CT4 6HS Canterbury
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Nailbourne. Region: South East.
Streets
- Black Robin Lane, Kingston: 3 addresses
- Covet Lane, Canterbury: 2 addresses
- Bonny Bush Hill, Canterbury: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Canterbury in 2026-27: Band D £2,419 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,613 | £1,882 | £2,151 | £2,419 | £2,957 | £3,495 | £4,032 | £4,839 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (23% of about 600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, The Kingston Conservation Area. registered 28.03.1995 (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- BLACK ROBIN PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 1 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 0 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 43 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Aylesham 106,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km |
| Adisham 27,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km | |
| Snowdown 12,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 12 within 800 m; nearest The Black Robin Kingston | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Canterbury | 8.1 km |
| Ferry terminal | Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal | 13.7 km |
| Car parks | Kent Secure Parking | 3.0 km |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 3.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 50.5 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 93.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Canterbury Medical Practice | 3.5 km |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 3.7 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.7 km |
| Hospital | The Bmi Chaucer Hospital | 6.6 km |
| Police station | Nackington Police Station | 6.2 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Aylesham, Aylesham | 3.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 340 m² | 510 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 9,440 m² | 390 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,200 m² | 1.7 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Giles, a listed building (Grade I), 350 m west. 17 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Giles | Listed building, Grade I | 350 m west |
| Anglo-Saxon barrow field and prehistoric linear earthwork on Barham Downs | Scheduled monument | 670 m north |
| Bowl barrow south east of Rectory Lane | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south-east |
| Bowl barrow 350m south west of Upper Digges Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km east |
| Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church | World Heritage Site | 8.2 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Round Wood | Wood | 1.1 km south |
| Walk Wood | Wood | 1.1 km north-east |
| Old Wood | Wood | 1.4 km south |
| Knowle Wood | Wood | 1.5 km south-west |
| Ileden Wood | Wood | 1.5 km east |
| Leighgate Bottom | Valley | 4.2 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 6 |
5 of the postcode's 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 97% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 75% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 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 Black Robin Lane.