Pumpmakers Way Gillingham, Medway
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (ME4), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 32103159.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £450,000 across 5 sales.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (B: 10).
- 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 D; Band D in Medway costs £2,329 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent), about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 300 m away, and Lower Lines Park (5.6 hectares) is about 530 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 5 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 Maritime Health Partnership, about 700 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 41% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 61 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | £450,000 | £439,000 | £470,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | £460,000 | £450,000 | £475,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2023 | 3 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £439,000 | New build. |
| 7 Sep 2023 | 6 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £450,000 | New build. |
| 31 Aug 2023 | 4 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £450,000 | New build. |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 8 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £450,000 | New build. |
| 31 Mar 2023 | 2 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £470,000 | New build. |
| 19 Dec 2022 | 7 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £450,000 | New build. |
| 26 Aug 2022 | 1 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £470,000 | New build. |
| 5 Aug 2022 | 5 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £460,000 | New build. |
| 30 Jun 2022 | 10 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £475,000 | New build. |
| 27 May 2022 | 9 ME4 4FW | Terraced | £458,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 127 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (6); House, end-terrace (4). Built: 2018 (10).
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £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 D (37% of about 1,890 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- J7, Chatham Maritime: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 17 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 39 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 39 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME4 4FW | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| ME4 4FY | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 13 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 5 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME4 4FW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ME4 4FY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gillingham (Kent) 2.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Chatham 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Rochester 2.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ship and Trades Chatham Maritime | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | Waterfront Bus Station Chatham | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Town Pier Gravesend | 12.9 km (8 miles) |
| Car parks | Old Road Car Park | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allego Charging Station | 250 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 21.7 km (13 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 57.9 km (36 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Maritime Health Partnership | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Island Pharmacy | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chatham Dental Centre | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | Medway Police Station | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Best ONE Brompton, Brompton Cashzone | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.7 ha | 300 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Lower Lines Park 5.6 ha | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 960 m² | 70 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5,150 m² | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Black Lion Mill Road Allotment 3,450 m² | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 17 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Number 8 Machine Shop, a listed building (Grade II*), 280 m north-west. 56 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade I and 13 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Number 8 Machine Shop | Listed building, Grade II* | 280 m north-west |
| Boilershop | Listed building, Grade II* | 390 m west |
| Chatham Dockyard, the Lower Boat Store | Scheduled monument | 610 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Lower Boat Store | Listed building, Grade II* | 610 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Chatham Dockyard, the Mast Pond | Scheduled monument | 690 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Chatham Dockyard, the Expense Account Department, Wages Division | Scheduled monument | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Number 7 Slip Cover and Machine Shop Number 3 | Listed building, Grade I | 860 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| The Officers' Terrace, the Historic Dockyard, Chatham | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Jewish Burial Ground, Chatham Memorial Synagogue | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Island | Island | 520 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Mast Pond | Lake or reservoir | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Finsborough Ness | Wetland | 920 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Cockham Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Tower Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Snodhurst Bottom | Valley | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the street's 11 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfront UTC | Secondary | 14–19 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| MidKent College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Burnt Oak Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Oasis Academy Skinner Street | Primary | 2–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Sep 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Saxon Way Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Brompton-Westbrook Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Brunch Bar ME4 4FY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 40 m | 5 Very good | 3 Jun 2026 |
| The Deep End ME4 4AG | Other catering premises | 280 m | 5 Very good | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Baxterstorey @ University Of Greenwich ME4 4UF | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 6 Feb 2025 |
| Co-Op ME4 3ER | Retailers - other | 320 m | 4 Good | 8 Jul 2025 |
| The Ship \& Trades ME4 3ER | Pub/bar/nightclub | 330 m | 5 Very good | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Ship And Trades Fish Bar ME4 3ER | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 330 m | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2025 |
| Ernestos ME4 3ED | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 4 Good | 13 Aug 2025 |
| The Range ME4 3ED | Retailers - other | 390 m | 5 Very good | 23 Oct 2023 |
| Holland & Barrett ME4 3ED | Retailers - other | 390 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jun 2025 |
| Marks & Spencer ME4 3ED | Retailers - other | 390 m | Exempt | |
| Card Factory ME4 3ED | Retailers - other | 390 m | Exempt | |
| Ru Cafe Limited ME4 3ED | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Pad Thai Live ME4 3ED | Other catering premises | 390 m | 5 Very good | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Bubbleo Tree ME4 3ED | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Food Shed Food Hut ME4 3ED | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 10 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 22 |
| Drugs | 13 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Wheelwrights Way (22); On or near Barrack Road (16); On or near Starboard Crescent (10); On or near Quayside (7); On or near Further/Higher Educational Building (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 24 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | under 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 41% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 3% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 53% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 19% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 9% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 15% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 3% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 78% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
Nearby streets
Wheelwrights Way · Portside View · Bricklayers Way · Quarterdeck Walk · Starboard Crescent · Pier Road · Wheelwrights Way · Maritime Way · Central Avenue · Maritime Way · Maritime Way · Restharrow Way
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.