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On Reading Street, in Broadstairs North
What it's like at CT10 3BD: every home that has sold on Reading Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Reading Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 46 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Reading StreetDetached | Aug 2021 | £735,000 | 221 m² | £3,326/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Reading StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £370,000 | 117 m² | £3,162/m² | 3 |
| 3, Reading StreetDetached | Dec 2023 | £500,000 | 120 m² | £4,167/m² | 2 |
| 4, Reading StreetTerraced | Sept 2016 | £580,000 | 234 m² | £2,479/m² | 2 |
| 5, Reading StreetDetached | Apr 2004 | £233,000 | 102 m² | £2,284/m² | 2 |
| 7, Reading StreetDetached | May 2003 | £200,000 | 96 m² | £2,083/m² | 1 |
| 9, Reading StreetDetached | Jun 2018 | £530,000 | 121 m² | £4,380/m² | 2 |
| 11, Reading StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £287,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 12, Reading StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £580,000 | 144 m² | £4,028/m² | 3 |
| 14, Reading StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £103,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Reading StreetTerraced | Feb 2021 | £475,000 | 117 m² | £4,060/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Rimpton Court, 10, Reading StreetFlat | Feb 1998 | £47,500 | 75 m² | £633/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Rimpton Court, 10, Reading StreetFlat | Dec 2015 | £120,000 | 61 m² | £1,967/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, Rimpton Court, 10, Reading StreetFlat | Feb 2016 | £95,250 | 50 m² | £1,905/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Rimpton Court, 10, Reading StreetFlat | Jun 2018 | £135,000 | 66 m² | £2,045/m² | 1 |
| Flat 8, Rimpton Court, 10, Reading StreetFlat | Feb 2016 | £95,000 | 50 m² | £1,900/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Rimpton Court, 10, Reading StreetFlat | Jan 2016 | £110,000 | 55 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Broadstairs, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 794k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Reading Street, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 8A, 946); 1 departures an hour from the 6 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 (42 by car).
The nearest primary school is Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School, a few minutes' walk (500 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St Peter-in-Thanet CofE Junior School (0.4 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Charles Dickens School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 42.5 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Dane Court Grammar School (1.1 km) and Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School (3.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co Operative Pioneer Store, 1.2 km away, with Fosters closer still (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mocketts Wood Surgery (1.2 km), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Hairdayz is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, 3.1 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: 5 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Staple is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and White Swan & Reading Street Burgers the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 38 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 24% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Northdown Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Paddling Pool (2.2 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Broadstairs, Stone Bay, 1.0 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
13 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Acton Cottage | II | 0 m |
| Acton Cottage | II | 0 m |
| 15, Reading Street | II | 10 m |
| the Corner Cottage | II | 20 m |
| White Swan Cottage | II | 50 m |
| Rozine Cottage | II | 80 m |
| K6 Telephone Kiosk | II | 80 m |
| Trinity Cottage | II | 140 m |
| the Convent Cottages | II | 180 m |
| Elmwood Cottage | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
East Thanet constituency: Ms Polly Billington MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,971 (16.3%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 24%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 11%.
38 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CT10 3BD →
For holidays, London Southend is 56 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 101 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 52% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 33% are 65 or over.
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.
On this street: 0 of 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.5% | 88.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 9.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Faversham Swimming Pools · about 39 min
Nearest: Herne Bay Pier · about 31 min
Nearest: Crabble Athletic Ground · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 46 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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