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On Beacon Road, in Broadstairs North
What it's like at CT10 3DY: every home that has sold on Beacon Road 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 9 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Beacon Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 131 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 168, Beacon RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 170, Beacon RoadTerraced | Jul 2002 | £76,500 | 79 m² | £968/m² | 2 |
| 172, Beacon RoadTerraced | Sept 2010 | £155,000 | 78 m² | £1,987/m² | 3 |
| 174, Beacon RoadTerraced | Sept 1996 | £46,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 176, Beacon RoadTerraced | Aug 2004 | £143,000 | 73 m² | £1,959/m² | 2 |
| 178, Beacon RoadTerraced | Feb 2002 | £77,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 180, Beacon RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £116,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 182, Beacon RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £159,995 | 75 m² | £2,133/m² | 2 |
| 184, Beacon RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2009 | £133,000 | 74 m² | £1,797/m² | 2 |
| 186, Beacon RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £230,000 | 81 m² | £2,840/m² | 2 |
| 188, Beacon RoadSemi-detached | May 2001 | £65,000 | 73 m² | £890/m² | 1 |
| 213, Beacon RoadDetached | Oct 2025 | £725,000 | 205 m² | £3,537/m² | 3 |
| 215, Beacon RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £365,000 | 96 m² | £3,802/m² | 5 |
| 217, Beacon RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £337,000 | 96 m² | £3,510/m² | 4 |
| 219, Beacon RoadTerraced | Nov 1995 | £38,500 | 87 m² | £443/m² | 1 |
| 221, Beacon RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £430,000 | 111 m² | £3,874/m² | 4 |
| 227, Beacon RoadTerraced | May 2003 | £114,995 | 120 m² | £958/m² | 1 |
| 229, Beacon RoadTerraced | Feb 2021 | £293,000 | 113 m² | £2,593/m² | 3 |
| 231, Beacon RoadTerraced | Nov 2006 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 233, Beacon RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £190,000 | 74 m² | £2,568/m² | 1 |
| 235, Beacon RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2010 | £130,000 | 78 m² | £1,667/m² | 4 |
| 237, Beacon RoadDetached | Feb 2008 | £385,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 1, Fir Tree Cottages, 225, Beacon RoadTerraced | Jun 2022 | £275,000 | 67 m² | £4,104/m² | 2 |
| 2, Fir Tree Cottages, 225, Beacon RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £320,000 | 96 m² | £3,333/m² | 3 |
| 3, Fir Tree Cottages, 225, Beacon RoadTerraced | Oct 1997 | £48,000 | 65 m² | £738/m² | 1 |
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, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 8A, 946); 1 departures an hour from the 5 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 (450 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 (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mocketts Wood Surgery (1.2 km), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Hairdayz is 1.2 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 (250 m), and White Swan & Reading Street Burgers the nearest pub (250 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, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Paddling Pool (2.3 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 | 120 m |
| Acton Cottage | II | 130 m |
| 15, Reading Street | II | 140 m |
| the Corner Cottage | II | 150 m |
| White Swan Cottage | II | 180 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%.
36 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 3DY →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Thanet since 2011.
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 131 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 101 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 | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.5% | 88.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 10.0% | 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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