The Saltings Iwade, Swale
14 addresses across 2 postcodes (ME9), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 39001904.
- Sales: 17 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £450,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Swale cost £296,578 in August 2026 (+0.6% on a year); private rents averaged £1,127 a month.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 9, D: 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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 2 times (8 hours) in 2025.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 890 m (0.6 miles) from its postcodes.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Raspberry - Solar PV, is 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Swale costs £2,406 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 86% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kemsley, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 140 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 15 to 17 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Grovehurst Health, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 39 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £338,750 | £327,500 | £350,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £362,000 | £362,000 | £362,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £97,500 | £97,500 | £97,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £64,000 | £64,000 | £64,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £247,000 | £247,000 | £247,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £159,460 | £68,970 | £249,950 |
| 2005 | 6 | £231,450 | £217,950 | £253,450 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2019 | 1 ME9 8UU | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2005 | 1 ME9 8UU | Detached | £229,950 | New build. |
| 12 Mar 2010 | 2 ME9 8UU | Detached | £247,000 | |
| 20 May 2005 | 2 ME9 8UU | Detached | £253,450 | New build. |
| 13 Dec 2019 | 3 ME9 8UU | Detached | £327,500 | |
| 28 Feb 2005 | 3 ME9 8UU | Detached | £217,950 | New build. |
| 12 Dec 2017 | 4 ME9 8UU | Detached | £362,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2005 | 4 ME9 8UU | Detached | £232,950 | New build. |
| 6 May 2022 | 5 ME9 8UU | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 3 Mar 2006 | 5 ME9 8UU | Detached | £249,950 | New build. |
| 11 Dec 2020 | 6 ME9 8UU | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2016 | 6 ME9 8UU | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 22 Jul 2005 | 6 ME9 8UU | Detached | £218,950 | New build. |
| 9 Sep 2005 | 7 ME9 8UU | Detached | £249,950 | New build. |
| 10 Apr 2006 | 10 ME9 8UU | Terraced | £68,970 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 20 Jan 2012 | 11 ME9 8UU | Terraced | £64,000 | Leasehold. |
| 20 Mar 2015 | 12 ME9 8UU | Semi-detached | £97,500 | Leasehold. |
House prices and rents in Swale
A typical home in Swale cost £296,578 in August 2026, 0.6% more than a year before. That is 12% more than five years earlier and 33% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £470,140 |
| Semi-detached | £318,445 |
| Terraced | £254,884 |
| Flat or maisonette | £152,532 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £260,575 |
Private renters in Swale paid £1,127 a month on average in September 2026, 1.1% more than a year before. That is 28% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £788 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,042 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,260 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,876 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 103 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, mid-terrace (1); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 2003-2006 (9); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 9,721 kWh of it on average in 2024, 16% less than the district's 11,534 kWh, and 3,298 kWh of electricity, 23% less than the district's 4,287 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 8UU | 12 | 3,581 kWh | 13 | 8,978 kWh |
| ME9 8SQ | 28 | 2,649 kWh | 27 | 9,562 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is ME9.
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 km (0.6 miles)
- Iwade Village Hall, The Street, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8RG: up to 8 homes, permissioned (660 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
7 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisons roof mounted solar Swale SW/13/0630 | Solar farm | 2 MW | Operational Nov 2013 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Orchard Farm Swale 14/502072/FULL | Solar farm | 10 MW | Operational Feb 2016 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Kemsley Substation Swale 19/502514/FULL | Battery storage | 49.9 MW | Operational Oct 2021 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Raspberry - Solar PV Swale 22/502778/EIFUL | Solar farm | 49.9 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2024 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Kemsley Energy Park Battery Storage Swale 23/500771/FULL | Battery storage | 120 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Sep 2024 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Ridham CHP Plant Swale SW/10/0774 | Biomass | 25 MW | Operational Apr 2016 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| K3 CHP Facility (Kemsley EfW) Swale SW/10/444 | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 49.9 MW | Operational Jul 2020 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 11 August 2026 to 12 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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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: 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 8UU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| ME9 8SQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
The nearest projected erosion zone is 890 m (0.6 miles) from the street's postcodes (by 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention River Medway and Swale Estuary | up to 21 m | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention River Medway and Swale Estuary | up to 63 m | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention River Medway and Swale Estuary | up to 63 m | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 2 times, for 8 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Ditch Leading to River Swale.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwade Combined Emergency Overflow Southern Water | Ditch Leading to River Swale | 2 | 8 | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 15 m and 17 m above sea level (16 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME9 8SQ | 100% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| ME9 8UU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kemsley 209,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Swale 7,300 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Sittingbourne 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 16 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chetney View Iwade | 40 m |
| Car parks | Premier Inn Sittingbourne Kent Car Park | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 21.7 km (13 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 65.9 km (41 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Grovehurst Health Good Dec 2025 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Iwade Pharmacy | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Milton Regis Dental Clinic | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Sittingbourne Hospital | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Care homes | 4 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest School Lane Good Dec 2018 | 180 m |
| Police station | Kent County Constabulary | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Upchurch, Upchurch | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,430 m² | 140 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 520 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 140 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,730 m² | 300 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 2.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade I), 640 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 640 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS2), 300m east of Chetney Cottages | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Coldharbour Marshes | Wetland | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Bedlams Bottom | Wetland | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Funton Reach | Tidal water | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Rook Wood | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Webbend Ditch Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km (2 miles) south-west |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 14 |
2 of the street's 14 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwade School | Primary | 4–11 | 450 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 44% in 2024 and 46% in 2023) |
| Kemsley Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 63% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 480 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinkerbells Early Years ME9 8RR | Sessional day care | 36 | Outstanding (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Ickle Pickles Nursery School ME9 8UW | Full day care | 61 | Good (Oct 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Happy Days UK Ltd ME9 8RE | Full day care | 80 | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 757 childminders and 217 home childcarers (nannies) in Kent. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterlink At Iwade Primary School ME9 8RS | School/college/university | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 Apr 2026 |
| Iwade Post Office/Costcutters ME9 8RR | Retailers - other | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2024 |
| The Mews Brewhouse ME9 8UW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 27 Dec 2024 |
| Ickle Pickles Day Nursery ME9 8UW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Nisa ME9 8UW | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 27 Mar 2024 |
| Iwade Mezze Grill ME9 8UW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 24 Jun 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 18 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Other crime | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sharfleet Crescent (15); On or near School Lane (5); On or near White Admiral Grove (4); On or near The Saltings (4); On or near Holly Blue Drive (4).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2025 10:03 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Frost or ice |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 24% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 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) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 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
Chetney View · Sharfleet Crescent · Saxon Walk · Upper Fans Lane · White Admiral Grove · Rookery View · Stangate Drive · Holly Blue Drive · Shooters Chase · Ringlet Grove · Fans Lane · 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.