Swale
1 address across 1 postcode (ME13), about 14.5 km long, classed as a motorway. USRN 82102021.
No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Swale costs £2,406 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 56% of premises. The nearest railway station is Teynham, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. It is about 36 m above sea level. 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is The Chestnuts Surgery, about 6.1 km away. About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 73% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Swale in 2026-27: Band D £2,406 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,604 | £1,871 | £2,138 | £2,406 | £2,940 | £3,475 | £4,009 | £4,811 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (33% of about 830 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 223.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, grade I
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade I
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, grade I
- Lynsted Court, grade I
- 15, OSPRINGE STREET, grade II*
- Barn to the North of Queen Court Farmhouse, grade II*
- BEXON COURT, grade II*
- BEXON MANOR, grade II*
- BRICKWALL AND RAILINGS TO FORECOURT, grade II*
- BUMPIT, grade II*
- CHANTRY HOUSE, grade II*
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, grade II*
- LYNSTED PARK AND ADJACENT GARDEN WALLS, grade II*
- Newbury Farm House North, grade II*
- PROVENDER, grade II*
- QUEEN COURT FARMHOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS, grade II*
- SWANTON STREET FARMHOUSE, grade II*
- THE MAISON DIEU MUSEUM, grade II*
- THE OLD VICARAGE, grade II*
- 1 AND 3, OSPRINGE STREET, grade II
- 11, OSPRINGE STREET, grade II
- 13, OSPRINGE STREET, grade II
- 148, ASHFORD ROAD, grade II
- 2 AND 4, WATER LANE, grade II
- 20 AND 22, OSPRINGE STREET, grade II
- 21 AND 22, TANNERS STREET, grade II
- 25-27, TANNERS STREET, grade II
- 27, THE MALL, grade II
- 29, THE MALL, grade II
- 35-39, OSPRINGE STREET, grade II
And 193 more.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 36 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME13 8XW | 100% | 56% | 56% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Teynham 181,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km |
| Faversham 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Sittingbourne 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.8 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| EV charging points | Doddington Village Hall Car Park | 2.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 31.4 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 70.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Chestnuts Surgery | 6.1 km |
| Pharmacies | Green Street Pharmacy | 3.5 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.7 km |
| Hospital | Sittingbourne Hospital | 6.2 km |
| Police station | Kent County Constabulary | 6.5 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Teynham, Teynham | 3.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,290 m² | 2.8 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,950 m² | 810 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,350 m² | 2.1 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Sharsted Court, a listed building (Grade I), 760 m south. 12 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sharsted Court | Listed building, Grade I | 760 m south |
| Lynsted Park and Adjacent Garden Walls | Listed building, Grade II* | 930 m north-west |
| Champion Court | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km south |
| Doddington Place | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sharsted Plantation | Wood | 390 m west |
| Homestall Plantation | Wood | 420 m east |
| Long Shaw | Wood | 560 m south-east |
| Champion Court Plantation | Wood | 750 m east |
| Wren's Hill | Hill | 1.6 km east |
| Syndale Bottom | Valley | 4.2 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (kent).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 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
- ME13 8XW: 1 address of 30 in the postcode
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.