Winterbourne Winterbourne, Swale
16 addresses across 3 postcodes (ME13), about 150 m long. USRN 39010396.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2011 the median was £495,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, B: 3, C: 1, F: 1, G: 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; 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 Selling, about 1.3 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 3.0 km away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 82 to 100 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Old School Surgery, about 4.5 km away.
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | £495,000 | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £299,000 | £299,000 | £299,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £148,000 | £148,000 | £148,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Nov 2018 | BRACKEN BRAE ME13 9PH | Other | £375,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 4 Nov 2011 | ROSE COTTAGE ME13 9PH | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 1 Nov 2001 | THE HOLLIES ME13 9PH | Detached | £299,000 | |
| 18 Oct 1996 | ROSE COTTAGE ME13 9PH | Detached | £148,000 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 322 m². Most common: House, detached (6); Maisonette, semi-detached (1). Built: 2021 (3); 2020 (2); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
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 C (28% of about 750 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
Finished in the last three months
- 16 September 2026: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
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 16 addresses are between 82 m and 100 m above sea level (86 m on average); the ground rises about 19 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME13 9FP | 40% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ME13 9PH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| ME13 9PJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Selling 100,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km |
| Chilham 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km | |
| Chartham 103,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| Bus or coach station | Keynes College University of Kent | 7.6 km |
| Car parks | Perry Wood Car Park | 2.8 km |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 2.3 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 37.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 81.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Old School Surgery | 4.5 km |
| Pharmacies | Newton Place Pharmacy | 5.9 km |
| NHS dentists | Mydentist Faversham | 5.4 km |
| Hospital | Faversham Cottage Hospital | 6.2 km |
| Police station | Faversham Police Station | 6.0 km |
| Cash machines | MFG - Gate Cashzone | 2.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 5,860 m² | 3.0 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 970 m² | 1.3 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.9 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,380 m² | 1.6 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Hall Cottage, a listed building (Grade II*), 850 m west. 11 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hall Cottage | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m west |
| Walnut Tree House | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km west |
| Mount Ephraim | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km north |
| Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine's Abbey and St. Martin's Church | World Heritage Site | 8.9 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chrislocks Wood | Wood | 140 m north |
| Meadow Wood | Wood | 230 m north-west |
| Mount Wood | Wood | 360 m north |
| Winterbourne Wood | Wood | 540 m north-east |
| Arnolds Wood | Wood | 580 m north-east |
| Iron Hill | Hill | 630 m north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 16 | 16 |
None of the street's 16 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School Methodist | Primary | 5–11 | 1.9 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Dunkirk Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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
- ME13 9PH: 8 addresses
- ME13 9FP: 6 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- ME13 9PJ: 2 addresses of 6 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.