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On Howfield Lane, in Blean Forest, Chartham Hatch & University
What it's like at CT4 7NA: every home that has sold on Howfield 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.
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 Howfield Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 45 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Alicia, Howfield LaneTerraced | Mar 2016 | £181,000 | 54 m² | £3,352/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons, Howfield LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £300,000 | 68 m² | £4,412/m² | 1 |
| Avis, Howfield LaneTerraced | Dec 2019 | £227,000 | 82 m² | £2,768/m² | 2 |
| Bywood, Howfield LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2004 | £112,000 | 50 m² | £2,240/m² | 2 |
| Camer Cottage, Howfield LaneTerraced | Oct 2022 | £224,000 | 58 m² | £3,862/m² | 1 |
| Chillon, Howfield LaneDetached | Dec 2001 | £123,500 | 89 m² | £1,388/m² | 1 |
| Elis, Howfield LaneTerraced | May 2015 | £132,500 | 50 m² | £2,650/m² | 1 |
| Folly Cottage, Howfield LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2006 | £235,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Glen, Howfield LaneTerraced | May 2014 | £157,000 | 58 m² | £2,707/m² | 3 |
| Howfield Lodge, Howfield LaneDetached | Jan 2021 | £500,000 | 184 m² | £2,717/m² | 2 |
| Iris, Howfield LaneOther | Apr 2024 | £149,000 | 60 m² | £2,483/m² | 2 |
| Lindi, Howfield LaneTerraced | Jan 2015 | £180,000 | 55 m² | £3,273/m² | 4 |
| New House, Howfield LaneDetached | Jun 2014 | £295,000 | 106 m² | £2,783/m² | 4 |
| Ords, Howfield LaneTerraced | May 2026 | £240,000 | 51 m² | £4,706/m² | 3 |
| Roma, Howfield LaneDetached | Feb 2014 | £238,000 | 111 m² | £2,144/m² | 3 |
| Sun-Haven, Howfield LaneDetached | Oct 1997 | £63,250 | – | – | 1 |
| The Bungalow, Howfield LaneDetached | May 2002 | £126,250 | 73 m² | £1,729/m² | 3 |
| Topa, Howfield LaneTerraced | Sept 2004 | £133,300 | – | – | 1 |
| White Cottage, Howfield LaneDetached | Dec 1995 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Yew Tree Cottage, Howfield LaneDetached | May 2026 | £410,000 | 103 m² | £3,981/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chartham, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 103k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canterbury West.
The nearest bus stop is Village Hall, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 667).
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 Chartham Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Blean Primary School (0.7 km).
The nearest secondary is The Canterbury Academy, 3.5 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 Morrisons Daily, 3.1 km away, with Black Sea closer still (1.3 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chartham Surgery (1.7 km), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.3 km).
For a haircut, The Beauty Studio is 3.1 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.
Howfield Manor Hotel is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and The Artichoke the nearest pub (1.9 km).
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, 3.2 km away; for exercise, PureGym (3.3 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.
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.
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 7NA →
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.
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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 1 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 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.
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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 45 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.