Burham Road Medway
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (ME1), about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 32100272.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Medway cost £297,757 in August 2026 (+0.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,235 a month.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Factory Farm, is 90 m away.
- Storm overflows: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 14 times (24 hours) in 2025.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 850 m (0.5 miles) from its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Wouldham Road, Wouldham - Battery Storage Facility, is 640 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Medway costs £2,329 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cuxton, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Ranscombe Farm Country Park, is about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 17 to 83 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Borstal Village Surgery, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 780 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 86% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Medway
A typical home in Medway cost £297,757 in August 2026, 0.5% more than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 31% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £530,444 |
| Semi-detached | £352,795 |
| Terraced | £276,029 |
| Flat or maisonette | £168,915 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £270,313 |
Private renters in Medway paid £1,235 a month on average in September 2026, 1.6% more than a year before. That is 36% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £897 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,140 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,340 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,827 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 18 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is ME1.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (37% of about 1,790 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.
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wouldham Road, Wouldham - Battery Storage Facility Tonbridge and Malling 21/03038/FL | Battery storage | 7.5 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jan 2022 | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Sundridge Hill Medway MC/17/3770 | Battery storage | 49.5 MW | Being built Feb 2022 | 1.2 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
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 19 October 2026 to 15 November 2026: UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN, New service connection, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major works)
Finished in the last three months
- 25 August 2026 to 13 September 2026: UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN, New service connection, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major works)
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME1 3DH | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME1 3RB | 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
The nearest projected erosion zone is 850 m (0.5 miles) from the street's postcodes (by 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line River Medway and Swale Estuary | none (the line is held) | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line River Medway and Swale Estuary | none (the line is held) | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention River Medway and Swale Estuary | up to 8 m | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 14 times, for 24 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into The River Medway Estuary, The Tidal River Medway.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brambletree Crescent Borstal Ceo Southern Water | The River Medway Estuary | 12 | 21 | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cuxton Combined Emergency Overflow Southern Water | The Tidal River Medway | 0 | 0 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Rectory Close Wouldham Wwps Southern Water | The River Medway Estuary | 2 | 3 | 1 km (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 on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: 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 that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: 3 to 5% (2); 5 to 10% (1).
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. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 90 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factory Farm Wouldham Road,Borstal,Rochester,Kent | from 1994 | Not recorded | 90 m |
| Factory Farm Wouldham Road,Borstal,Rochester,Kent | from 1994 | Not recorded | 90 m |
| Borstal Rochester, Kent | Not recorded | Inert | 440 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 5 addresses are between 17 m and 83 m above sea level (39 m on average); the ground rises about 66 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME1 3DH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| ME1 3RB | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cuxton 61,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Halling 109,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Rochester 2.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Brambletree Cottages Borstal | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Chatham Railway Station | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Town Pier Gravesend | 11.7 km (7.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp Pulse | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 27.5 km (17 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 52.1 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Borstal Village Surgery Good Dec 2019 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Focus Chemists | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Dept. | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital Requires improvement Nov 2025 | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Care homes | 4 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Winchester House Good Aug 2021 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Kent undercover police. | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Borstal, Borstal | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Ranscombe Farm Country Park 282 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 590 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Borstal Cricket Club 2.4 ha | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bell barrow in Shoulder of Mutton Wood, a scheduled monument, 490 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bell barrow in Shoulder of Mutton Wood | Scheduled monument | 490 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Fort Borstal | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Palaeolithic site | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Shoulder of Mutton Wood | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Wouldham Marshes | Wetland | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Wickham Reach | Tidal water | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Nashenden Bottom | Valley | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Church Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Couvre Port Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.4 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 5 |
4 of the street's 5 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 Medway: see them on the Medway page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery) | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding | 83% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 87% in 2024 and 83% in 2023) |
| Oasis Restore | 16 plus | 12–17 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Outstanding (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 69.9 (69.5 in 2025 and 70.3 in 2024); 96.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B+; 27.6% AAB or better; progress above average |
| The Thomas Aveling School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 38.8 (41.3 in 2025 and 42.9 in 2024); 22.8% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C-; 0% AAB or better; progress below average |
| St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| The Rochester Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 67.5 (68.4 in 2025 and 71.6 in 2024); 93% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Cuxton Community Infant School | Primary | 2–7 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.1 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFSE ME1 3LF | Out-of-school day care | 20 | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Mini Treasures Day Nursery ME1 3JS | Full day care | 36 | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 172 childminders and 53 home childcarers (nannies) in Medway. 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
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (kent).
Road safety
4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 25% happened in the dark, and 50% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2024 16:20 | Slight | 1 person | M2, 70 mph | Flooded road |
| 24 Jul 2023 18:55 | Serious | 4 people | Minor road, 60 mph | Wet road |
| 15 Jan 2023 21:45 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 60 mph | Dark, no street lights |
| 3 May 2022 14:57 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 60 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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 72% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 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
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.