Kendal Drive Tonbridge

20 addresses across 1 postcode (TN9), about 190 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40600506.

  • Sales: 20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £900,000 across 1 sale.
  • 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: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 7, 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.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Storm overflows: 6 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 100 times (561 hours) in 2025.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A26, carries 20,047 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; 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 Tonbridge, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 27 to 32 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 4 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Warders Medical Centre, about 230 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 190 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 21 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20241£900,000£900,000£900,000
20201£606,500£606,500£606,500
20191£575,000£575,000£575,000
20161£595,000£595,000£595,000
20141£565,000£565,000£565,000
20131£435,000£435,000£435,000
20121£425,000£425,000£425,000
20111£435,000£435,000£435,000
20092£372,500£360,000£385,000
20071£397,000£397,000£397,000
20061£330,000£330,000£330,000
20041£325,000£325,000£325,000
All 20 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
6 Oct 20202 TN9 1LZDetached£606,500
9 Dec 20113 TN9 1LZSemi-detached£435,000
20 Dec 19963 TN9 1LZSemi-detached£139,950
20 Aug 20134 TN9 1LZSemi-detached£435,000
27 Mar 19975 TN9 1LZDetached£167,500
9 May 20247 TN9 1LZDetached£900,000
10 Jul 20128 TN9 1LZDetached£425,000
26 Nov 19999 TN9 1LZDetached£205,000
17 Dec 201410 TN9 1LZDetached£565,000
30 Nov 199512 TN9 1LZSemi-detached£132,500
25 Jun 200914 TN9 1LZDetached£385,000
16 Aug 199514 TN9 1LZDetached£145,000
12 Aug 201616 TN9 1LZDetached£595,000
4 Jun 200716 TN9 1LZDetached£397,000
17 Jul 200616 TN9 1LZDetached£330,000
15 Jul 201917 TN9 1LZDetached£575,000
23 Aug 200217 TN9 1LZDetached£272,500
15 Oct 200918 TN9 1LZDetached£360,000
23 Oct 199718 TN9 1LZDetached£169,950
3 Dec 200419 TN9 1LZSemi-detached£325,000

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.

HomeTypical 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.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£1,039
Two bedrooms£1,343
Three bedrooms£1,639
Four or more bedrooms£2,498

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from March 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 122 m². Most common: House, detached (8); Bungalow, detached (1); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1976-1982 (5); 1967-1975 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).

Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 14,571 kWh of it on average in 2024, 28% more than the district's 11,370 kWh, and 3,612 kWh of electricity, 13% more than the district's 3,184 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

These are all the homes on the 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 TN9.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

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.

ABCDEFGH
£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 C (31% of about 990 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 5 October 2026 to 6 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
  • 2 September 2026 to 4 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

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.

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre 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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

6 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 100 times, for 561 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into The River Medway, Tributary of Hilden Brook, The Botany Stream, Botany Stream and others.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Cannon Lane Combined Sewer Overflow Southern Water The River Medway 40 195 280 m
Hawden Road Tonbridge Cso Southern Water; monitored 19% of the year Tributary of Hilden Brook 4 17 600 m (0.4 miles)
Tonbridge Wwtw Southern Water The Botany Stream 3 22 840 m (0.5 miles)
Tonbridge Wwtw Southern Water The Botany Stream 16 180 840 m (0.5 miles)
Priory Road Tonbridge O/S 86 Cso Southern Water Botany Stream 30 86 890 m (0.6 miles)
Hilden Bridge Pumping Station Southern Water The Hilden Brook 7 62 940 m (0.6 miles)

A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 20 addresses are between 27 m and 32 m above sea level (29 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
TN9 1LZ100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsTonbridge 4.0 million journeys in 2024–251.1 km (0.7 miles)
Hildenborough 353,000 journeys in 2024–254 km (2.5 miles)
Leigh (Kent) 42,000 journeys in 2024–254.9 km (3 miles)
Bus stops11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 24 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Mitre Court Tonbridge90 m
Bus or coach stationLeigh (Kent) - Fleur de Lis PH4.7 km (2.9 miles)
Car parks2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Swanmead Car Park470 m (0.3 miles)
EV charging points14 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station380 m
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Gatwick Airport LGW33 km (21 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Warders Medical Centre Good Oct 2020230 m
Pharmacies4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest East Street Pharmacy230 m
NHS dentists7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Stradbrook Dental Practice380 m
HospitalTonbridge Cottage Hospital2.4 km (1.5 miles)
Care homes3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Hadlows Good Oct 2019310 m
Police stationTonbridge Police Station1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Cash machines1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Mfg Peregrine - Three Elm Service Station120 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha480 m (0.3 miles)
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 470 m²520 m (0.3 miles)
Playing field2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9.4 ha660 m (0.4 miles)
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,180 m²680 m (0.4 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 2.0 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Peter and St Paul, a listed building (Grade II*), 270 m south-west. 90 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Church of St Peter and St PaulListed building, Grade II*270 m south-west
Medieval hall at No 186 High StreetScheduled monument300 m south-west
Town banksScheduled monument310 m west
The Port Reeve's HouseListed building, Grade II*340 m south
124, High StreetListed building, Grade II*460 m (0.3 miles) south-west
Ye Olde Chequers InnListed building, Grade II*470 m (0.3 miles) south-west
Tonbridge CastleScheduled monument550 m (0.3 miles) south-west
SomerhillRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-east
MabledonRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-west
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Tinker's IslandIsland1.3 km (0.8 miles) west
Railway ShawWood1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east
Alders WoodWood1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east
Barden LakeLake or reservoir2 km (1.2 miles) west
Vale of KentValley2.3 km (1.5 miles) east
Quarry HillHill2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-west

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)9.44010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.1205
Particles (PM10)11.14015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5940
Under 551620

4 of the street's 20 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

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing ImpairmentPrimary4–11540 m (0.3 miles) Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 64% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 63% in 2023)
Royal Rise Primary SchoolPrimary5–111.2 km (0.7 miles) Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 73% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 43% in 2024 and 63% in 2023)
Hillview School for GirlsSecondary11–181.3 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.1 (48.0 in 2025 and 49.5 in 2024); 46.7% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; 0.9% AAB or better; progress above average
Sussex Road Community Primary SchoolPrimary5–111.5 km (1 mile) Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 85% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 32% at the higher standard (2025; 88% in 2024 and 80% in 2023)
Cage Green Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.6 km (1 mile) Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 49% in 2023)
Long Mead Community Primary SchoolPrimary2–111.6 km (1 mile) No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good 47% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 44% in 2024 and 50% in 2023)
Leigh Academy Hugh ChristieSecondary11–181.6 km (1 mile) Requires improvement (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 38.2 (40.5 in 2025); 20.2% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C; 15.4% AAB or better; progress average
The Judd SchoolSecondary11–181.6 km (1 mile) No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 78.3 (78.4 in 2025 and 78.5 in 2024); 99% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade A-; 62.2% AAB or better; progress above average
Tonbridge Grammar SchoolSecondary11–181.7 km (1.1 miles) Outstanding (Oct 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 77.0 (77.2 in 2025 and 79.4 in 2024); 97.2% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: progress well below average
Bishop Chavasse Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary4–111.7 km (1.1 miles) Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 52% in 2024)
Weald of Kent Grammar SchoolSecondary11–181.7 km (1.1 miles) No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 69.3 (70.0 in 2025 and 70.1 in 2024); 95.4% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B; 19.6% AAB or better; progress above average
Leigh Academy TonbridgeSecondary11–181.8 km (1.1 miles) Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 43.9 (43.1 in 2025 and 45.7 in 2024); 34.1% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade D+; progress average

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

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.2 km (0.8 miles); the nearest is 260 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Blooming Olives Day Nursery Limited TN9 1HA Full day care 80 Not inspected yet 260 m
FunTech at Tonbridge TN9 1JP Sessional day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 360 m
Excel Academy - Tonbridge School TN9 1JP Full day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 360 m
Junior Adventures Group @ Slade Primary TN9 1HR Out-of-school day care 60 Not inspected yet 560 m (0.3 miles)
Hilden Oaks Nursery TN10 3BU Full day care 50 Not inspected yet 680 m (0.4 miles)
Tots Teachers Preschool 3 TN9 1EP Sessional day care 32 Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 880 m (0.5 miles)
Play 'n Grow Childcare Ltd - Angel Centre TN9 1SF Full day care 61 Not inspected yet 880 m (0.5 miles)
Delarue Crickets Pre-school TN10 3TD Full day care 26 Outstanding (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 940 m (0.6 miles)
Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School Tonbridge TN9 2SN Full day care 79 Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Happy Faces Pre School Limited TN9 2DS Full day care 32 Good (Sep 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.2 km (0.8 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.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Julie Fleming Mobile Catering Unit At Hogswell Meadow TN9 1LEMobile caterer80 m3 Generally satisfactory30 Jul 2025
Castle Court (White Oaks) TN9 1QUHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises140 m5 Very good7 Nov 2025
Premier TN9 1NXRetailers - other160 m5 Very good13 Jun 2025
The Ivy House TN9 1BWPub/bar/nightclub220 m5 Very good4 Aug 2026
Compass At Tonbridge School TN9 1JPSchool/college/university270 m5 Very good29 Sep 2025
Blooming Olives Day Nursery TN9 1HAHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises280 m5 Very good14 Jan 2026
Tez Indian Takeaway TN9 1BXTakeaway/sandwich shop280 m5 Very good2 Dec 2024
Ela Bella TN9 1BXRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen280 m4 Good5 May 2026
Fuggles Beer Cafe TN9 1BXRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen290 m5 Very good27 Aug 2025
City Market TN9 1BXRetailers - other300 m5 Very good31 Jul 2025
The Grill TN10 3DNTakeaway/sandwich shop310 m3 Generally satisfactory26 Jun 2025
Marine Fish Bar TN10 3DNOther catering premises310 m5 Very good22 Oct 2025
George And Dragon TN10 3DNPub/bar/nightclub310 m5 Very good3 Jul 2025
Leafy Takeaway Limited TN10 3DNTakeaway/sandwich shop310 m4 Good25 Nov 2025
The Coffee Lounge At The Church Centre TN9 1DARetailers - other310 m5 Very good7 Oct 2024

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

21 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences6
Anti-social behaviour6
Other crime3
Public order2
Drugs2
Other theft1
Criminal damage and arson1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Mitre Court (8); On or near Kinnings Row (4); On or near Keswick Close (4); On or near Parking Area (1); On or near Bordyke (1).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 2 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist. 67% happened in the dark, and 33% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 20 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202200
202321
202400
202500
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
22 Nov 2023 20:30 Serious 1 person: 1 motorcyclist A227, 20 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road
20 Sep 2023 14:35 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist A227, 30 mph Daylight
12 Jun 2021 22:10 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist Minor road, 20 mph Dark, no street lights

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

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A26 between Vale Rise and A227, with 20,047 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 290 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A26 Vale Rise to A227 20,047 estimated; counted 2021 2% +6% since 2015 290 m

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 186 residents in 96 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age5740
Children under 1513%17%
Aged 65 and over40%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)84%61%
Owned outright66%33%
Shared ownership1%1%
Social rented1%17%
Private rented14%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work45%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)3%6%
Retired (of adults)47%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)4%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)56%32%
Travel to work by car or van28%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram10%4%
By any public transport, including bus10%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)28%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away32%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)35%34%
No qualifications18%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification7%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)97%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • TN9 1LZ: 20 addresses of 23 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Kendal Close · Lime Tree Close · Keswick Close · Portman Park · Mitre Court · Garden Road · Bordyke · Mill Lane · Mill Crescent · Charlton Terrace · Kinnings Row · Mill Bank

All the streets in TN9 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.