Torrington Close Mereworth, Tonbridge and Malling
9 addresses across 2 postcodes (ME18), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40601132.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £620,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3).
- 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 F; Band D in Tonbridge and Malling costs £2,472 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 67% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wateringbury, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 71 to 73 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 9 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is West Malling Group Practice, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 720 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 68% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £620,000 | £620,000 | £620,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £52,500 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2016 | 3 ME18 5LQ | Detached | £620,000 | |
| 6 Dec 1996 | 1 ME18 5LQ | Detached | £52,500 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 158 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: 1967-1975 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Tonbridge and Malling in 2026-27: Band D £2,472 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,648 | £1,923 | £2,197 | £2,472 | £3,021 | £3,570 | £4,120 | £4,944 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (23% of about 480 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
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 71 m and 73 m above sea level (72 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME18 5LQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| ME18 5LU | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wateringbury 72,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Yalding 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| West Malling 897,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Filling Station Mereworth | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | East Farleigh - Bull Inn | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Gibson Buildings Rapids | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 35.4 km (22 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 41.1 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | West Malling Group Practice | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Kings Hill Pharmacy | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Kings Hill Dental | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Gstt @ Maidstone Hospital | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Police station | Kent Police Tactical Operations | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 380 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 250 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,980 m² | 300 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Lawrence, a listed building (Grade I), 120 m east. 29 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Lawrence | Listed building, Grade I | 120 m east |
| Yotes Court | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Mereworth Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Preceptory at Dukes Place | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Smartwell Shaw | Wood | 540 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Stream Shaw | Wood | 610 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Libbit's Shaw | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Swanton Valley | Valley | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Gover Hill | Hill | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 | 8 | 9 |
1 of the street's 9 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 Tonbridge and Malling: see them on the Tonbridge and Malling page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mereworth Community Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 420 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JoJo's Pop Up Coffee Shop ME18 5LT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 5 Very good | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Mereworth Wines Cafe And Bar ME18 5JD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 370 m | 4 Good | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Breakfast Club \& After School Club ME18 5ND | School/college/university | 390 m | 4 Good | 3 Jun 2025 |
| Caterlink @ Mereworth Primary School ME18 5ND | School/college/university | 390 m | 5 Very good | 23 Apr 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Street (3); On or near Butcher'S Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 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 | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 7 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
Church Close · Tonbridge Road · Butcher's Lane
All the streets in ME18 and across Tonbridge and Malling.
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.