280 METRES FROM NEW STREET, grade II
- 3 GAS LAMPS APPROXIMATELY 85, 165 AND 215 METRES FROM NEW STREET, grade II
- 3, GALLIARD STREET, grade II
- 32, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II
- 60, NEW STREET, grade II
- 61 BOLLARDS FROM ST GEORGES ROAD TO GALLIARD STREET, grade II
- 62 AND 64, NEW STREET, grade II
- 66, KING STREET, grade II
- 68, KING STREET (See details for further address information), grade II
- 68, NEW STREET, grade II
- 7 BOLLARDS AT JUNCTION OF ROPE WALK WITH NEW STREET, grade II
- 70 AND 72, NEW STREET, grade II
- 86, New Street, grade II
- 9 AND 11, MILL WALL PLACE, grade II
- BOUNDARY WALLING TO NORTH OF NO 57 (THE LIMES), grade II
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, grade II
- OUTBUILDING BETWEEN NO 1 AND BARNESEND COURT, grade II
- RAILING UPON THE BRIDGE AT ENTRANCE TO MILL WALL, grade II
- SACKVILLE HOUSE, grade II
- ST OSWALDS, grade II
- THE LIMES, grade II
And 1 more.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Delfbridge, 10 Dover Road, Sandwich: up to 8 homes, permissioned (300 m)
- Wayfarers St Barts Road, Sandwich: up to 1 home, permissioned (370 m)
- Strand Street, Sandwich: up to 6 homes, permissioned (480 m)
- Woods' Yard, rear of 17 Woodnesborough Road, Sandwich: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (560 m)
- Willowbank, Land north of River Stour & including part of Sandwich Industrial Estate, Sandwich: up to 303 homes, permissioned (620 m)
- Sandwich Highway Depot,Chippies Way, Ash Road, Sandwich: up to 32 homes, not permissioned (770 m)
- Land south of Stonar Lake and to north and east of Stonar Gardens, Stonar Road, Sandwich: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (860 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 16 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 16 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 16 low and 0 very low.
Groundwater flooding is possible in this postcode: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sandwich 320,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 300 m |
| Minster 91,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km | |
| Thanet Parkway 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 18 within 800 m; nearest St George's Road Sandwich | 100 m |
| Ferry terminal | Ramsgate Ferry Terminal | 8.0 km |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km; nearest New Street | 200 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 55.9 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 102.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Sandwich Medical Practice | 310 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 340 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest New Street Dental Practice | 110 m |
| Hospital | Victoria Hospital (Deal) | 6.8 km |
| Police station | Sandwich Police Shop | 300 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Spar, 16-20 Market Street Cashzone | 350 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 49% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Dover Road.