A299 Canterbury, Thanet
47 addresses across 3 postcodes (CT12), about 160 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 40300895.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Thanet cost £268,549 in August 2026 (-0.8% on a year); private rents averaged £1,125 a month.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Tothill Street, is 420 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Compass House, Columbus Avenue - Solar Panels, is 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A299, carries 27,811 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Thanet costs £2,491 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Minster, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Abbey Green, is about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 42 to 51 m above sea level.
- Noise: 36 of its 47 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Minster Surgery, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 24% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 25 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 9 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 4 of them fatal or serious.
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Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Thanet
A typical home in Thanet cost £268,549 in August 2026, 0.8% less than a year before. That is 3% more than five years earlier and 36% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £479,754 |
| Semi-detached | £327,787 |
| Terraced | £260,457 |
| Flat or maisonette | £158,063 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £227,417 |
Private renters in Thanet paid £1,125 a month on average in September 2026, 4% more than a year before. That is 38% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £777 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,010 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,237 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,691 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 88 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (33% of about 1,640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Birchington & Rural ED.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 145 Monkton Road Minster RAMSGATE Kent CT12 4JB: up to 1 home, permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
- 145 Monkton Road Minster RAMSGATE Kent CT12 4JB: up to 1 home, permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compass House, Columbus Avenue - Solar Panels Thanet PN12/TH/26/0333 | Solar farm | 2 MW | Planning application made May 2026 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Minster Abbey, Bedlam Court Lane - Solar PV panels Thanet F/TH/21/1365 | Solar farm | 33 MW | Being built Apr 2022 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 3 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT12 4AX | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 3 / 3 | unlikely |
| CT12 4AU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CT12 4AY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 420 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tothill Street Minster, hanet, Kent | until 1973 | Inert | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 47 addresses are between 42 m and 51 m above sea level (46 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT12 4AU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CT12 4AX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CT12 4AY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Minster 91,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Thanet Parkway 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Birchington-On-Sea 350,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Smugglers Leap Caravan Park Minster | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Cecil Street Council Offices Margate | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Ramsgate Ferry Terminal | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 50.2 km (31 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 96.2 km (60 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Minster Surgery Good Oct 2026 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Touchwood Pharmacy | 1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Abbey Dental Care | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital Requires improvement Aug 2026 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Care homes | L and S Care Homes Limited - 3 York Terrace Good Dec 2019 | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Police station | Margate Police Station | 7 km (4.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Minster Monkton Road, Minster Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Abbey Green 2.4 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 640 m² | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Minster Recreation Ground 4.8 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,470 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cleve Court and Cleve Lodge, a listed building (Grade II*), 580 m (0.4 miles) north. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cleve Court and Cleve Lodge | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Enclosure and ring ditches 200yds (180m) ENE of Minster Laundry | Scheduled monument | 820 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Monastic grange and pre-Conquest nunnery at Minster Abbey | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Telegraph Hill | Hill | 360 m east |
| Clapper Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Minster Marshes | Wetland | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Boxlees Hill | Hill | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south |
| Shottendane Copse | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Epple Bay | Bay | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 8 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 18 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 47 |
36 of the street's 47 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Thanet: see them on the Thanet page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minster Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.3 km (0.8 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor House Minster Nursery Ltd CT12 4PS | Full day care | 82 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Bon Bon's Out of School Club CT12 4DE | Out-of-school day care | 32 | Not inspected yet | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 757 childminders and 217 home childcarers (nannies) in Kent. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minster Food Station Ltd CT12 4FN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 110 m | 5 Very good | 2 Sep 2026 |
| Lemongrass Thai Food CT12 4FN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 11 Dec 2024 |
| Subway CT12 4FN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 130 m | 5 Very good | 3 Mar 2025 |
| Express by Holiday Inn CT12 4AY | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 130 m | 5 Very good | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Crumble Cups CT12 5FS | Other catering premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Sandwich Grazing CT12 5FS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 15 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 4 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Other crime | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Petrol Station (12); On or near Minster Road (11); On or near Minster Services (2).
Road safety
9 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 4 serious and 5 slight, in which 5 people were seriously hurt. 2 involved a cyclist; 3 involved a motorcyclist. 11% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2024 10:45 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A299, 50 mph | Daylight |
| 8 May 2023 11:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A299, 70 mph | Daylight |
| 16 Nov 2022 08:00 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 21 Sep 2022 12:00 | Slight | 2 people | Minor road, 20 mph | Daylight |
| 5 Sep 2022 09:55 | Slight | 1 person | B2190, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 30 Apr 2022 02:56 | Slight | 1 person | A299, 70 mph | Dark |
| 12 Jan 2022 15:00 | Serious | 1 person: 1 cyclist | B2190, 70 mph | Daylight |
| 16 Dec 2021 14:00 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 29 Jan 2021 09:51 | Serious | 3 people: 2 motorcyclists | B2190, 50 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A299 between A256 roundabout and A256, with 27,811 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 100 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B2190 | Not recorded | 15,353 counted 2025 | 2% | 70 m | |
| A299 | A256 roundabout to A256 | 27,811 estimated; counted 2023 | 4% | +28% since 2015 | 100 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 5 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
- CT12 4AX: 42 addresses of 45 in the postcode
- CT12 4AU: 4 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- CT12 4AY: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Smugglers Leap · Mount Pleasant · Southall Close · Semple Close · Minster Road · Hasta Lane · Imperial Road · Hill House Drive · Denarius Drive · Hadrian Road · Burgess Close · Century Close
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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 industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.