Lower Street Tilmanstone, Dover
52 addresses across 5 postcodes (CT14), about 520 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 11300746.
- Sales: 27 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £480,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 23 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 1, D: 17, E: 2, F: 1).
- Flood: 6 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 C; Band D in Dover costs £2,462 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shepherds Well, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 38 to 45 m above sea level.
- Noise: 25 of its 52 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is St Richards Road Surgery, about 5.4 km (3.3 miles) away.
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 29% 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 anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | £480,000 | £350,000 | £610,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £440,000 | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £305,000 | £250,000 | £360,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | £167,000 | £150,000 | £325,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £327,500 | £327,500 | £327,500 |
| 2011 | 1 | £345,000 | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £268,500 | £250,000 | £287,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | £146,000 | £140,000 | £152,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £115,000 | £110,000 | £120,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2023 | DANE GLEN CT14 0JA | Terraced | £350,000 | |
| 18 Sep 2023 | IZZYINN CT14 0JD | Detached | £610,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2020 | CHAPEL FARM CT14 0HY | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 12 Dec 2019 | 1 CT14 0JD | Terraced | £250,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2019 | CHAPEL FARM COTTAGE CT14 0HY | Semi-detached | £360,000 | |
| 23 Sep 2014 | 1 CT14 0JD | Terraced | £167,000 | |
| 21 Mar 2014 | THE GOAL CT14 0JD | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 19 Mar 2014 | 2 CT14 0JD | Terraced | £150,000 | |
| 6 Sep 2013 | SAMARINDA CT14 0JD | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 5 Jul 2013 | OMEGA CT14 0HZ | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2012 | MEADOWSIDE CT14 0JD | Detached | £327,500 | |
| 2 Feb 2011 | CHAPEL FARM CT14 0HY | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 18 Jan 2008 | WHITE BUNGALOW CT14 0JD | Detached | £185,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2007 | THE GOAL CT14 0JD | Detached | £287,000 | |
| 15 Jun 2007 | SAMARINDA CT14 0JD | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 10 Aug 2006 | 1 CT14 0JD | Semi-detached | £150,000 | |
| 16 Sep 2005 | 2 CT14 0JD | Terraced | £140,000 | |
| 29 Mar 2005 | 3 CT14 0JD | Terraced | £152,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2004 | LITTLE CLOSE CT14 0HZ | Semi-detached | £110,000 | |
| 16 Mar 2004 | FOUR WINDS CT14 0JA | Terraced | £120,000 | |
| 17 Apr 2003 | THE OLD BAKEHOUSE CT14 0JA | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 23 Apr 2002 | CHAPEL FARM COTTAGE CT14 0HY | Semi-detached | £126,000 | |
| 29 Aug 2001 | THE GOAL CT14 0JD | Detached | £155,000 | |
| 13 Dec 2000 | ROBIN HILL CT14 0HZ | Semi-detached | £73,500 | |
| 27 Jan 1999 | CHAPEL FARM CT14 0HY | Detached | £93,000 | |
| 28 Jun 1996 | THE LEAS CT14 0JD | Detached | £60,000 | |
| 28 Jun 1996 | 1 CT14 0JD | Semi-detached | £51,000 |
Energy performance certificates
23 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 105 m². Most common: House, detached (7); Bungalow, semi-detached (6); House, semi-detached (4). Built: 1950-1966 (9); 1967-1975 (5); before 1900 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (14); rented (social) (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (11 addresses)
- 1, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- 2 Craythorne Cottages, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- 2, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- Chapel Farm Cottage, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- Dane Glen, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- Four Winds, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- Kookaburra, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- Lawn House, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- Meadowside, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- The Goal, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
- The Leas, Lower Street, Tilmanstone
Council tax
What each band costs in Dover in 2026-27: Band D £2,462 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,641 | £1,915 | £2,188 | £2,462 | £3,009 | £3,556 | £4,103 | £4,923 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (26% of about 740 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
- CHAPEL FARMHOUSE, grade II
- VINE FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 8 January 2027: UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN, Disconnection or alteration of supply, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
Finished in the last three months
- 10 August 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the verge (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT14 0JD | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 5 | unlikely |
| CT14 0JA | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 8 | unlikely |
| CT14 0HZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CT14 0HY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
| CT14 0JB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 52 addresses are between 38 m and 45 m above sea level (40 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT14 0HY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CT14 0HZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CT14 0JA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CT14 0JB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CT14 0JD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shepherds Well 70,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Martin Mill 68,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Snowdown 12,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chapel Road Tilmanstone | 130 m |
| Ferry terminal | Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 58 km (36 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 104 km (65 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | St Richards Road Surgery | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Eastry Pharmacy | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Beech Grove Dental Clinic | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Victoria Hospital (Deal) | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Police station | Sandwich Police Shop | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,510 m² | 70 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 380 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,480 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Andrew, a listed building (Grade I), 440 m (0.3 miles) north-west. 21 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Andrew | Listed building, Grade I | 440 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Dane Court | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gorsefield Wood | Wood | 600 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Nine Acre Wood | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Boys' Firs | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Six Acre Wood | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Buttsole Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north |
| Kelk Hill | Hill | 3.2 km (2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 52 |
25 of the street's 52 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 Dover: see them on the Dover page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northbourne Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Lower Street (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 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 | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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: Disconnection or alteration of supply, 8 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- CT14 0JD: 20 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- CT14 0JA: 14 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- CT14 0HZ: 13 addresses
- CT14 0HY: 4 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- CT14 0JB: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Chapel Road · Lower Street · Vicarage Lane · St Andrews Way · St Marys Grove
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.