Old Lenham Road Doddington, Swale
9 addresses across 3 postcodes (ME9), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 39000924.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £385,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, F: 2).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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 C; Band D in Swale costs £2,406 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Lenham, about 6.1 km (3.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 77 to 118 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Len Valley Practice, about 5.2 km (3.2 miles) away.
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £182,500 | £182,500 | £182,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr 2024 | WALNUT TREE COTTAGE ME9 0BX | Semi-detached | £385,000 | |
| 19 Mar 2021 | WALNUT TREE COTTAGE ME9 0BX | Semi-detached | £350,000 | |
| 10 May 1996 | GREYSTONES ME9 0BX | Detached | £182,500 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 135 m². Most common: House, detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (1); 1983-1990 (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 (21% of about 680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Doddington and Newnham (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- COURT LODGE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- LAUREL FARMHOUSE, grade II
- WALNUT TREE COTTAGE WALNUT TREE HOUSE, grade II
- YEW TREE HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 7 December 2026 to 8 December 2026: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
- 7 December 2026 to 8 December 2026: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 0BX | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME9 0NX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME9 0NQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 77 m and 118 m above sea level (96 m on average); the ground rises about 41 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 0BX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME9 0NQ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME9 0NX | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lenham 131,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Teynham 181,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Harrietsham 99,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Doddington Village Hall Car Park | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 33.1 km (21 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 67.9 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Len Valley Practice | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Saxon Warrior Pharmacy | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Lenham Dental Surgery | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Sittingbourne Hospital | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Police station | Kent County Constabulary | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,290 m² | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,100 m² | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,680 m² | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Doddington Place, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-east. 12 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Doddington Place | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hazel Wood | Wood | 50 m south-east |
| Willow Wood | Wood | 70 m west |
| Borden Wood | Wood | 240 m north-east |
| Loampit Wood | Wood | 270 m west |
| Sprats Hill | Hill | 350 m east |
| Long Croft | Wood | 480 m (0.3 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 9 |
4 of the street's 9 addresses are 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 Swale: see them on the Swale page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 25% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 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) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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, 7 December 2026 to 8 December 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 7 December 2026 to 8 December 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- ME9 0BX: 4 addresses
- ME9 0NX: 4 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- ME9 0NQ: 1 address of 3 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.