Springvale Iwade, Swale
70 addresses across 2 postcodes (ME9), about 300 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 39001155.
95 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £370,000 across 1 sale. 40 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 14, D: 23, E: 1). 16 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Swale costs £2,406 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Kemsley, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 200 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 7 to 12 m above sea level. None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Grovehurst Health, about 1.5 km away. About 570 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | £290,750 | £254,000 | £327,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | £342,500 | £335,000 | £350,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | £290,000 | £265,000 | £310,000 |
| 2022 | 6 | £303,500 | £290,000 | £335,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £274,000 | £238,000 | £310,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £255,000 | £230,000 | £280,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | £212,000 | £205,000 | £230,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £211,500 | £208,000 | £215,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | £172,000 | £165,000 | £195,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 2026 | 75 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £370,000 | |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 83 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £254,000 | |
| 17 Feb 2025 | 28 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £327,500 | |
| 26 Jul 2024 | 77 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £335,000 | |
| 3 May 2024 | 2 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £350,000 | |
| 8 Sep 2023 | 10 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £290,000 | |
| 6 Apr 2023 | 23 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £310,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2023 | 30 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £265,000 | |
| 23 Sep 2022 | 16 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 26 Aug 2022 | 14 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £335,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2022 | 25 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £292,500 | |
| 12 Aug 2022 | 47 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £307,000 | |
| 26 Jul 2022 | 21 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £290,000 | |
| 18 Feb 2022 | 61 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £334,000 | |
| 17 Jun 2021 | 34 ME9 8RX | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 13 Nov 2020 | 81 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £310,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2020 | 44 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £238,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2019 | 3 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £280,000 | |
| 10 Jul 2019 | 73 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £230,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2017 | 10 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £212,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2017 | 67 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £230,000 | |
| 22 May 2017 | 44 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £205,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2016 | 41 ME9 8RX | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 25 Feb 2016 | 12 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £208,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2015 | 32 ME9 8RX | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2014 | 51 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £172,000 | |
| 7 Nov 2014 | 75 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £195,000 | |
| 7 Oct 2014 | 12 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £165,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2013 | 10 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £140,000 | |
| 22 Oct 2013 | 2 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £220,000 | |
| 10 May 2013 | 59 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 22 Feb 2013 | 25 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £143,000 | |
| 4 Jan 2013 | 61 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £165,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2012 | 21 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £143,500 | |
| 19 Jul 2012 | 34 ME9 8RX | Detached | £132,000 | |
| 11 Jul 2012 | 81 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £150,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2012 | 23 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 23 Mar 2012 | 17 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £120,000 | |
| 9 Jan 2012 | 75 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £170,000 | |
| 23 Apr 2010 | 15 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £137,500 | |
| 9 Oct 2009 | 26 ME9 8RX | Detached | £168,500 | |
| 4 Sep 2009 | 81 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £145,500 | |
| 3 Jul 2009 | 6 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £150,000 | |
| 17 Apr 2009 | 17 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £120,000 | |
| 9 May 2008 | 48 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £140,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2008 | 67 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £171,000 | |
| 18 Jan 2008 | 3 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £165,000 | |
| 10 Dec 2007 | 48 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 31 Aug 2007 | 79 ME9 8RX | Semi-detached | £171,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2007 | 13 ME9 8RY | Semi-detached | £136,500 |
Energy performance certificates
40 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 73 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (34); House, detached (6). Built: 1967-1975 (23); 1950-1966 (10); 1976-1982 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (32); 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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (31% of about 970 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 1.0 km
- Iwade Village Hall, The Street, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8RG: up to 8 homes, permissioned (410 m)
- Halfway Egg Farm, Featherbed Lane, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8RA: up to 19 homes, permissioned (860 m)
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 8 February 2027 to 5 March 2027: SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, carriageway (major (paa) works)
Finished in the last three months
- 23 September 2026 to 24 September 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
- 25 August 2026 to 27 August 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 10 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 19 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 38 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 9 medium, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 8RX | zone 3 | 9 / 6 / 9 | unlikely |
| ME9 8RY | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 10 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 70 addresses are between 7 m and 12 m above sea level (9 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 8RX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ME9 8RY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kemsley 209,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km |
| Swale 7,300 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Sittingbourne 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 18 within 800 m; nearest Evergreen Close Iwade | 120 m |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 3.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 21.8 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 66.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Grovehurst Health | 1.5 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Iwade Pharmacy | 390 m |
| NHS dentists | Milton Regis Dental Clinic | 3.0 km |
| Hospital | Sittingbourne Hospital | 4.7 km |
| Police station | Kent County Constabulary | 4.3 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Upchurch, Upchurch | 340 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,430 m² | 200 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 310 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 520 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 90 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,730 m² | 380 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 2.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade I), 460 m north-east. 4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 460 m north-east |
| World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS2), 300m east of Chetney Cottages | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Hill | Hill | 1.2 km north-west |
| Coldharbour Marshes | Wetland | 1.3 km east |
| Bedlams Bottom | Wetland | 1.8 km north-west |
| Funton Reach | Tidal water | 2.1 km north-west |
| Rook Wood | Wood | 3.0 km south-west |
| Oyster Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 70 | 70 |
None of the street's 70 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwade School | Primary | 4–11 | 270 m | No published inspection |
| Kemsley Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterlink At Iwade Primary School ME9 8RS | School/college/university | 190 m | 5 Very good | 20 Apr 2026 |
| Iwade Post Office/Costcutters ME9 8RR | Retailers - other | 250 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2024 |
| The Mews Brewhouse ME9 8UW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 27 Dec 2024 |
| Ickle Pickles Day Nursery ME9 8UW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 300 m | 5 Very good | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Nisa ME9 8UW | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 300 m | 4 Good | 27 Mar 2024 |
| Iwade Mezze Grill ME9 8UW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 300 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jun 2025 |
| Happy Days ME9 8RE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 400 m | 5 Very good | 7 Sep 2026 |
| The Woolpack ME9 8SH | Pub/bar/nightclub | 400 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 11 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Saltings (4); On or near Holly Blue Drive (4); On or near School Lane (4); On or near Sheerstone (4); On or near Chalkhill Close (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 36% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
Nearby streets
Meadow Rise · Linkway · Fans Lane · Sheerstone · Holly Blue Drive · Grayling Road · Saxon Walk · Evergreen Close · Meadow Close · Mansfield Drive · Holly Blue Drive · Purple Emperor Grove
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.