North Road Gillingham, Medway

1 address across 1 postcode (ME4), about 190 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 32102832.

  • 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.
  • 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: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Maxwell Road, is 210 m away.
  • Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 30 times (51 hours) in 2025.
  • Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 550 m (0.3 miles) from its postcodes.
  • Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Mid Kent College Medway Campus, Medway Road - Battery Storage, ASHP, is 590 m (0.4 miles) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A231, carries 24,595 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Medway costs £2,329 a year in 2026-27.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Lower Lines Park, is about 510 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 13.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: It is about 34 m above sea level.
  • Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Princes Park Medical Ctr, about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 140 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 61% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 15 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious; 2 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.

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.

HomeTypical 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.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£897
Two bedrooms£1,140
Three bedrooms£1,340
Four or more bedrooms£1,827

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

No certificates found for addresses on this street.

Gas and electricity use

The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

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.

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£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 A (28% of about 860 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Brompton Lines. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Chatham Central & Brompton.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Mid Kent College Medway Campus, Medway Road - Battery Storage, ASHP Medway MC/23/2594 Battery storage 1 MW Permission granted, not yet built Nov 2023 590 m (0.4 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.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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.

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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

The nearest projected erosion zone is 550 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes (by 2105, if defences are not maintained or built).

ProjectionPolicy for the frontageErosionDistance
By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried outHold the line River Medway and Swale Estuary none (the line is held)560 m (0.3 miles)
By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried outHold the line River Medway and Swale Estuary none (the line is held)560 m (0.3 miles)
By 2105, if defences are not maintained or builtNo intervention River Medway and Swale Estuary up to 13 m550 m (0.3 miles)

Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 30 times, for 51 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Medway.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Dock Road Gillingham Cso Southern Water River Medway 30 51 610 m (0.4 miles)

A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 1 to 3%: 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. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 210 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Maxwell Road Gillingham, Kent Not recorded Not recorded 210 m
Prospect Row Gillingham, Kent Not recorded Inert 320 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.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's address is about 34 m above sea level.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

No Ofcom coverage figures for these postcodes.

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsGillingham (Kent) 2.5 million journeys in 2024–251.4 km (0.9 miles)
Chatham 2.4 million journeys in 2024–251.7 km (1.1 miles)
Rochester 2.1 million journeys in 2024–251.9 km (1.2 miles)
Bus stops5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest High Street Brompton190 m
Bus or coach stationWaterfront Bus Station Chatham1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Ferry terminalTown Pier Gravesend12.7 km (7.9 miles)
Car parksOld Road Car Park1.7 km (1 mile)
EV charging points3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allego Charging Station790 m (0.5 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Southend Airport SEN22.6 km (14 miles)
Nearest large airportLondon Gatwick Airport LGW57.1 km (35 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Princes Park Medical Ctr Good Aug 20231.2 km (0.7 miles)
Pharmacies8 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Brompton Pharmacy360 m
NHS dentists6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chatham Dental Centre180 m
HospitalMedway Maritime Hospital Requires improvement Nov 20251.7 km (1.1 miles)
Care homes2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rose House Good Dec 20251.5 km (0.9 miles)
Police stationMedway Police Station1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Cash machines1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Best ONE Brompton, Brompton Cashzone360 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lower Lines Park 5.6 ha510 m (0.3 miles)
Play area8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,180 m²310 m
Playing field2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Officers' Recreation Ground 3.0 ha650 m (0.4 miles)
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Black Lion Mill Road Allotment 3,450 m²720 m (0.4 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 6.2 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is North Block and Attached Basement Area Railings, Brompton Barracks, a listed building (Grade II*), 20 m. 138 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 13 of them Grade I and 40 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
North Block and Attached Basement Area Railings, Brompton BarracksListed building, Grade II*20 m
Crimean War Memorial Arch and Gates, Brompton BarracksListed building, Grade II*110 m south-east
Officers Block and Attached Front Basement Railings, Brompton BarracksListed building, Grade II*110 m west
South Block and Attached Front Basement Area Railings, Brompton BarracksListed building, Grade II*120 m south-west
Brunel Sawmills, Chatham DockyardScheduled monument220 m north-west
Chatham Dockyard, stables adjacent to terraceScheduled monument270 m west
Chatham Dockyard, the Expense Account Department, Wages DivisionScheduled monument280 m north
The Officers' Terrace, the Historic Dockyard, ChathamRegistered park or garden, Grade II320 m west
Jewish Burial Ground, Chatham Memorial SynagogueRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Mast PondLake or reservoir440 m (0.3 miles) north
Chatham ReachTidal water720 m (0.4 miles) north-west
Tower HillHill1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west
Hog MarshWetland1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west
Ordnance PlantationWood1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west
Snodhurst BottomValley3.7 km (2.3 miles) south

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)13.84010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.7205
Particles (PM10)12.34015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
Under 5511

None of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.

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

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
MidKent College16 plus16–99590 m (0.4 miles) No published inspection A level 2025: average grade D-; 0% AAB or better; progress well below average
Brompton-Westbrook Primary SchoolPrimary3–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 51% in 2023)
Oasis Academy Skinner StreetPrimary2–111.1 km (0.7 miles) Good (Sep 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 38% in 2024 and 56% in 2023)
Waterfront UTCSecondary14–191.1 km (0.7 miles) Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 31.5 (30.0 in 2025 and 31.6 in 2024); 16.5% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade E+; progress average
Burnt Oak Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.2 km (0.7 miles) Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Brompton AcademySecondary11–181.4 km (0.8 miles) No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 35.7 (38.1 in 2025 and 35.9 in 2024); 17.9% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C; 0% AAB or better; progress average
St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.6 km (1 mile) No published inspection 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 64% in 2023)
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.7 km (1.1 miles) Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 61% in 2024 and 68% in 2023)
New Road Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.7 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection 66% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 61% in 2024 and 50% in 2023)
Saxon Way Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.9 km (1.2 miles) No published inspection 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 50% in 2023)
Napier Community Primary and Nursery AcademyPrimary3–111.9 km (1.2 miles) Good (Dec 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) 84% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% at the higher standard (2025; 78% in 2024 and 65% in 2023)
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2–111.9 km (1.2 miles) No published inspection 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 49% in 2024 and 47% 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

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.4 km (0.9 miles); the nearest is 290 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Chatham ME4 4AF Full day care 79 Outstanding (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 290 m
Poppins Pre-School ME7 5BU Full day care 52 Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 520 m (0.3 miles)
Tecnis Academy Chatham ME4 4YG Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 620 m (0.4 miles)
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Gillingham Brompton ME7 5AX Full day care 92 Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 630 m (0.4 miles)
Dockside Day Nursery & Pre-School ME4 3ED Full day care 107 Feb 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas 780 m (0.5 miles)
Marina Montessori Day Nursery & Pre School ME4 4LL Full day care 73 Not inspected yet 800 m (0.5 miles)
K.W. Nursery Ltd. (King William Nursery) ME7 1PD Sessional day care 34 Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 miles)
Happi Feet Nursery ME7 5TJ Sessional day care 31 Not inspected yet 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Play A Way Day Care Centre ME7 5HZ Full day care 35 Good (Aug 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
St Mark's Preschool ME7 5JA Sessional day care 34 Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.4 km (0.9 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.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Officers Mess Compass Group Ess ME4 4UGRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen190 m5 Very good21 Nov 2024
Gordons Mess Food Hall ME4 4UGRetailers - other190 m5 Very good21 Nov 2024
Gregg's ME4 4UGRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen190 m5 Very good21 Nov 2024
Brompton Fish Bar And Kebab ME7 5AQTakeaway/sandwich shop330 m4 Good13 Apr 2026
Twenty One ME7 5AAHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises360 m5 Very good26 Mar 2025
Gurkha SP4 Minimarket ME7 5AARetailers - other370 m4 Good18 Feb 2025
Tracie's Cafe ME7 5AARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen370 m5 Very good7 Jul 2026
Brompton Pharmacy ME7 5AARetailers - other380 mExempt
Busy Bees In Chatham ME4 4AFSchool/college/university390 m5 Very good14 May 2025
Travelodge ME4 4NTHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house400 m (0.2 miles)5 Very good11 Aug 2025
The Wagon Stop Canteen ME4 4TZRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen400 m (0.2 miles)5 Very good23 Feb 2026
Cannon Public House ME7 5ASPub/bar/nightclub400 m (0.2 miles)4 Good13 Oct 2025
The Commissioners House ME4 4TERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen450 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good22 Jul 2026
The Mess Deck Restaurant ME4 4TYRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good22 Jul 2026
King Charles Hotel ME7 5QTHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good12 Aug 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

15 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences8
Anti-social behaviour2
Criminal damage and arson2
Drugs1
Bicycle theft1
Other theft1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Wood Street (6); On or near The Rise (5); On or near May Terrace (1); On or near Marc Brunel Way (1); On or near West Road (1).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 2 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 2 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist. 25% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202121
202200
202310
202411
202500
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
8 Apr 2024 04:52 Serious 1 person: 1 motorcyclist A231, 30 mph Dark, street lights on
8 Dec 2023 14:00 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist A231, 40 mph Daylight
29 Mar 2021 11:30 Serious 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
18 Mar 2021 08:15 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Daylight

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 A231 between A2 and B2004, with 24,595 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 340 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A231 A2 to B2004 24,595 estimated; counted 2022 1% +43% since 2015 340 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.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 141 residents in 56 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4240
Children under 1517%17%
Aged 65 and over13%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)61%61%
Owned outright27%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented7%17%
Private rented32%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work68%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)8%6%
Retired (of adults)16%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)0%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)32%32%
Travel to work by car or van58%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram3%4%
By any public transport, including bus3%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)64%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away11%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)40%34%
No qualifications9%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification4%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)96%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all0%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • ME4 4UG: 1 address of 25 in the postcode

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Gordon Road · Pasley Road · South Road · West Road · Dock Road · High Street · College Road · Leitch Row · May Terrace · Fieldwork Road · Manor Street · Pasley Road West

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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.