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On Heath Close, in Sturry and Fordwich
What it's like at CT2 0PF: every home that has sold on Heath Close 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Heath Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Heath CloseTerraced | Jan 2014 | £160,000 | 83 m² | £1,928/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Heath CloseTerraced | Jun 2004 | £139,995 | 89 m² | £1,573/m² | 2 |
| 8, Heath CloseTerraced | Dec 2025 | £275,000 | 96 m² | £2,865/m² | 3 |
| 9, Heath CloseTerraced | Jun 2024 | £265,000 | 85 m² | £3,118/m² | 3 |
| 10, Heath CloseTerraced | Sept 2000 | £72,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Heath CloseTerraced | Jan 1998 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Heath CloseTerraced | Jul 2015 | £187,500 | 77 m² | £2,435/m² | 3 |
| 14, Heath CloseTerraced | Mar 2013 | £155,500 | 90 m² | £1,728/m² | 3 |
| 23, Heath CloseTerraced | Mar 2016 | £205,000 | 104 m² | £1,971/m² | 4 |
| 24, Heath CloseTerraced | Jun 2011 | £157,000 | 77 m² | £2,039/m² | 1 |
| 25, Heath CloseTerraced | Sept 2001 | £94,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Heath CloseTerraced | Sept 2022 | £287,500 | 84 m² | £3,423/m² | 4 |
| 26a, Heath CloseDetached | Mar 2015 | £160,000 | 52 m² | £3,077/m² | 1 |
| 27, Heath CloseTerraced | Feb 2011 | £154,000 | 83 m² | £1,855/m² | 1 |
| 28, Heath CloseTerraced | Jan 2007 | £130,000 | 75 m² | £1,733/m² | 2 |
| 31, Heath CloseTerraced | Aug 2014 | £178,000 | 86 m² | £2,070/m² | 1 |
| 37, Heath CloseTerraced | May 2017 | £217,000 | 83 m² | £2,614/m² | 1 |
| 38, Heath CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £164,995 | 99 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Sturry, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 112k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canterbury West.
The nearest bus stop is Farm Shop, 200 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (routes 600, 601, 921, 912); 13 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Sturry Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Orion Spires, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 36.1 · 0.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Barton Court Grammar School (3.6 km) and Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (4.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 300 m away, with The Butcher Of Brogdale closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sturry Surgery (550 m), with Sturry Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Glossed is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kent & Canterbury Hospital, 4.8 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Coffee Corner is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Golden Lion the nearest pub (1.2 km).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 145 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 73 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 352 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Sturry Road Community Park, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Stodmarsh Playing Fields (2.1 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Herne Bay Central, 7.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 42 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 89 km.
10 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.
Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency: Sir Roger Gale MP (Conservative), since June 1983. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,499 (5.1%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 35%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 22%, Green Party 7%.
16 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 CT2 0PF →
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
The nearest university is Canterbury Christ Church University, 3.7 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
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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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 0 of 15 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.2% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 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.