Bodiam Close Gillingham, Medway
23 addresses across 2 postcodes (ME8), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 32100190.
- Sales: 22 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £320,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (C: 9, D: 5, E: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Medway costs £2,329 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Rainham (Kent), about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 460 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 48 to 52 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 23 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Waltham Road Medical Centre, about 160 m away, with 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 25% of households owned their home and 15% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 106 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often shoplifting.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £320,000 | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £235,000 | £160,000 | £310,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £255,000 | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £212,000 | £212,000 | £212,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | £243,000 | £225,000 | £261,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £197,000 | £197,000 | £197,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | £112,500 | £80,000 | £145,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £138,000 | £138,000 | £138,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £86,000 | £86,000 | £86,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | 16 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £320,000 | |
| 4 Apr 2023 | 1 ME8 6XF | Terraced | £240,000 | |
| 7 Jun 2022 | 16 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £310,000 | |
| 18 Mar 2022 | 12 ME8 6XF | Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | Leasehold. |
| 24 Mar 2021 | 14 ME8 6XF | Terraced | £255,000 | |
| 26 Aug 2020 | 15 ME8 6XF | Terraced | £212,000 | |
| 24 Nov 2017 | 5 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £225,000 | |
| 18 Aug 2017 | 16 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £261,000 | |
| 27 May 2016 | 7 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £197,000 | |
| 10 May 2010 | 7 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2009 | 15 ME8 6XF | Terraced | £145,000 | |
| 16 Sep 2009 | 12 ME8 6XF | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | Leasehold. |
| 21 May 2004 | 17 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £138,000 | |
| 4 Mar 2003 | 20 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 25 Mar 2002 | 22 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £86,000 | |
| 3 Aug 2001 | 21 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £89,000 | |
| 17 Nov 2000 | 20 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £75,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2000 | 12 ME8 6XF | Flat or maisonette | £31,000 | Leasehold. |
| 23 Oct 1998 | 20 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £59,500 | |
| 8 Jun 1998 | 13 ME8 6XF | Flat or maisonette | £26,500 | Leasehold. |
| 19 Sep 1997 | 22 ME8 6XF | Semi-detached | £47,500 | |
| 15 Mar 1996 | 12 ME8 6XF | Flat or maisonette | £23,000 | Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 77 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (8); Flat (3); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 1950-1966 (10); 1930-1949 (2); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (social) (7); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Medway in 2026-27: Band D £2,329 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,552 | £1,811 | £2,070 | £2,329 | £2,846 | £3,363 | £3,881 | £4,657 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (38% of about 770 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): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- 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)
- Lennox Wood, Petham Green, Twydall: up to 20 homes, permissioned (270 m)
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 30 September 2026
- 29 September 2026 to 1 October 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME8 6XF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME8 6XE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 23 addresses are between 48 m and 52 m above sea level (49 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME8 6XE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ME8 6XF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rainham (Kent) 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Gillingham (Kent) 2.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Chatham 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 27 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bodiam Close Twydall | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Waterfront Bus Station Chatham | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Station Road | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 23.2 km (14 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 59.4 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Waltham Road Medical Centre | 160 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest J Spensley | 310 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mjs Patel & Associates | 340 m |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Police station | Medway Police Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Twydall Green, Rainham Medway | 220 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,790 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Woodchurch Crescent Play Area 1,240 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.6 ha | 340 m |
| Allotments | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Thornham Road Allotment 4,390 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bloors Lane Community Woodland | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Mill Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Spekes Bottom | Valley | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Horrid Hill | Headland | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Cinque Port Marshes | Wetland | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Couvre Port Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 22 | 23 |
1 of the street's 23 addresses is 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 Medway: see them on the Medway page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twydall Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 230 m | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 430 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Rainham Mark Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 670 m (0.4 miles) | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Featherby Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Featherby Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Thames View Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Howard School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Rainham School for Girls | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Post-16 provision: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| The Academy of Woodlands | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Margaret's Church of England Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Margaret's Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Robert Napier School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainham Christian Fellowship Baptist Church ME8 6XE | Other catering premises | 30 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2024 |
| TPA Supported Living Ltd ME8 6XE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 50 m | 5 Very good | 14 Nov 2024 |
| Cafe2U Rochester ME8 6XQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 160 m | 5 Very good | 18 Feb 2026 |
| Papa Johns ME8 6XJ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 220 m | 5 Very good | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Twydall Tandoori ME8 6XJ | Other catering premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Costa ME8 6NQ | Other catering premises | 230 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Independent Catering Management @Twydall Primary School ME8 6JS | School/college/university | 230 m | 5 Very good | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Twydall Store ME8 6XJ | Retailers - other | 230 m | 5 Very good | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Spar / Subway ME8 6XJ | Retailers - other | 230 m | 5 Very good | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Co-Op Food ME8 6XJ | Retailers - other | 230 m | 4 Good | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Uncle Bobs Chicken N Wings ME8 6XJ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | 5 Very good | 27 Feb 2025 |
| Babos Kebab \& Fish Ltd ME8 6XJ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | 4 Good | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Gillingham Labour Club ME8 6JU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 270 m | 5 Very good | 15 Mar 2024 |
| Fireaway / NXT LVL GILLINGHAM ME8 6JY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | 5 Very good | 13 Dec 2024 |
| Twydall Cafe ME8 6JY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 4 Good | 8 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 33 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 18 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 12 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 |
| Drugs | 7 |
| Other crime | 7 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 |
| Robbery | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (49); On or near Bodiam Close (16); On or near Lyminge Close (7); On or near Minster Road (7); On or near Milsted Road (6).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 60 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 41% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 25% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 68% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 36% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 46% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 39% | 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 street is in decile 1 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
Nearby streets
Lyminge Close · Crundale Road · Petham Green · Sturry Way · Elham Close · Sandhurst Close · Waltham Road · Minster Road · Woodchurch Crescent · Begonia Avenue · Wright Close · Wingham 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.
- 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.