Nailbourne Close Kingston, Canterbury
8 addresses across 1 postcode (CT4), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5600885.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £485,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (D: 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Canterbury costs £2,419 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Adisham, about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 43 to 46 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Canterbury Medical Practice, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 97% of households owned their home and 47% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £485,000 | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £360,000 | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £316,975 | £268,950 | £365,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £279,995 | £279,995 | £279,995 |
| 2003 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £153,500 | £153,500 | £153,500 |
| 1995 | 1 | £85,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2020 | 1 CT4 6JA | Detached | £485,000 | |
| 21 Aug 2009 | 1 CT4 6JA | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 31 Oct 2008 | 4 CT4 6JA | Detached | £360,000 | |
| 27 Apr 2007 | 6 CT4 6JA | Detached | £365,000 | |
| 19 Jan 2007 | 2 CT4 6JA | Detached | £268,950 | |
| 29 Apr 2005 | 1 CT4 6JA | Detached | £279,995 | |
| 16 May 2003 | 5 CT4 6JA | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 13 Nov 2002 | 7 CT4 6JA | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 20 Aug 1998 | 6 CT4 6JA | Detached | £153,500 | |
| 31 Aug 1995 | 3 CT4 6JA | Detached | £85,000 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 133 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Canterbury in 2026-27: Band D £2,419 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,613 | £1,882 | £2,151 | £2,419 | £2,957 | £3,495 | £4,032 | £4,839 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (23% of about 600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, The Kingston Conservation Area. registered 28.03.1995 (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 22 October 2026: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
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.
Groundwater flooding is possible in this postcode: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
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 8 addresses are between 43 m and 46 m above sea level (44 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT4 6JA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Adisham 27,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Aylesham 106,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Snowdown 12,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Street Kingston | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Canterbury | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Folkestone Eurotunnel Terminal | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 50.3 km (31 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 93.6 km (58 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Canterbury Medical Practice | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Bridge Pharmacy | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hospital | The Bmi Chaucer Hospital | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Police station | Nackington Police Station | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Bridgeway Stores, Bridge Cashzone | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 340 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,440 m² | 220 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,200 m² | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Giles, a listed building (Grade I), 190 m south-west. 19 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 Giles | Listed building, Grade I | 190 m south-west |
| Anglo-Saxon barrow field and prehistoric linear earthwork on Barham Downs | Scheduled monument | 630 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Charlton Park | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Bowl barrow south east of Rectory Lane | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Bowl barrow 350m south west of Upper Digges Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church | World Heritage Site | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Walk Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Round Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Crane Hill Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Benhill Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Charlton Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Bramling Bottom | Valley | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 8 |
1 of the street's 8 addresses is 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 Canterbury: see them on the Canterbury page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barham Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caretech Community Services Ltd CT4 6HZ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 90 m | 5 Very good | 13 Jul 2026 |
| The Barn CT4 6JB | Other catering premises | 180 m | Exempt | |
| Black Robin Inn CT4 6HS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 300 m | 4 Good | 10 Sep 2025 |
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 | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 97% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 75% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 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) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 22 October 2026 to 26 October 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- CT4 6JA: 8 addresses
Nearby streets
All the streets in CT4 and across Canterbury.
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.