Ileden Cottages Bishopsbourne, Canterbury
6 addresses across 3 postcodes (CT4), about 2 km (1.3 miles) long. USRN 5601022.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2006 the median was £321,569 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1).
- 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 E; Band D in Canterbury costs £2,419 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Adisham, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 69 to 89 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Canterbury Medical Practice, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 550 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 92% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | £321,569 | £321,569 | £321,569 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jan 2006 | 2 CT4 6HP | Semi-detached | £321,569 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 82 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (1).
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 E (26% of about 1,090 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, ILEDEN PARK ( KINGSTON ) (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- COLDHARBOUR FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 12 October 2026: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 1 September 2026 to 11 September 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major works)
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT4 5HJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CT4 5HH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CT4 6HP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 69 m and 89 m above sea level (80 m on average); the ground rises about 20 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT4 5HH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CT4 5HJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| CT4 6HP | 29% | 0% | 0% | 29% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Adisham 27,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Bekesbourne 38,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2 miles) | |
| Aylesham 106,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Canterbury | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Kent Secure Parking | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 49.3 km (31 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 94.1 km (58 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Canterbury Medical Practice | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Bridge Pharmacy | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hospital | The Bmi Chaucer Hospital | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Police station | Nackington Police Station | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Bridgeway Stores, Bridge Cashzone | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 750 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.4 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,200 m² | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Enclosures W of Woodlands, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Enclosures W of Woodlands | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Anglo-Saxon barrow field and prehistoric linear earthwork on Barham Downs | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Hanging Hill, Bridge, immediately south west of Watling Street | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church | World Heritage Site | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Woodlands Wood | Wood | 760 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Walk Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Horseshoe Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Twelve Acre Shaw | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Well Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Bramling Bottom | Valley | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 6 |
4 of the street's 6 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 62% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 8 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 12 October 2026 to 14 October 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- CT4 5HJ: 3 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- CT4 5HH: 2 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- CT4 6HP: 1 address of 16 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.