M20 Maidstone
8 addresses across 5 postcodes (ME14,ME17), about 4 km (2.5 miles) long, classed as a motorway. USRN 82120061.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 G; Band D in Maidstone costs £2,503 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bearsted, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 53 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bearsted, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 1,170 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 33% 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 Maidstone in 2026-27: Band D £2,503 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,668 | £1,946 | £2,225 | £2,503 | £3,059 | £3,615 | £4,171 | £5,005 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (23% of about 1,970 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 61.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 681 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, grade I
- 111, ASHFORD ROAD, grade II
- 19, ROSEACRE LANE, grade II
- 21, ROSEACRE LANE, grade II
- 28, 30 AND 32, ROSEACRE LANE, grade II
- 30-36, WARE STREET, grade II
- 34, PLANTATION LANE, grade II
- 6, 8 AND 10, ROSEACRE LANE, grade II
- 62 AND 64, WARE STREET, grade II
- 74 and 76, Ware Street, grade II
- 9 AND 11, PLANTATION LANE, grade II
- April Cottage and Old Timbers, grade II
- BARN CIRCA 35 YARDS NORTH OF BARTY FARMHOUSE, grade II
- Barty House, grade II
- Baxter's Cottage, Eden Cottage and Oak Apple Cottage, grade II
- BEARSTED COTTAGE, grade II
- Bearsted House, grade II
- BEARSTED RAILWAY STATION, grade II
- BELL HOUSE, grade II
- BLACK HORSE OAST AND BRYONY OAST THE OASTS, grade II
- CHAPEL LANE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- COLEGATE DRIVE NO 1, grade II
- CORNER COTTAGE HAZEL COTTAGE, grade II
- COURT FARM, grade II
- CRISFIELD HOUSE, grade II
- CROSS KEYS COTTAGE CROSS KEYS COTTAGES, grade II
- FORGE COTTAGES, grade II
- FORMER GOODS SHED AT BEARSTED RAILWAY STATION, grade II
- GARDEN HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 15 YARDS NORTH OF SNOWFIELD, grade II
- GORE COTTAGE, grade II
And 31 more.
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME14 4PW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME14 3JW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME14 3LH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME14 3LY | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME17 1WR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 53 m and 78 m above sea level (72 m on average); the ground rises about 25 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME14 3JW | 100% | 90% | 90% | 0% |
| ME14 3LH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME14 3LY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME14 4PW | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME17 1WR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bearsted 317,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Maidstone East 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Maidstone Barracks 275,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Chequers Bus Station Maidstone | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 32.7 km (20 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 55.3 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bearsted | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Grove Green Pharmacy | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| NHS dentists | K2 Smiles LTD | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Cygnet Hospital Maidstone | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Sheerness Police Station | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Bearsted, Bearsted | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 1.9 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 660 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,470 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,750 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Building crop mark, possibly 'Corbier Hall', a scheduled monument, 550 m (0.3 miles) east. 15 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Building crop mark, possibly 'Corbier Hall' | Scheduled monument | 550 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 890 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Thurnham motte and bailey castle | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Mote Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 3 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Honeyhills Wood | Wood | 170 m south-west |
| Bar Meadow Shaw | Wood | 510 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Home Meadow Plantation | Wood | 690 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Hog Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Hog Trough Bottom | Valley | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Oak Springs Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 2 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 3 |
8 of the street's 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 5 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 Maidstone: see them on the Maidstone page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Academy Bearsted | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Outstanding (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Roseacre Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Thurnham Church of England Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 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 | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 7 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
- ME14 4PW: 4 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- ME14 3JW: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
- ME14 3LH: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
- ME14 3LY: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
- ME17 1WR: 1 address of 34 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 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.