Deans Hill Deans Hill, Swale
9 addresses across 1 postcode (ME9), about 280 m long. USRN 39010271.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £360,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, E: 3).
- 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 Swale costs £2,406 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Newington, about 4.6 km (2.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 119 to 124 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is London Road Medical Centre, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away.
- People: About 240 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | £360,000 | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £850,000 | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £320,000 | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £810,000 | £810,000 | £810,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £340,000 | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun 2019 | SWISS COTTAGE ME9 8BB | Detached | £360,000 | |
| 12 Jan 2018 | MILL HOUSE ME9 8BB | Detached | £850,000 | |
| 11 May 2012 | WINSTONE ME9 8BB | Detached | £320,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2010 | LITTLE DEANS HILL FARM ME9 8BB | Detached | £810,000 | |
| 14 May 2007 | WINSTONE ME9 8BB | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 29 Jul 2005 | THE COTTAGE ME9 8BB | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2001 | THE COTTAGE ME9 8BB | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2000 | THE GRANARY, LITTLE DEANS HILL FARM ME9 8BB | Detached | £340,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 167 m². Most common: House, detached (3); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (2); 1983-1990 (1); 2020 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Swale in 2026-27: Band D £2,406 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,604 | £1,871 | £2,138 | £2,406 | £2,940 | £3,475 | £4,009 | £4,811 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (20% of about 640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- DEANS HILL HOUSE, grade II
- LITTLE DEANS HILL, 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
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 119 m and 124 m above sea level (122 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 8BB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newington 141,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Sittingbourne 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Hollingbourne 62,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 28.7 km (18 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 63.1 km (39 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | London Road Medical Centre | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Newington Pharmacy | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Chopra Dental LTD | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Sittingbourne Hospital | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Kent County Constabulary | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Sittingbourne Service Station | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,600 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,730 m² | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
15 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Frid Wood | Wood | 630 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Hook Wood | Wood | 710 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Whittaker's Wood | Wood | 740 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Gore Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Whipstakes Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Stockbury Valley | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 9 |
3 of the street's 9 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 Swale: see them on the Swale page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bredgar Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Deans Hill Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 49% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- ME9 8BB: 9 addresses of 14 in the postcode
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.