Coldswood Road Thanet
21 addresses across 3 postcodes (CT12), about 500 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 40300306.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2009 the median was £120,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, D: 2, E: 3, F: 1).
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Thanet costs £2,491 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ramsgate, about 2.2 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 44 to 52 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Newington Road Surgery, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 520 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 22% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 23 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2009 | 3A CT12 5AJ | Semi-detached | £120,000 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 151 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6); House, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (5); 2023 (1); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Thanet in 2026-27: Band D £2,491 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,661 | £1,937 | £2,214 | £2,491 | £3,044 | £3,598 | £4,152 | £4,982 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (39% of about 2,070 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): Ramsgate ED, Birchington & Rural ED.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land Adjacent To 3 Walnut Tree Cottages: up to 1 home, permissioned (160 m)
- Land Adjacent Haine Lodge Spratling Lane Ramsgate: up to 7 homes, permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
- Land Adjacent 89 St Johns Avenue RAMSGATE Kent: up to 1 home, permissioned (810 m (0.5 miles))
- 54 Auckland Avenue: up to 1 home, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 31 July 2026 to 4 August 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (standard works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT12 5AJ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
| CT12 5AH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CT12 5PF | not in 2 or 3 |
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 44 m and 52 m above sea level (48 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT12 5AH | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CT12 5AJ | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ramsgate 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Thanet Parkway 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Dumpton Park 45,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest New Haine Road Westwood | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Cecil Street Council Offices Margate | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Ramsgate Ferry Terminal | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Parking space on Wilfred Road | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Smart Charge Charging Station | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 53.7 km (33 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 99.1 km (62 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Newington Road Surgery | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 1St-Impressions Dental | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Ramsgate Police Station | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Barclays ATM | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 370 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 500 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Jackey Baker's Recreation Ground 17 ha | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.8 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Anglo-Saxon cemetery S of Ozengell Grange, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Anglo-Saxon cemetery S of Ozengell Grange | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Staner Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| West Cliff | Cliff or slope | 3 km (1.8 miles) south |
| Dane Valley Woods | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north |
| Mocketts Wood | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
| Cliffsend Point | Wetland | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south |
| Ramsgate Beach | Beach | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 21 | 21 |
None of the street's 21 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Thanet: see them on the Thanet page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Harbour Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 770 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Dame Janet Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Newington Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ramsgate Arts Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Laurence In Thanet Church of England Junior Academy | Primary | 7–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shop CT12 5AG | Retailers - other | 280 m | 5 Very good | 6 Jan 2026 |
| Priory Group CT12 5AG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 280 m | 5 Very good | 27 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 16 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Coldswood Road (23).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 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) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 3 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
- CT12 5AJ: 14 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- CT12 5AH: 6 addresses
- CT12 5PF: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Hawthorn Grange · Hilltop Avenue · Beerlings Farm Road · Haine Farm Mews · Sprackling Drive
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.