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On Church Lane, in Thanington & Chartham
What it's like at CT4 5RD: every home that has sold on Church Lane 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.
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Sales and extensions on Church Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 86 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1-2, Church Cottages, Church LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £429,000 | – | – | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Cottage, Church LaneDetached | Jun 2016 | £480,000 | 165 m² | £2,909/m² | 2 |
| China Court, Church LaneDetached | Dec 2025 | £800,000 | 167 m² | £4,790/m² | 3 |
| Tallet, Court Lodge Barns, Church LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £862,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Longview, Court Lodge Barns, Church LaneDetached | May 2021 | £975,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Hemmel, Court Lodge Barns, Church LaneDetached | Apr 2021 | £915,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Deal House, Court Lodge Barns, Church LaneDetached | Jul 2024 | £756,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Linhay, Court Lodge Barns, Church LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £675,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Court Lodge Farm, Church LaneDetached | Apr 2006 | £435,000 | 508 m² | £856/m² | 1 |
| Sunnyside, Church LaneDetached | Nov 2020 | £430,000 | 115 m² | £3,739/m² | 1 |
| Sweet Auburn Cottage, Church LaneDetached | Nov 2022 | £335,000 | 59 m² | £5,678/m² | 1 |
| The Willows, Church LaneDetached | Nov 2020 | £1,075,000 | 225 m² | £4,778/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chartham, a drive away (4.4 km), with 103k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canterbury West.
The nearest bus stop is Church Lane, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 620); 1 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Petham Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, 5.0 km away; Attainment 8: 66.8 · 31.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (3.9 km) and Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 4.7 km away, with Kent Farm Gate Foods closer still (2.4 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chartham Surgery (4.5 km).
For a haircut, The Beauty Studio is 4.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Kent & Canterbury Hospital, 4.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Poppies is the closest café or restaurant (950 m), and The Granville the nearest pub (2.7 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 81 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 168 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 293 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Nackington Park, 4.8 km away.
A swim is a short trip away: West Beach, Whitstable, 13 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 44 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 86 km.
Most households own their home, 15% rent privately.
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barn at Court Lodge to North West of House | II | 40 m |
| Court Lodge | II | 50 m |
| Granary at Court Lodge to East of House | II | 70 m |
| China Court | II | 140 m |
| Church Cottages | II | 150 m |
| Cotterell Court | II | 190 m |
| 1, 2 and 3, the Street | 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.
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%.
0 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 CT4 5RD →
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 86 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 3 of 62 homes with certificates have solar panels, 3 a heat pump, and 35 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.6% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 79.2% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 12.5% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 7.6% | 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.
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