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Thinking of living at CT4 8DE? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the GP is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 0 m | 46% met the expected standard |
| Chartham Primary School | Primary | 3.5 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| Selling Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.1 km | 38% met the expected standard |
| Hope View School | Independent | 950 m | Attainment 8: 8.8 · 13.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near CT4 8DE, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Chilham Sports Centre | 450 m | 1 |
| Fishing | Chilham Lake | 1.2 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Chilham, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 66k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canterbury West.
The nearest bus stop is Taylors Hill, 300 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 667).
The nearest primary school is Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 46% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Norton Knatchbull School (7.1 km) and Highworth Grammar School (7.4 km).
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 9 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Old School Surgery (3.3 km).
The nearest full A&E is William Harvey Hospital, 7.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 55% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 16 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Church Mouse is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The White Horse the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 345 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 40% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 44 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 78 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
11 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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