A255 Ramsgate, Thanet
2 addresses across 1 postcode (CT11), about 120 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 40300912.
1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Thanet costs £2,491 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Ramsgate, about 1.1 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden, Nethercourt Park, is about 140 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. It is about 28 m above sea level. 2 of its 2 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Newington Road Surgery, about 1.1 km away. About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 19% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 40 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Thanet in 2026-27: Band D £2,491 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,661 | £1,937 | £2,214 | £2,491 | £3,044 | £3,598 | £4,152 | £4,982 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (67% of about 750 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Ramsgate ED.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- LOWER LODGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Chilton Tavern 187 Pegwell Road RAMSGATE Kent CT11 0LY: up to 4 homes, permissioned (360 m)
- Chilton Tavern 187 Pegwell Road RAMSGATE Kent CT11 0LY: up to 1 home, permissioned (360 m)
- 63 Helvellyn Avenue: up to 1 home, permissioned (560 m)
- 136 Southwood Road: up to 1 home, permissioned (570 m)
- 34 Bloomsbury Road RAMSGATE Kent CT11 0AG: up to 1 home, not permissioned (670 m)
- End of Seafield Road: up to 16 homes, not permissioned (690 m)
- Land Adjacent To 11 Manston Road: up to 1 home, permissioned (700 m)
- Wheatsheaf Inn 17 High Street St Lawrence: up to 3 homes, permissioned (700 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 28 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT11 0RZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ramsgate 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km |
| Thanet Parkway 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km | |
| Dumpton Park 45,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 32 within 800 m; nearest Nethercourt Circus Canterbury Road | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Cecil Street Council Offices Margate | 6.0 km |
| Ferry terminal | Ramsgate Ferry Terminal | 1.6 km |
| Car parks | Parking space on Wilfred Road | 1.0 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 55.4 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 101.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Newington Road Surgery | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Courts Pharmacy | 790 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Newington Road Dental Clinic | 790 m |
| Hospital | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital | 4.9 km |
| Police station | Ramsgate Police Station | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Ramsgate Cashzone | 1.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Nethercourt Park 1.4 ha | 140 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,430 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Warre Recreation Ground 2.9 ha | 790 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Chilton Lane East Allotments 2.4 ha | 160 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 2.2 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 2 |
2 of the street's 2 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 360 m | No published inspection |
| Ellington Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 770 m | No published inspection |
| St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy | Primary | 7–11 | 790 m | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate | Primary | 7–11 | 890 m | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Newington Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.0 km | No published inspection |
| Ramsgate Arts Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km | No published inspection |
| Priory Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.3 km | No published inspection |
| Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.6 km | No overall grade (Sep 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Dame Janet Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km | No published inspection |
| The Royal Harbour Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rydal Mini Mart CT11 0PX | Retailers - other | 180 m | 5 Very good | 20 Mar 2024 |
| Chilton County Primary School CT11 0LQ | School/college/university | 250 m | 5 Very good | 18 Sep 2025 |
| The Learning Tree CT11 0LQ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 250 m | 5 Very good | 14 Feb 2019 |
| ChristChurch School Breakfast Club CT11 0DN | School/college/university | 420 m | 5 Very good | 20 May 2025 |
| Dil Se Catering CT11 0JL | Other catering premises | 490 m | 5 Very good | 10 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 22 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Chilton Lane (13); On or near Foreland Heights (12); On or near Kendal Close (6); On or near Rydal Avenue (6); On or near Nethercourt Hill (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- CT11 0RZ: 2 addresses of 28 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Kendal Close · Chilton Lane · Grange Road · Foreland Heights · Nethercourt Hill · Kevin Drive · Saxon Road · Mayforth Gardens · Nethercourt Gardens · Curlinge Court · Nethercourt Farm Road · Hillcrest Gardens
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.