Chartham Downs Road Canterbury
45 addresses across 4 postcodes (CT4), about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 5600248.
- Energy: 25 homes have an energy certificate (B: 6, C: 7, D: 8, E: 4).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 C; Band D in Canterbury costs £2,419 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chartham, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Village Green, is about 2.8 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 73 to 102 m above sea level.
- Noise: 24 of its 45 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Old School Surgery, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 1,120 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 47% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
25 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 74 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (11); House, end-terrace (8); House, detached (5). Built: 1900-1929 (11); 2021 (3); 1930-1949 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
- 7, The Downs, Chartham Downs Road
- 8, The Downs, Chartham Downs Road
- 9a, The Downs, Chartham Downs Road
- 9b The Downs, Chartham Downs Road, Chartham
- 9c The Downs, Chartham Downs Road, Chartham
- 13, The Downs, Chartham Downs Road
- 21, The Downs, Chartham Downs Road
- 24b, The Downs, Chartham Downs Road
- 26, The Downs, Chartham Downs Road
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,613 | £1,882 | £2,151 | £2,419 | £2,957 | £3,495 | £4,032 | £4,839 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (32% of about 1,820 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- PERRY COURT, grade II
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 45 addresses are between 73 m and 102 m above sea level (82 m on average); the ground rises about 29 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT4 7PS | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CT4 7PT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CT4 7TG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CT4 7TU | 92% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chartham 103,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Canterbury East 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Chilham 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Canterbury | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 44.3 km (28 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 86.8 km (54 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Old School Surgery | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Morrisons Pharmacy | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | The Bmi Chaucer Hospital | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Nackington Police Station | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Rontec - Wincheap Cashzone | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Village Green 2,960 m² | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 800 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.6 ha | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow situated in the southern part of Iffin Wood, 100m east of New House Lane, a scheduled monument, 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow situated in the southern part of Iffin Wood, 100m east of New House Lane | Scheduled monument | 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Bowl barrow situated in the northern part of Iffin Wood, 120m east of New House Lane | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| A deserted medieval manorial settlement and associated earthworks in Iffin Wood | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church | World Heritage Site | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Little Iffin Wood | Wood | 300 m north-east |
| Rabbit Bank Wood | Wood | 400 m (0.2 miles) south-west |
| Red Wood Lees | Wood | 610 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Swan Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) north |
| North Downs | Hills | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) west |
| Bingley Island | Island | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 23 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 21 | 45 |
24 of the street's 45 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petham Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
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).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 24% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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
- CT4 7PS: 39 addresses of 43 in the postcode
- CT4 7TU: 4 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- CT4 7PT: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
- CT4 7TG: 1 address of 60 in the postcode
All the streets in CT4 and across Canterbury.
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.