Keepsake Drive Kings Hill, Tonbridge and Malling
9 addresses across 2 postcodes (ME19), about 120 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40606427.
- Sales: 17 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £717,500 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Tonbridge and Malling cost £405,507 in August 2026 (-0.1% on a year); private rents averaged £1,500 a month.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (B: 8).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Tonbridge and Malling costs £2,472 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is West Malling, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 390 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 84 to 85 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 West Malling Group Practice, about 760 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 48% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 83 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | £717,500 | £585,000 | £850,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £600,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £360,000 | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | £584,995 | £354,995 | £649,995 |
| 2018 | 8 | £445,995 | £338,995 | £524,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2024 | 1 ME19 4RT | Semi-detached | £600,000 | |
| 17 Dec 2018 | 1 ME19 4RT | Semi-detached | £524,995 | New build. |
| 3 Feb 2026 | 2 ME19 4RT | Detached | £850,000 | |
| 23 Jan 2019 | 2 ME19 4RT | Detached | £649,995 | New build. |
| 18 Dec 2018 | 3 ME19 4RT | Detached | £354,995 | New build. |
| 30 Jan 2026 | 4 ME19 4RT | Detached | £585,000 | |
| 30 Jan 2019 | 4 ME19 4RT | Detached | £524,995 | New build. |
| 21 Feb 2025 | 5 ME19 4RT | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2019 | 5 ME19 4RT | Detached | £354,995 | New build. |
| 18 Dec 2018 | 6 ME19 4RT | Detached | £449,995 | New build. |
| 18 Apr 2019 | 7 ME19 4RT | Detached | £644,995 | New build. |
| 14 Dec 2018 | 8 ME19 4RT | Detached | £519,995 | New build. |
| 25 Jul 2018 | 9 ME19 4RT | Detached | £441,995 | New build. |
| 27 Aug 2020 | 10 ME19 4RT | Semi-detached | £360,000 | |
| 26 Jul 2018 | 10 ME19 4RT | Semi-detached | £338,995 | New build. |
| 25 Jul 2018 | 11 ME19 4RT | Detached | £461,995 | New build. |
| 27 Jul 2018 | 12 ME19 4RT | Semi-detached | £339,995 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Tonbridge and Malling
A typical home in Tonbridge and Malling cost £405,507 in August 2026, 0.1% less than a year before. That is 9% more than five years earlier and 26% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £687,291 |
| Semi-detached | £424,680 |
| Terraced | £343,276 |
| Flat or maisonette | £221,399 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £324,939 |
Private renters in Tonbridge and Malling paid £1,500 a month on average in September 2026, 3.6% more than a year before. That is 32% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,039 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,343 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,639 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,498 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 105 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 2018 (6); 2019 (2).
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,772 kWh of it on average in 2024, 11% less than the district's 12,062 kWh, and 3,881 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME19 4RT | 11 | 3,272 kWh | 12 | 8,111 kWh |
| ME19 4LH | 48 6 Economy 7 | 2,797 kWh | 48 | 10,576 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is ME19.
Council tax
What each band costs in Tonbridge and Malling in 2026-27: Band D £2,472 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,648 | £1,923 | £2,197 | £2,472 | £3,021 | £3,570 | £4,120 | £4,944 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (26% of about 1,730 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingshill Solar Farm Tonbridge and Malling KCC/TM/0209/2021 | Solar farm | 3 MW | Operational Jul 2024 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Offham Landfill Site Phase II | Landfill Gas | 1.2 MW | Operational Dec 1996 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME19 4RT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME19 4LH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 7 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 84 m and 85 m above sea level (84 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME19 4LH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ME19 4RT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | West Malling 897,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| East Malling 93,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Wateringbury 72,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Regent Way Kings Hill | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | East Farleigh - Bull Inn | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Car parks | Kenden Car Park | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gibson Buildings Rapids | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 35.7 km (22 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 44.1 km (27 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest West Malling Group Practice Good Oct 2017 | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kings Hill Pharmacy | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kings Hill Dental | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Gstt @ Maidstone Hospital Requires improvement Feb 2024 | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Care homes | Lavenders Good Jan 2019 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Kent Police Tactical Operations | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,460 m² | 390 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 9,110 m² | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 450 m² | 190 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.2 ha | 300 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kings Hill Allotments Site 7,560 m² | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 1.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is World War II Bofors Anti-aircraft gun tower, Pickett-Hamilton fort and pillbox: part of the airfield defences of RAF West Malling fighter station, a scheduled monument, 370 m west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| World War II Bofors Anti-aircraft gun tower, Pickett-Hamilton fort and pillbox: part of the airfield defences of RAF West Malling fighter station | Scheduled monument | 370 m west |
| Tower keep castle at West Malling | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| St Mary's Abbey: a Benedictine abbey north and east of Water Lane | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Mereworth Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hoath Wood | Wood | 250 m north |
| Coalpit Wood | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Springetts Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Swanton Valley | Valley | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-west |
| Upper Cut | Tidal water | 4.8 km (3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 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 | 2 | 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 Tonbridge and Malling: see them on the Tonbridge and Malling page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Discovery School | Primary | 4–11 | 530 m (0.3 miles) | Outstanding (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 80% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 18% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding | 90% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 31% at the higher standard (2025; 78% in 2024 and 82% in 2023) |
| Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Outstanding (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 23% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 920 m (0.6 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stagecoach Maidstone West ME19 4LG | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 920 m (0.6 miles) | |
| Kings Hill Pre School ME19 4LG | Sessional day care | 30 | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| K2K Play ME19 4AL | Out-of-school day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Bright Horizons Kings Hill Day Nursery and Preschool ME19 4AN | Full day care | 129 | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 757 childminders and 217 home childcarers (nannies) in Kent. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Hill Cricket Club ME19 4GZ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Dec 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 35 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 21 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Public order | 6 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Mareda Court (36); On or near Durello Avenue (26); On or near Porter Avenue (8); On or near Vincent Drive (4); On or near Glenton Avenue (2).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a child under 16. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2022 08:25 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 34% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 77% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 27% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 27% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 48% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 5% | 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 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
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
Nearby streets
Josephine Lane · Durello Avenue · Mareda Court · Glenton Avenue · Porter Avenue · Langley Way · Lavinia Close · Aviator Drive · Alderman Place · Lancer Drive · Langley Way · Baldwin Place
All the streets in ME19 and across Tonbridge and Malling.
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.