Rhode Common Rhode Common, Swale
20 addresses across 4 postcodes (ME13), about 1.7 km (1 mile) long. USRN 39001025.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £409,250 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (A: 2, D: 2, E: 3, F: 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 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 Selling, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 82 to 123 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Old School Surgery, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £409,250 | £409,250 | £409,250 |
| 2025 | 1 | £270,000 | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £585,000 | £585,000 | £585,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £395,000 | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £435,000 | £385,000 | £485,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £219,000 | £219,000 | £219,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £102,500 | £102,500 | £102,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2026 | 1, RED BRICK COTTAGES ME13 9PU | Terraced | £409,250 | |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 3, RED BRICK COTTAGES ME13 9PU | Terraced | £270,000 | |
| 8 Aug 2012 | NIGHTINGALE COTTAGE ME13 9PU | Detached | £585,000 | |
| 23 Oct 2006 | THE COTTAGE ME13 9PU | Detached | £395,000 | |
| 1 Aug 2005 | THE COTTAGE ME13 9PU | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 5 Dec 2003 | NIGHTINGALE COTTAGE ME13 9PU | Detached | £485,000 | |
| 30 Oct 2003 | FAIRVIEW COTTAGE ME13 9PU | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 21 Dec 1998 | NIGHTINGALE COTTAGE ME13 9PU | Detached | £219,000 | |
| 19 Jun 1995 | 4, RED BRICK COTTAGES ME13 9PU | Terraced | £102,500 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 140 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, end-terrace (1); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (5); 1900-1929 (2); 2007-2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (1).
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (24% of about 1,350 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- FOXHILL COTTAGE, grade II
- JULL COTTAGE, grade II
- LITTLE OAST, grade II
- WOODSEND FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 7 September 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 25 August 2026 to 26 August 2026: SOUTH EAST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (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.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 20 addresses are between 82 m and 123 m above sea level (88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME13 9PJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| ME13 9PS | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME13 9PT | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME13 9PU | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Selling 100,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Chilham 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2 miles) | |
| Chartham 103,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Keynes College University of Kent | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Perry Wood Car Park | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 38 km (24 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 80.6 km (50 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Old School Surgery | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Newton Place Pharmacy | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Mydentist Faversham | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Faversham Cottage Hospital | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Police station | Faversham Police Station | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Cash machines | MFG - Gate Cashzone | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 5,860 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 360 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,380 m² | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church, a World Heritage Site, 9.5 km (5.9 miles) east. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church | World Heritage Site | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Wood | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Gorewell Wood | Wood | 800 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Goulds Wood | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Greenlane Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Priviss Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Iron Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 20 |
9 of the street's 20 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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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
- ME13 9PU: 13 addresses
- ME13 9PT: 3 addresses
- ME13 9PJ: 2 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- ME13 9PS: 2 addresses of 11 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.