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On Richmond Gardens, in Blean Forest, Chartham Hatch & University
What it's like at CT2 8ES: every home that has sold on Richmond Gardens 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 Richmond Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 23 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £361,050 | 84 m² | £4,298/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £41,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £325,000 | 111 m² | £2,928/m² | 1 |
| 5, Richmond GardensDetached | Jan 2004 | £289,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Richmond GardensDetached | Dec 2022 | £770,000 | 175 m² | £4,400/m² | 5 |
| 7, Richmond GardensDetached | May 2017 | £417,500 | 118 m² | £3,538/m² | 2 |
| 8, Richmond GardensDetached | Aug 2003 | £192,500 | 75 m² | £2,567/m² | 2 |
| 10, Richmond GardensDetached | Nov 2024 | £330,000 | 76 m² | £4,342/m² | 2 |
| 11, Richmond GardensDetached · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £200,000 | 78 m² | £2,564/m² | 1 |
| 12, Richmond GardensDetached | Feb 2006 | £160,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Richmond GardensDetached | Jan 2020 | £345,000 | 93 m² | £3,710/m² | 2 |
| 14, Richmond GardensDetached | Aug 2017 | £580,000 | 129 m² | £4,496/m² | 1 |
| 15, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £620,000 | 130 m² | £4,769/m² | 2 |
| 17, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £112,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2010 | £275,000 | 92 m² | £2,989/m² | 1 |
| 20, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £71,500 | 71 m² | £1,007/m² | 1 |
| 21, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £448,000 | 91 m² | £4,923/m² | 1 |
| 22, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £235,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £249,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | May 2022 | £600,000 | 90 m² | £6,667/m² | 2 |
| 25, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Jul 1996 | £86,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Richmond GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £495,000 | 97 m² | £5,103/m² | 3 |
| 27, Richmond GardensDetached | Oct 2000 | £163,000 | 130 m² | £1,254/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Canterbury West, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Cherry Garden Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes UNI1, 400, 401, UNI2); 32 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is The Canterbury Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km); 51% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Blean Primary School (0.7 km).
The nearest secondary is The Canterbury Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 39 · 3.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Barton Court Grammar School (3.4 km) and Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (4.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 10% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is St Dunstans Costcutter, 1.0 km away, with Jack's Veg closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is University Medical Centre (900 m), with Giles Lane Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, Raffles is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kent & Canterbury Hospital, 3.9 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, 5 pubs and bars.
The Victoria Hotel is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Eight Bells the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 66 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Neal's Place Meadow, 200 m away; for exercise, Ladies of Leisure (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: West Beach, Whitstable, 7.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Garden Farmhouse | II | 150 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Canterbury constituency: Rosie Duffield MP (Independent), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 8,653 (18.3%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 14%, Green Party 13%.
5 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 8ES →
For holidays, London Southend is 40 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 87 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's young: 49% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 50% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is Canterbury Christ Church University, 2.3 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.
On this street: 0 of 16 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.4% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.6% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.8% | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
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 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.