St Clements Close Bay View, Swale
17 addresses across 2 postcodes (ME12), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 39001764.
- Sales: 21 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £242,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 5, F: 1).
- Flood: 17 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 A; 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 Faversham, about 9.6 km (6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 850 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 6 to 7 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 17 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Faversham Medical Group, about 9.5 km (5.9 miles) away.
- People: About 670 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 14% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £242,500 | £242,500 | £242,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | £282,000 | £282,000 | £282,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £265,000 | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £247,500 | £247,500 | £247,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £228,900 | £228,900 | £228,900 |
| 2014 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £155,000 | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £168,000 | £168,000 | £168,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £133,500 | £104,000 | £163,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Nov 2024 | 2 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £242,500 | |
| 13 Mar 2023 | 10 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £282,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2022 | 2 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £265,000 | |
| 12 Mar 2021 | 15 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 8 Jun 2020 | 9 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £240,000 | |
| 24 Jan 2018 | 4 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £247,500 | |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 9 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £205,000 | |
| 17 Oct 2016 | 8 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £228,900 | |
| 13 May 2014 | 3 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 22 Nov 2013 | 11A ME12 4AL | Detached | £155,000 | New build. |
| 31 Aug 2007 | 12 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £168,000 | |
| 6 Jul 2006 | 11 ME12 4AL | Detached | £163,000 | |
| 13 Mar 2006 | 9 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £104,000 | |
| 15 Apr 2005 | 15 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £170,000 | |
| 28 Aug 2003 | 15 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £151,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2003 | 3 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £115,000 | |
| 17 Dec 2002 | 7 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £65,000 | |
| 21 Nov 2002 | 5 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £149,995 | |
| 18 Jul 2001 | 8 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £95,000 | |
| 28 Jun 1998 | 7 ME12 4AL | Semi-detached | £55,000 | |
| 10 Jan 1997 | 11 ME12 4AL | Detached | £42,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 72 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (9); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (5); 1967-1975 (3); 2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).
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 A (74% of about 2,500 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.
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 11 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 2 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 89 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 16 medium, 0 low and 10 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME12 4AL | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
| ME12 4AJ | not in 2 or 3 | 10 / 4 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 17 addresses are between 6 m and 7 m above sea level (7 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME12 4AJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME12 4AL | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Faversham 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Teynham 181,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km (6 miles) | |
| Whitstable 877,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Bay View Leysdown | 190 m |
| Car parks | Cliff Drive Car Park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 23.9 km (15 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 71.1 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Faversham Medical Group | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Leysdown Pharmacy | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Swaleside (Dental Practice) | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Sheppey Community Hospital | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Police station | Faversham Police Station | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Londis, Eastchurch | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 510 m² | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,390 m² | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,740 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Furze Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Warden Spring | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Thorn Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Leysdown Marshes | Wetland | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Priory Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| The Bay | Bay | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 17 |
1 of the street's 17 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 Swale: see them on the Swale page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clement's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 550 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bay View Public House ME12 4AQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 160 m | 5 Very good | 17 Apr 2025 |
| Curly's Farm And Farm School ME12 4AP | Retailers - other | 370 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jan 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 13 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 12 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 6 |
| Drugs | 4 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bay View Gardens (15); On or near Mustards Road (7); On or near Danes Drive (6); On or near Warden View Gardens (5); On or near Coronation Drive (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 38% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 76% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 38% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 1 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
Coronation Drive · Cliff View Gardens · Bay View Gardens · Warden View Gardens · Mustards Road · Danes Drive · Southview Gardens
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.