Iwade Road Swale
35 addresses across 5 postcodes (ME9), about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 39000590.
- Sales: 14 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £695,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 5, E: 4, F: 1).
- Flood: 5 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 E; Band D in Swale costs £2,406 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Newington, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- 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 13 to 55 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 35 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Meads Medical Practice, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 1,030 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | £695,000 | £340,000 | £1,050,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £680,000 | £680,000 | £680,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £249,000 | £249,000 | £249,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £590,000 | £590,000 | £590,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £1,300,000 | £1,300,000 | £1,300,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £210,500 | £165,000 | £256,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £772,500 | £650,000 | £895,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £238,000 | £238,000 | £238,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 2025 | SNAKESBURY COTTAGE ME9 7JY | Other | £347,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Sep 2022 | HIGH OAK HILL FARM ME9 7HY | Detached | £1,050,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2022 | SNAKESBURY COTTAGE ME9 7JY | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 25 May 2016 | OAK HILL HOUSE ME9 7HY | Other | £1,000,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 May 2015 | SNAKESBURY ME9 7JY | Detached | £680,000 | |
| 18 Apr 2013 | GREENWADE ME9 7JY | Detached | £249,000 | |
| 2 Mar 2012 | HIGH OAK HILL FARM ME9 7HY | Detached | £590,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2004 | OAK MANOR ME9 7JY | Detached | £1,300,000 | |
| 5 May 2000 | GREENWADE ME9 7JY | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 2 May 2000 | SNAKESBURY ME9 7JY | Detached | £256,000 | |
| 17 Dec 1999 | OAK MANOR ME9 7JY | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 28 May 1999 | OAK MANOR ME9 7JY | Detached | £895,000 | |
| 18 Dec 1998 | HIGH OAK HILL FARM ME9 7HY | Detached | £238,000 | New build. |
| 9 Aug 1996 | WOODSIDE ME9 7JY | Detached | £50,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 122 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, mid-terrace (3); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (7); 1900-1929 (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (24% of about 1,680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Newington Church (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade I
- BARN 20 YARDS SOUTH OF GREAT NORWOOD, grade II
- BOG FARM HOUSE, grade II
- CHURCH FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GREAT NORWOOD, grade II
- OAST HOUSE (ADJACENT TO CHURCH FARMHOUSE), grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- High Oak Hill, Iwade Road, Newington: up to 6 homes, permissioned (320 m)
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 15 January 2027 to 22 January 2027: UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN, Utility asset works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway, verge (standard works)
Finished in the last three months
- 15 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
- 11 September 2026 to 15 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, verge (minor works)
- 10 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the footway (immediate - emergency works)
- 25 August 2026 to 27 August 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
- 24 August 2026: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 7JY | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME9 7HY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME9 8QD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME9 7FY | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| ME9 7JX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 35 addresses are between 13 m and 55 m above sea level (32 m on average); the ground rises about 43 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 7FY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME9 7HY | 100% | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| ME9 7JX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ME9 7JY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ME9 8QD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newington 141,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Kemsley 209,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Sittingbourne 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Car parks | Premier Inn Sittingbourne Kent Car Park | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 23.2 km (14 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 65.4 km (41 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Meads Medical Practice | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Newington Pharmacy | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Milton Regis Dental Clinic | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Sittingbourne Hospital | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Kent County Constabulary | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Asda Sittingbourne - Sheppey Way PFS, Bobbing Cashzone | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2.9 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 400 m² | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 930 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is A Romano-British villa at Boxted, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| A Romano-British villa at Boxted | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hawes Wood | Wood | 420 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Calveshole Wood | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Callum Hill | Hill | 760 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Webbend Ditch Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Barksore Marshes | Wetland | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
| Funton Reach | Tidal water | 3.2 km (2 miles) north |
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) | 12.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 26 | 35 |
9 of the street's 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newington Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Lower Halstow Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Bobbing Village School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 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) | 46% | 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) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 7 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: UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN: Utility asset works, 15 January 2027 to 22 January 2027 (no carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility asset works, 15 October 2026 to 16 October 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- ME9 7JY: 14 addresses
- ME9 7HY: 11 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- ME9 8QD: 8 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- ME9 7FY: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
- ME9 7JX: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.