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Thinking of living at CT9 2QN? 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.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 800 m | 31% met the expected standard |
| Cliftonville Primary School | Primary | 950 m | 44% met the expected standard |
| Drapers Mills Primary Academy | Primary | 1000 m | 51% met the expected standard |
| Northdown Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 52% met the expected standard |
| Salmestone Primary School | Primary | 1.4 km | 66% met the expected standard |
| Hartsdown Academy | Secondary | 2.1 km | Attainment 8: 32.1 · 2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St George's Church of England Foundation School | Secondary | 3.1 km | Attainment 8: 37.7 · 1.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Dane Court Grammar School | Secondary | 3.5 km | Attainment 8: 65.3 · 26.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Charles Dickens School | Secondary | 3.6 km | Attainment 8: 42.5 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Royal Harbour Academy | Secondary | 4.1 km | Attainment 8: 28.9 · 1.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Parkview Academy | Independent | 300 m | – |
| Life Skills Enterprise | Independent | 1.9 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | Blue Wave Hydrotherapy | 540 m | 12 |
| Tennis | Margate Lawn Tennis Club | 1.5 km | 10 |
| Bowls | Dane Park Bowling Club | 270 m | 5 |
| Yoga | Red Hot Pilates | 40 m | 3 |
| Sailing | Margate Yacht Club | 940 m | 3 |
| Skateboard | Revolution Skate Park | 2.4 km | 3 |
| Golf | North Foreland Golf Club | 3.3 km | 3 |
| Football | Ramsgate Youth FC | 330 m | 2 |
| Ten-pin bowling | Bugsy's Tenpin Bowling | 340 m | 2 |
| Cricket | Margate Cricket Club | 1.8 km | 2 |
| Gymnastics | Hartsdown Leisure Centre | 1.8 km | 2 |
| Boxing | The Falcons | 1.9 km | 2 |
| Pool | Frames Pool & Snooker | 220 m | 1 |
| Snooker | Frames Pool & Snooker | 220 m | 1 |
| Judo | Thanet Judo Kwai | 510 m | 1 |
| Waterski | Foreness Waterski and Boat Club | 1.7 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 22. 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.
The nearest station is Margate, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is St Paul's Church, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes LOOP, 8A, 8X); 50 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 56 minutes away by public transport (40 by car).
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 31% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hartsdown Academy, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 32.1 · 2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Dane Court Grammar School (3.6 km) and Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School (6.1 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Margate Food Centre, under 50 m away; One Stop Stores (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Limes Medical Centre (700 m), with Central Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Stirling is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, 1.2 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 90 restaurants and cafés and 24 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
TBS Pop UP is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Bottega Bodega, Bar Nicoletta the nearest pub (under 50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (27 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 215 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 72% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Margate, Margate Conservation Area).
There are 154 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (77%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 70% were built before 1919.
54 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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| Cross Keys Learning | Independent | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 0.9 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near CT9 2QN, 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.
The nearest park is Dane Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Red Hot Pilates (50 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Margate Fulsam Rock, 600 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 52 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 97 km.
Many neighbours rent: 57% of households rent privately and 13% socially.
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.