Brooks Place Maidstone
6 addresses across 1 postcode (ME14), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 24200213.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 1997 the median was £110,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Maidstone cost £352,878 in August 2026 (-1.1% on a year); private rents averaged £1,303 a month.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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.
- Storm overflows: 7 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 5 times (1 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A229, carries 26,909 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Maidstone costs £2,503 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Maidstone East, about 690 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Trinity Park, is about 270 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 21 to 22 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Brewer Street, about 510 m (0.3 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 48% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 287 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 16 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious; 9 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 1997 | 6 ME14 1HE | Terraced | £110,000 |
House prices and rents in Maidstone
A typical home in Maidstone cost £352,878 in August 2026, 1.1% less than a year before. That is 10% more than five years earlier and 21% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £608,280 |
| Semi-detached | £377,944 |
| Terraced | £296,023 |
| Flat or maisonette | £182,628 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £292,511 |
Private renters in Maidstone paid £1,303 a month on average in September 2026, 3% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £922 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,199 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,468 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,979 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Maidstone in 2026-27: Band D £2,503 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,668 | £1,946 | £2,225 | £2,503 | £3,059 | £3,615 | £4,171 | £5,005 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (44% of about 750 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Maidstone, Ashford Road (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 4 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 7, ALBION PLACE, grade II
- 9, ALBION PLACE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 15/507082: up to 5 homes, completed (40 m)
- 16/501974: up to 8 homes, completed (50 m)
- 15/502154: up to 14 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- 15/502885: up to 14 homes, completed (90 m)
- 15/504748: up to 9 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- 14/505005: up to 53 homes, completed (130 m)
- 17/502112/PNOCLA: up to 39 homes, completed (180 m)
- 17/504428: up to 48 homes, permissioned (200 m)
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allington EFW Maidstone 98/1212 | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 51 MW | Operational Dec 2008 | 3 km (1.9 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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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
7 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 5 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Len, The River Len, The River Medway, A Trib of the River Medway.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Place Maidstone Cso Southern Water; monitored 50% of the year | River Len | 0 | 0 | 140 m |
| Padsole Lane Maidstone Cso Southern Water; monitored 9% of the year | The River Len | 0 | 0 | 200 m |
| King Street Maidstone Cso Southern Water | The River Len | 3 | 1 | 210 m |
| Lower Stone Street Maidstone Cso Southern Water; monitored 17% of the year | The River Len | 1 | 0 | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Knightrider Street Cso Southern Water; monitored 49% of the year | The River Medway | 0 | 0 | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Barker Road Maidstone Cso Southern Water | The River Medway | 1 | 0 | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Boxley Road Maidstone Cso Southern Water; monitored 74% of the year | A Trib of the River Medway | 0 | 0 | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 21 m and 22 m above sea level (21 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME14 1HE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Maidstone East 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Maidstone West 561,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Maidstone Barracks 275,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 51 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Albion Place Maidstone | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Chequers Bus Station Maidstone | 170 m |
| Car parks | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest King Street Car Park | 170 m |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 35 km (22 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 51.8 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Brewer Street Good Aug 2026 | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Link Pharmacy | 70 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Albion Place (Dental Surgery) | 70 m |
| Hospital | Cygnet Hospital Maidstone Good Feb 2026 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Care homes | 10 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Glenhurst Lodge Good Apr 2020 | 390 m |
| Police station | Kent Police Authority | 360 m |
| Cash machines | 7 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ashford Service Station Cashzone | 140 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Trinity Park 3,480 m² | 270 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Mote Park 174 ha | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,380 m² | 360 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,460 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 8 parks and gardens, 181 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Romney House, a listed building (Grade II*), 330 m south-west. 209 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade I and 17 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Romney House | Listed building, Grade II* | 330 m south-west |
| 11, Lower Stone Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m south-west |
| Stone House Or the Judges Lodgings | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m south-west |
| 70, LOWER STONE STREET (See details for further address information) | Listed building, Grade II* | 450 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Tithe barn, Mill Street | Scheduled monument | 540 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Len Bridge, Mill Street | Scheduled monument | 580 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| The 'Gatehouse', Palace Gardens, Mill Street | Scheduled monument | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Mote Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Middle Quarry Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Springfield Grove | Wood | 1.5 km (1 mile) north |
| Upper Fullingpits Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Dove Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Loose Valley | Valley | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 6 |
5 of the street's 6 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 Maidstone: see them on the Maidstone page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough | Primary | 4–11 | 390 m | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 22% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
| Invicta Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 570 m (0.4 miles) | Outstanding (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 70.8 (70.8 in 2025 and 71.1 in 2024); 92.6% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B+; 25.9% AAB or better; progress above average |
| Valley Park School | Secondary | 11–18 | 760 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 41.8 (37.6 in 2025 and 39.2 in 2024); 33.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade D+; 4.8% AAB or better; progress below average |
| Maidstone Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 67.0 (68.4 in 2025 and 66.6 in 2024); 91.4% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B; 22.7% AAB or better; progress average |
| South Borough Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% at the higher standard (2025; 86% in 2024 and 85% in 2023) |
| School of Science and Technology Maidstone | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Outstanding (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.1 (48.0 in 2025); 48.4% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| North Borough Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 52% in 2023) |
| Archbishop Courtenay Primary School Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 74% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 19% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| St Paul's Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Maidstone Grammar School for Girls | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 62.7 (66.4 in 2025 and 66.3 in 2024); 82.4% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B-; 12.8% AAB or better; progress average |
| Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 69% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
| St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone | Primary | 5–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | None published |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 860 m (0.5 miles); the nearest is 380 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Right Tuition Company Maidstone ME14 1ED | Full day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 380 m | |
| Trinity Pre-School ME14 5DX | Sessional day care | 45 | Good (Mar 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 390 m |
| Stepping Stones ME14 1UA | Full day care | 24 | Good (Jun 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| art-K Maidstone ME14 1JL | Full day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 520 m (0.3 miles) | |
| Stagecoach Bearsted ME14 5DS | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 580 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Townsend Montessori @ Maidstone ME15 6NL | Full day care | 80 | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bright Horizons Maidstone Turkey Mill Day Nursery and Preschool ME14 5SF | Full day care | 96 | Good (May 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Maidstone Ragstone House ME15 6SA | Full day care | 51 | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pink Elephants Nursery ME14 2UG | Full day care | 46 | Good (Aug 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cece's Rainbowkids Centre ME16 8SF | Full day care | 129 | Not inspected yet | 860 m (0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Food And Wine ME14 1BH | Retailers - other | 70 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jul 2024 |
| Manar Store / R.R.R. Manar Store ME14 1BH | Retailers - other | 70 m | 5 Very good | 28 Apr 2026 |
| Perfect Charcoal Grill ME14 1BH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 70 m | 5 Very good | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Link Pharmacy ME14 1BH | Retailers - other | 70 m | Exempt | |
| Mexita Pizza / Italiano Pizza ME14 1BH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 70 m | 5 Very good | 5 Nov 2025 |
| N2 Sweet Lab ME14 1BH | Retailers - other | 90 m | 5 Very good | 27 May 2026 |
| The Sunflower Cafe And Meals On Wheels ME14 1HH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 110 m | 4 Good | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Ashford Road Service Station ME14 5DA | Retailers - other | 140 m | 5 Very good | 19 Dec 2024 |
| Sainsbury's ME15 6SF | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 160 m | 5 Very good | 4 Sep 2025 |
| Domino's Pizza ME14 5BH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 170 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jul 2026 |
| Zee's Place - Bus Drivers Rest Room ME15 6AW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 180 m | 5 Very good | 7 Apr 2026 |
| Boots UK Ltd ME14 1BW | Retailers - other | 190 m | 5 Very good | 31 Jul 2025 |
| Coach House ME14 1HA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 220 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Rifle Volunteers ME14 1EU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 250 m | 4 Good | 7 Jan 2025 |
| Muffin Break ME15 6AS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 250 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 23 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 98 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 56 |
| Other theft | 24 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 21 |
| Drugs | 20 |
| Shoplifting | 18 |
| Other crime | 16 |
| Public order | 11 |
| Vehicle crime | 9 |
| Possession of weapons | 5 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Bicycle theft | 3 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Parking Area (110); On or near King Street (44); On or near Wyatt Street (33); On or near Shopping Area (27); On or near Bus/Coach Station (21).
Road safety
16 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 15 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 9 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 2 involved a motorcyclist; 2 involved a child under 16. 19% happened in the dark, and 13% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2025 16:25 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist, 1 child | A249, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 11 Jul 2025 12:30 | Slight | 1 person | A249, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 14 Apr 2025 08:34 | Slight | 1 person | A249, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 29 Mar 2024 11:00 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child | Minor road, 20 mph | Daylight |
| 19 Oct 2023 14:40 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 23 Sep 2023 15:25 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 17 May 2023 16:30 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 20 Feb 2023 15:50 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 29 Sep 2022 20:03 | Slight | 1 person | A249, 40 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 2 Jul 2022 18:53 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 20 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 A229 between A229 Bishops Way and A249 Knightrider Street, with 26,909 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 350 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A249 | A229 to A20 | 19,519 estimated; counted 2022 | 1% | +6% since 2015 | 160 m |
| A249 | A20 King Street to spur to M20 | 20,481 estimated; counted 2021 | 2% | +10% since 2015 | 280 m |
| A20 | High Street/Mill Street Junction to A20/A249 Roundabout | 2,071 estimated; counted 2024 | 1% | 340 m | |
| A229 | A229 Bishops Way to A249 Knightrider Street | 26,909 estimated; counted 2023 | 2% | +1% since 2015 | 350 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 | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 48% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 40% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 24% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 77% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 79% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 6% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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
- Food hygiene ratings Kurdistan Supermarket (retailers - other, ME15 6JJ) is no longer listed; it was rated 1 Major improvement necessary found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Bonnies Cafe (restaurant/cafe/canteen, ME14 1ED) is no longer listed; it was rated 5 Very good found 31 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Chopstix (restaurant/cafe/canteen, ME14 1RN) now 5 Very good, was Awaiting inspection (rated 27 October 2026) found 31 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Bullseye (pub/bar/nightclub, ME14 1SA) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 31 October 2026
Postcodes on this street
- ME14 1HE: 6 addresses
Nearby streets
Marsham Street · King Street · Astley Street · Sittingbourne Road · Queen Anne Road · Tufton Street · Tylers Place · King Street · Ashford Road · Pad's Hill · Union Street · Chancery Lane
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.