Spray Hill Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells
47 addresses across 8 postcodes (TN3), about 220 m long, classed as a b road. USRN 41100496.
- Energy: 20 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 7, E: 10, F: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 14 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 D; Band D in Tunbridge Wells costs £2,446 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wadhurst, about 6.2 km (3.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 41 to 44 m above sea level.
- Noise: 35 of its 47 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lamberhurst, about 590 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 740 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 66% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 17 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
20 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 69 m². Most common: Flat (9); House, end-terrace (5); House, mid-terrace (3). Built: before 1900 (11); 1950-1966 (7); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10); rented (private) (5); rented (social) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Tunbridge Wells in 2026-27: Band D £2,446 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,631 | £1,903 | £2,174 | £2,446 | £2,990 | £3,533 | £4,077 | £4,892 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (23% of about 730 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 17.
- 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
- 1 and 2, High Street, grade II
- 3, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 4, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 5 AND 6, HIGH STREET, grade II
- Arnold House, grade II
- COGGERS COTTAGES, grade II
- HICKNOTTS COTTAGES, grade II
- Horse and Groom Public House, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE VILLAGE HALL, grade II
- MILL BUILDING NOW F HAWKINS AND SONS LIMITED PREMISES, grade II
- MILL COTTAGE, grade II
- MILL HOUSE, grade II
- RIVERSIDE HOUSE, grade II
- ROPE HOUSE, grade II
- TANYARD COTTAGES, grade II
- THE TANHOUSE, grade II
- VICTORIA HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 4 September 2026 to 8 September 2026: SOUTH EAST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 10 at medium risk and 9 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 14 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 7 medium, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN3 8EE | zone 3 | 0 / 8 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN3 8EB | zone 2 | 1 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN3 8EF | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| TN3 8ED | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| TN3 8EH | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TN3 8EA | zone 2 | 3 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN3 8EQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TN3 8EG | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 47 addresses are between 41 m and 44 m above sea level (42 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN3 8EA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TN3 8EB | 100% | 20% | 20% | 0% |
| TN3 8ED | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TN3 8EE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TN3 8EF | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| TN3 8EG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TN3 8EH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TN3 8EQ | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wadhurst 359,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Frant 113,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Stonegate 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.1 km (5.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest High Street Lamberhurst | 70 m |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 40.7 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lamberhurst | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | The Pharmacy | 5.1 km (3.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Lantern Cottage Dental Surgery | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Tunbridge Wells Hospital At Pembury | 8 km (4.9 miles) |
| Police station | Tunbridge Wells Police Station | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 190 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.0 ha | 190 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,780 m² | 250 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Coggers Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 270 m north-east. 77 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coggers Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 270 m north-east |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 870 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Scotney Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| A quadrangular castle and 16th/17th century manor house known as Old Scotney Castle, set in a 19th century landscaped garden | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Marlpit Shaw | Wood | 470 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Weir Field Shaw | Wood | 600 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Buckland Hill | Hill | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
| Bewl Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south |
| Osprey Island | Island | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) west |
| The Dell | Valley | 4.9 km (3 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 11 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 23 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 47 |
35 of the street's 47 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 Tunbridge Wells: see them on the Tunbridge Wells page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 110 m | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria House Stores TN3 8EE | Retailers - other | 100 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| The Chequers Inn TN3 8DB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 150 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 23 Apr 2026 |
| Teise And Coffee TN3 8DA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 190 m | 4 Good | 17 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Pearse Place (9); On or near High Street (4); On or near Spray Hill (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 66% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 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
- TN3 8EE: 17 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- TN3 8EB: 8 addresses
- TN3 8EF: 6 addresses
- TN3 8ED: 5 addresses
- TN3 8EH: 4 addresses
- TN3 8EA: 3 addresses
- TN3 8EQ: 3 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- TN3 8EG: 1 address
Nearby streets
Pearse Place · Town Hill · School Hill · The Broadway · Spray Hill · Morland Drive · Hopgarden Close · Brewer Street
All the streets in TN3 and across Tunbridge Wells.
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.