Lupin Close Gillingham, Medway
9 addresses across 1 postcode (ME8), about 60 m long. USRN 32103221.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £415,000 across 3 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Medway cost £297,757 in August 2026 (+0.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,235 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Vineyard Chalk Pit, is 270 m away.
- Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A2, carries 15,518 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Medway costs £2,329 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Rainham (Kent), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 750 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 32 to 35 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 Orchard Family Practice, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 91% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 17 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | £415,000 | £410,000 | £450,000 |
| 2021 | 8 | £415,000 | £375,000 | £650,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2021 | 1 ME8 8GR | Detached | £530,000 | New build. |
| 4 Nov 2025 | 2 ME8 8GR | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 22 Jan 2021 | 2 ME8 8GR | Detached | £415,000 | New build. |
| 29 Jan 2021 | 3 ME8 8GR | Detached | £650,000 | New build. |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 4 ME8 8GR | Semi-detached | £410,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2021 | 4 ME8 8GR | Semi-detached | £380,000 | New build. |
| 15 Sep 2025 | 5 ME8 8GR | Semi-detached | £415,000 | |
| 29 Jan 2021 | 5 ME8 8GR | Semi-detached | £375,000 | New build. |
| 29 Jan 2021 | 6 ME8 8GR | Detached | £415,000 | New build. |
| 12 Feb 2021 | 7 ME8 8GR | Detached | £415,000 | New build. |
| 5 Mar 2021 | 8 ME8 8GR | Detached | £530,000 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Medway
A typical home in Medway cost £297,757 in August 2026, 0.5% more than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 31% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £530,444 |
| Semi-detached | £352,795 |
| Terraced | £276,029 |
| Flat or maisonette | £168,915 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £270,313 |
Private renters in Medway paid £1,235 a month on average in September 2026, 1.6% more than a year before. That is 36% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £897 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,140 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,340 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,827 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 102 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 2019 (8).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 9,165 kWh of it on average in 2024, 15% less than the district's 10,778 kWh, and 4,731 kWh of electricity, 46% more than the district's 3,233 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 ME8.
Council tax
What each band costs in Medway in 2026-27: Band D £2,329 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,552 | £1,811 | £2,070 | £2,329 | £2,846 | £3,363 | £3,881 | £4,657 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (36% of about 780 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land at Kent Terrace, Canterbury Lane, Upchurch: up to 13 homes, permissioned (810 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwade Solar Farm Swale SW/12/1019 | Solar farm | 1.7 MW | Operational Mar 2015 | 1.9 km (1.2 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 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 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.
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 here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 3 to 5%: 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 the square 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. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 270 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vineyard Chalk Pit Seymour Road, Rainham, Kent | 1977 to 1990 | Inert, household, special (hazardous), liquid sludge; gas control on site | 270 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 32 m and 35 m above sea level (33 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME8 8GR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rainham (Kent) 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Newington 141,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Gillingham (Kent) 2.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Seymour Road Moor Street | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Waterfront Bus Station Chatham | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Station Road | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 23.7 km (15 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 61.5 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Orchard Family Practice Good Dec 2022 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mediclinic Pharmacy Rainham | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Portman Smile Clinic Rainham | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital Requires improvement Nov 2025 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Care homes | Welcome House - Leeza Court Inadequate Nov 2025 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Medway Police Station | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | London & South Eastern Railway - Rainham Cashzone | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,900 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 170 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Culvers Hill | Hill | 740 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Hurst Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Silver Spot Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Horsham Marsh | Wetland | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north |
| Horrid Hill | Headland | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-west |
| Spekes Bottom | Valley | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 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 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 7 |
3 of the street's 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 2 from railways, 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 Medway: see them on the Medway page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Academy Rainham | Secondary | 11–19 | 300 m | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 44.5; 29.5% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Riverside Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 63% in 2023) |
| Miers Court Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 48% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
| St Margaret's Church of England Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 71% in 2024 and 61% in 2023) |
| St Margaret's Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | None published |
| Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jun 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: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 20% 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
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 770 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFSE ME8 8ET | Out-of-school day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Rainham ME8 8EB | Full day care | 81 | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| First Class Learning Gillingham South Ltd ME8 7SG | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 172 childminders and 53 home childcarers (nannies) in Medway. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eko Food Market Xpress ME8 8PT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Seymour Road (17).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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 A2 between Meresborough Rd and LA Boundary, with 15,518 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 200 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2 | Meresborough Rd to LA Boundary | 15,518 estimated | 2% | +42% since 2015 | 200 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.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 91% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
- ME8 8GR: 9 addresses of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Farriers Court · Horseman's Green Road · Brick Kiln Way · Red Sail Gardens · Hoy Close · High Street · Melrose Drive
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.