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On School Hill, in Wye, Chilham & Kennington
What it's like at CT4 8DE: every home that has sold on School Hill 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.
Nothing recorded on this street or nearby yet.
Sales and extensions on School Hill; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 3 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Castle Cottage, School HillDetached | Mar 2014 | £900,000 | 195 m² | £4,615/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Oak, School HillDetached | Jul 2012 | £800,000 | 301 m² | £2,658/m² | 1 |
| Elephant House, School HillDetached | Jul 2004 | £800,000 | 176 m² | £4,545/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Chilham, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 66k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Canterbury West.
The nearest bus stop is Taylors Hill, 300 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 667).
The nearest primary school is Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 46% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Norton Knatchbull School (7.1 km) and Highworth Grammar School (7.4 km).
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 9 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Old School Surgery (3.3 km).
The nearest full A&E is William Harvey Hospital, 7.2 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Church Mouse is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The White Horse the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 64 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 345 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 40% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
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, 78 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
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.
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.
Weald of Kent constituency: Katie Lam MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 8,422 (16.6%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 23%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 9%.
2 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 8DE →
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Nearest 12 shown. 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" School Hill in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.8% | 79.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 11.3% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.5% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.8% | 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.