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On Harbledown Park, in Blean Forest, Chartham Hatch & University
What it's like at CT2 8NR: every home that has sold on Harbledown Park 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.
Sales and extensions on Harbledown Park; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Harbledown ParkDetached | Dec 2015 | £460,000 | 95 m² | £4,842/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Harbledown ParkDetached | Jul 2000 | £280,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Harbledown ParkDetached | Nov 2000 | £210,000 | 115 m² | £1,826/m² | 1 |
| 4, Harbledown ParkDetached | Mar 2021 | £640,000 | 149 m² | £4,295/m² | 3 |
| 5, Harbledown ParkDetached | Dec 1997 | £178,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Harbledown ParkDetached | May 2024 | £795,000 | 120 m² | £6,625/m² | 2 |
| 8, Harbledown ParkDetached | Nov 2009 | £465,000 | 134 m² | £3,470/m² | 1 |
| 9, Harbledown ParkDetached | Nov 2011 | £432,000 | 135 m² | £3,200/m² | 2 |
| Nash House, Beech Drive, Harbledown ParkDetached | Feb 2013 | £850,000 | 236 m² | £3,602/m² | 2 |
| Nightingale House, Beech Drive, Harbledown ParkDetached | Jun 2011 | £835,000 | 218 m² | £3,830/m² | 1 |
| Hill View, Harbledown ParkDetached | Oct 2006 | £455,000 | 392 m² | £1,161/m² | 1 |
| The Walnuts, Harbledown ParkDetached | Feb 2006 | £299,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Yew Tree Lodge, Harbledown ParkDetached | Sept 2020 | £540,000 | 136 m² | £3,971/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, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Church, 50 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (route X3); 15 departures an hour from the 8 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, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 51% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Blean Primary School (0.7 km).
The nearest secondary is The Canterbury Academy, 550 m 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, 1.1 km away, with The Pilgrims closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is University Medical Centre (1.7 km), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Raffles is 1.1 km 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 (450 m), and Eight Bells the nearest pub (900 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 Dukes Meadow, 400 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.1 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).
For holidays, London Southend is 40 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 87 km.
17 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harbledown Court | II | 80 m |
| Chestnut Cottage and Rosemount | II | 100 m |
| Harbledown and Rough War Memorial, including steps and gate | II | 110 m |
| Claverings | II | 110 m |
| the Old Rectory | II | 120 m |
| Harbledown Place | II | 120 m |
| Church of St Michael | II | 150 m |
| Grove Cottage | II | 150 m |
| 13-16, the Mint | II | 170 m |
| 3-9, Summer Hill | II | 180 m |
| Church Hill House | II | 190 m |
| 2, Summer Hill | II | 200 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.
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%.
12 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 8NR →
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Canterbury 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 13 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 10 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 | 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.