Burnan Road Whitstable, Canterbury

63 addresses across 4 postcodes (CT5), about 300 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5600198.

  • Sales: 100 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £502,500 across 2 sales.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Canterbury cost £336,427 in August 2026 (-0.3% on a year); private rents averaged £1,288 a month.
  • Energy: 37 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 15, D: 18, E: 2).
  • Flood: 10 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.
  • Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 0 times (0 hours) in 2025.
  • Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 180 m from its postcodes.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Canterbury costs £2,419 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Chestfield and Swalecliffe, about 420 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 6 to 8 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 5 of its 63 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Whitstable Medical Practice, about 4.1 km (2.5 miles) away.
  • People: About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 15 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • 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; 2 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20262£502,500£350,000£655,000
20242£349,000£225,000£473,000
20232£397,500£390,000£405,000
20223£399,000£275,000£500,000
20213£335,000£270,000£360,000
20201£429,950£429,950£429,950
20192£348,000£336,000£360,000
20184£308,350£292,000£420,000
20173£290,000£280,000£335,000
20163£284,950£270,000£340,200
20155£235,000£217,500£247,500
20142£232,500£220,000£245,000
All 100 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
14 Sep 20061 CT5 2QDDetached£270,000
30 Jun 19951 CT5 2QDDetached£100,000
3 Dec 20013 CT5 2QDTerraced£97,000
27 Jul 20094 CT5 2QDTerraced£155,000
3 Oct 20235 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£405,000
30 Apr 20215 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£360,000
24 Jun 20165 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£284,950
19 Jan 20155 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£218,000
27 Jul 20075 CT5 2QDTerraced£178,000
18 Aug 20065 CT5 2QDTerraced£153,000
24 Sep 20045 CT5 2QDTerraced£177,995
18 Dec 20035 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£157,000
27 Apr 20015 CT5 2QDTerraced£101,000
28 May 20136 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£208,000
4 Jul 20147 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£245,000
28 Jan 20117 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£219,950
20 Aug 20097 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£140,000
1 Aug 20249 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£473,000
27 Aug 20099 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£218,000
7 Aug 20069 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£235,000
14 May 201510 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£235,000
30 Nov 201811 CT5 2QDTerraced£294,200
15 May 202611A CT5 2QDSemi-detached£350,000
26 Mar 202011A CT5 2QDSemi-detached£319,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
4 Dec 200911A CT5 2QDSemi-detached£165,000
20 Jan 201212 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£199,950
29 Sep 200612 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£157,000
21 Jun 199612 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£55,000
2 Oct 201713 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£335,000
23 Nov 200713 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£192,000
13 Feb 200413 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£151,765
31 Jan 200013 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£70,000
16 Oct 199813 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£52,000
30 Nov 201713A CT5 2QDOther£495,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Dec 200114 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£110,000
5 Jan 199814 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£63,000
20 Aug 201215 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£180,000
28 Mar 200215 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£95,000
4 Feb 202117 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£335,000
26 Aug 200517 CT5 2QDSemi-detached£177,000
17 Jan 201118 CT5 2QDTerraced£184,000
22 May 201523 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£240,000
30 Jan 201524 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£217,500
23 Aug 200624 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£174,500
26 Nov 199624 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£44,000
1 May 201525 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£247,500
27 Jun 200525 CT5 2QBTerraced£159,000
21 Jul 202327 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£390,000
15 Jul 199627 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£60,000
23 Oct 199527 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£52,000
24 Nov 202029 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£429,950
10 Aug 201829 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£292,000
8 Jun 200130 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£97,000
17 Sep 199830 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£67,000
4 Jun 200431 CT5 2QBDetached£187,500
4 Apr 199732 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£54,000
10 Nov 200833 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£191,000
31 May 200233 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£117,500
7 Jun 201234 CT5 2QBDetached£231,000
21 Jul 199835 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£69,500
26 Mar 202636 CT5 2QBDetached£655,000
9 Aug 201836 CT5 2QBDetached£322,500
12 Feb 201937 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£336,000
11 Aug 201637 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£270,000
24 Jan 200538 CT5 2QBDetached£185,000
9 May 200839 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£199,250
10 Dec 200340 CT5 2QBDetached£178,000
1 Mar 201141 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£178,000
30 May 200142 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£97,000
8 Feb 199544 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£47,500
3 Jun 200945 CT5 2QBTerraced£173,000
21 Jun 200746 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£199,000
25 Oct 202247 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£500,000
3 Jul 201348 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£183,000
15 Sep 200648 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£187,500
31 Oct 199648 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£60,000
25 Feb 201950 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£360,000
26 Sep 201650 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£340,200
27 May 201450 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£220,000
19 Mar 200450 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£172,500
29 May 199850 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£60,000
17 Mar 200352 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£125,000
8 Aug 201854 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£420,000
10 Jul 201754 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£280,000
5 Jul 200254 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£124,995
16 Sep 199954 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£79,500
22 Jan 202156 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£270,000
18 Mar 202258 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£399,000
13 Dec 201758 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£290,000
14 May 201258 CT5 2QBSemi-detached£190,000
10 Feb 200558 CT5 2QBTerraced£176,500
10 Sep 200258 CT5 2QBTerraced£131,950
23 Jun 2009FLAT 1, BURNAN COURT CT5 2SHFlat or maisonette£150,000Leasehold.
27 Jun 2006FLAT 1, BURNAN COURT CT5 2SHFlat or maisonette£142,750Leasehold.
17 Jun 2005FLAT 2, BURNAN COURT CT5 2SHFlat or maisonette£140,000Leasehold.
8 Sep 2000FLAT 2, BURNAN COURT CT5 2SHFlat or maisonette£65,000Leasehold.
9 Feb 2022FLAT 3, BURNAN COURT CT5 2SHFlat or maisonette£275,000Leasehold.
31 Aug 2007FLAT 3, BURNAN COURT CT5 2SHFlat or maisonette£154,500Leasehold.
13 Dec 2001FLAT 3, BURNAN COURT CT5 2SHFlat or maisonette£88,000Leasehold.
26 Jan 2024FLAT 4, BURNAN COURT CT5 2SHFlat or maisonette£225,000Leasehold.

House prices and rents in Canterbury

A typical home in Canterbury cost £336,427 in August 2026, 0.3% less than a year before. That is 3% more than five years earlier and 22% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£532,531
Semi-detached£348,636
Terraced£302,753
Flat or maisonette£183,434
Bought by a first-time buyer£284,041

Private renters in Canterbury paid £1,288 a month on average in September 2026, 5.8% more than a year before. That is 25% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£880
Two bedrooms£1,138
Three bedrooms£1,377
Four or more bedrooms£1,913

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from October 2008 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

37 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 78 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (16); House, semi-detached (12); Flat (4). Built: 1950-1966 (14); 1967-1975 (13); 1930-1949 (7). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (26); rented (social) (2).

Each home's certificates and sales (37 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 10,127 kWh of it on average in 2024, 9% less than the district's 11,166 kWh, and 2,907 kWh of electricity, 7% less than the district's 3,128 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
CT5 2QB34 7 Economy 71,842 kWh 348,585 kWh
CT5 2QD20 7 Economy 72,807 kWh 219,111 kWh
CT5 2QA222,960 kWh 2110,632 kWh

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 CT5.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Canterbury in 2026-27: Band D £2,419 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,613£1,882£2,151£2,419£2,957£3,495£4,032£4,839

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (49% of about 670 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

1 energy project near the street's postcodes.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Molehill Farm Canterbury CA//13/02004 Solar farm 18 MW Operational Mar 2015 1.7 km (1.1 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.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026

  • 30 October 2026 to 5 November 2026: SOUTH EAST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)

Finished in the last three months

  • 15 September 2026 to 21 September 2026: SOUTH EAST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 7 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 21 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: of the 43 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 9 low and 0 very low.

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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
CT5 2QBnot in 2 or 3 7 / 2 / 13 unlikely
CT5 2QDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
CT5 2SHnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
CT5 2QAnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 7 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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

The nearest projected erosion zone is 180 m from the street's postcodes (by 2105, if defences are not maintained or built).

ProjectionPolicy for the frontageErosionDistance
By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried outHold the line Isle of Grain to South Foreland none (the line is held)420 m (0.3 miles)
By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried outHold the line Isle of Grain to South Foreland none (the line is held)420 m (0.3 miles)
By 2105, if defences are not maintained or builtNo intervention Isle of Grain to South Foreland up to 245 m180 m

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.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Freshwater River.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Brook Road Wastewater Pumping Southern Water Freshwater River 0 0 680 m (0.4 miles)
Chestfield Storm Tanks Southern Water Freshwater River 0 0 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 63 addresses are between 6 m and 8 m above sea level (7 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
CT5 2QA100%100%100%0%
CT5 2QB100%100%100%0%
CT5 2QD100%100%100%0%
CT5 2SH100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsChestfield and Swalecliffe 108,000 journeys in 2024–25420 m (0.3 miles)
Whitstable 877,000 journeys in 2024–252 km (1.2 miles)
Herne Bay 835,000 journeys in 2024–254 km (2.5 miles)
Bus stops4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kemp Road Swalecliffe240 m
Bus or coach stationKeynes College University of Kent7.4 km (4.6 miles)
Car parksCar Park Railway Avenue2 km (1.2 miles)
EV charging points5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station210 m
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Southend Airport SEN34.6 km (21 miles)
Nearest large airportLondon Stansted Airport STN81.7 km (51 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeriesWhitstable Medical Practice Outstanding Apr 20164.1 km (2.5 miles)
Pharmacies2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swalecliffe Pharmacy400 m (0.2 miles)
NHS dentists3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swalecliffe Dental Centre340 m
HospitalWhitstable & Tankerton Hospital770 m (0.5 miles)
Care homes4 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chestfield House Requires improvement Jan 2023630 m (0.4 miles)
Police stationKent Police4.7 km (2.9 miles)
Cash machines*Deposit & Withdrawal* The Cooperative Food Whitstable Cashzone2.6 km (1.6 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 780 m²440 m (0.3 miles)
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Unnamed 3.5 ha740 m (0.5 miles)
Play area3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,150 m²610 m (0.4 miles)
Playing field3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha600 m (0.4 miles)
AllotmentsUnnamed 1.3 ha900 m (0.6 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 3.6 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Intertidal Wreck at Tankerton Beach, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Intertidal Wreck at Tankerton BeachScheduled monument1 km (0.6 miles) north-west
Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's ChurchWorld Heritage Site9.2 km (5.7 miles) south
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Tankerton SlopesCliff or slope910 m (0.6 miles) north-west
Tankerton BeachBeach1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west
Long RockWetland1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east
Rabbit ShawWood1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east
Knowel HillHill2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-east
Brook's PondLake or reservoir4.4 km (2.7 miles) south-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)7.24010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.7205
Particles (PM10)10.34015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5950
Under 555863

5 of the street's 63 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 Canterbury: see them on the Canterbury page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Swalecliffe Community Primary SchoolPrimary4–11180 m No published inspection 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 60% in 2023)
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.6 km (1 mile) No published inspection 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 64% in 2023)
The Whitstable SchoolSecondary11–181.9 km (1.2 miles) Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 37.4 (39.3 in 2025 and 37.6 in 2024); 26.7% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; progress average

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

4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 170 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Stagecoach Whitstable@Swalecliffe Community Primary School CT5 2PH Sessional day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 170 m
ABC Preschool and Extra CT5 2PH Full day care 51 Good (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 170 m
The Castle Pre School Whitstable LTD CT5 2NW Sessional day care 60 Not inspected yet 510 m (0.3 miles)
All Saints Nursery School CT5 1PG Sessional day care 30 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.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
The Oyster Bed CT5 3JEPub/bar/nightclub170 m5 Very good11 Mar 2025
Total Sports Coaching CT5 2PHOther catering premises180 m5 Very good12 Aug 2024
Caterlink @ Swalecliffe Community Primary CT5 2PHSchool/college/university220 m4 Good8 Jul 2026
McDonalds Restaurant CT5 3JERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen240 m5 Very good24 Aug 2026
Starbucks Whitstable CT5 3QSRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen250 m5 Very good19 Jun 2026
KFC Highgate Park CT5 3JERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen290 m5 Very good7 Aug 2026
The Wheatsheaf CT5 2LURestaurant/Cafe/Canteen300 m5 Very good16 Jun 2025
Family Food Store CT5 2LXRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets320 m5 Very good2 Jan 2025
Riverside Cafe CT5 3JQRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen330 m5 Very good15 Oct 2026
The Brickfield Micropub CT5 2LXPub/bar/nightclub330 m5 Very good6 Feb 2026
Pizza Hot CT5 2LXTakeaway/sandwich shop330 m5 Very good11 Sep 2025
Whitstable Rugby Football Club CT5 3QSPub/bar/nightclub340 m5 Very good19 Jun 2026
Larkins Snack Bar CT5 3QSRetailers - other340 m5 Very good18 Sep 2025
Whitstable Stores CT5 2LXRetailers - other350 m5 Very good29 May 2024
Sainsbury's CT5 3QSRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets360 m5 Very good10 Jun 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

15 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences7
Anti-social behaviour3
Other crime2
Vehicle crime1
Public order1
Criminal damage and arson1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Elm Wood Close (5); On or near Kemp Road (4); On or near Elm Wood West (4); On or near Burnan Road (2).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

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 1 person was seriously hurt. 2 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202210
202300
202410
202511
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
7 May 2025 17:56 Serious 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
24 Oct 2024 15:30 Slight 1 person Minor road, 20 mph Daylight
9 Oct 2022 18:30 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist, 1 child Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
23 Jun 2021 09:05 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian B2205, 30 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.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 602 residents in 270 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age5640
Children under 1512%17%
Aged 65 and over33%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)90%61%
Owned outright60%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented0%17%
Private rented10%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work49%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)3%6%
Retired (of adults)37%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)2%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)28%32%
Travel to work by car or van56%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram2%4%
By any public transport, including bus5%8%
On foot or by bicycle11%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)63%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away14%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)30%34%
No qualifications22%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification6%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)98%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: SOUTH EAST WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 30 October 2026 to 5 November 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026

Everything that has changed on and near this street

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Kemp Road · Elm Wood Close · Elm Wood Close · Buckingham Road · Swalecliffe Road · Bridgefield Road · Quinneys Place · Swalecliffe Court Drive · Emmerson Gardens · Reeves Way · Palace Close · Princess Road

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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.