Richmond Close Upper Upnor, Medway
7 addresses across 1 postcode (ME2), about 20 m long. USRN 32102421.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, E: 4).
- 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 Medway costs £2,329 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Strood (Kent), about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Countryside, is about 660 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 10 to 13 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Maritime Health Partnership, about 950 m (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 36% 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.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 123 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6). Built: 1967-1975 (6). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (4); owner-occupied (1); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
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 C (45% of about 690 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 (610 m (0.4 miles))
- Patmans Wharf Upnor Wharf: up to 8 homes, permissioned (810 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 10 m and 13 m above sea level (12 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME2 4XS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Strood (Kent) 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Rochester 2.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Gillingham (Kent) 2.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Castle Upper Upnor | 310 m |
| Bus or coach station | Waterfront Bus Station Chatham | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Town Pier Gravesend | 11.7 km (7.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Rochester Riverside Multi-Storey Car Park | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 21.9 km (14 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 57.1 km (35 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Maritime Health Partnership | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Island Pharmacy | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chatham Dental Centre | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Medway Maritime Hospital | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Police station | Medway Police Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Best ONE Brompton, Brompton Cashzone | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Countryside 1.2 ha | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 330 m² | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.3 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Black Lion Mill Road Allotment 3,450 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Barracks, a listed building (Grade I), 220 m north-east. 29 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 6 of them Grade I and 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Barracks | Listed building, Grade I | 220 m north-east |
| Artillery castle at Upnor | Scheduled monument | 300 m north-east |
| Upnor Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 310 m north-east |
| Building Lu001 (Former B Magazine), Upnor Depot | Listed building, Grade II* | 510 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Chatham Dockyard, covered slip to N of No 5 Slip | Scheduled monument | 780 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Number 7 Slip Cover and Machine Shop Number 3 | Listed building, Grade I | 780 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Chatham Dockyard, No 61 Boat Store, Nos 4 and 5 Slips | Scheduled monument | 850 m (0.5 miles) south |
| The Officers' Terrace, the Historic Dockyard, Chatham | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Jewish Burial Ground, Chatham Memorial Synagogue | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gundulph Pool | Lake or reservoir | 300 m south-west |
| Tower Hill | Hill | 450 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Ordnance Plantation | Wood | 540 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Hog Marsh | Wetland | 540 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Whitewall Creek | Tidal water | 640 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Snodhurst Bottom | Valley | 4.8 km (3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 7 |
1 of the street's 7 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 Medway: see them on the Medway page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Wainscott Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Maritime Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Chattenden Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hilltop Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| MidKent College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Waterfront UTC | Secondary | 14–19 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Arms ME2 4XG | Pub/bar/nightclub | 200 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jan 2025 |
| Tudor Rose ME2 4XG | Pub/bar/nightclub | 210 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Upnor Castle ME2 4XG | Retailers - other | 310 m | 5 Very good | 10 May 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near High Street (10); On or near Admiralty Terrace (4); On or near Admiralty Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
- ME2 4XS: 7 addresses of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Admiralty Terrace · Admiralty Road · High Street · Castle Street
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.