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On Island Wall, in Whitstable West
What it's like at CT5 1EE: every home that has sold on Island Wall 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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8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Island Wall; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
8 of the 147 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, 120, Island WallFlat | Aug 2010 | £560,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122, Island WallSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £569,000 | 177 m² | £3,215/m² | 1 |
| 149a, Island WallTerraced | Sept 2018 | £657,408 | 94 m² | £6,994/m² | 2 |
| 149b, Island WallTerraced | Apr 2015 | £462,500 | 122 m² | £3,791/m² | 2 |
| 149c, Island WallTerraced · company-owned | May 2014 | £380,000 | 123 m² | £3,089/m² | 2 |
| 149d, Island WallTerraced | Sept 2011 | £395,000 | 129 m² | £3,062/m² | 1 |
| 149e, Island WallTerraced | Aug 2025 | £750,000 | 124 m² | £6,048/m² | 3 |
| 149g, Island WallTerraced | May 2000 | £185,000 | 82 m² | £2,256/m² | 2 |
| 153, Island WallTerraced | Feb 2017 | £680,000 | 124 m² | £5,484/m² | 3 |
| 155, Island WallTerraced | Nov 2018 | £540,000 | 88 m² | £6,136/m² | 3 |
| 157, Island WallSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £275,000 | 59 m² | £4,661/m² | 1 |
| 161, Island WallSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £799,995 | 117 m² | £6,838/m² | 3 |
| 163, Island WallSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £720,000 | 123 m² | £5,854/m² | 2 |
| 165, Island WallDetached | Sept 2011 | £780,000 | 162 m² | £4,815/m² | 2 |
| 169, Island WallSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £685,000 | 166 m² | £4,127/m² | 3 |
| 171, Island WallSemi-detached | Jul 2003 | £249,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 173, Island WallTerraced | Jan 2024 | £444,175 | 62 m² | £7,164/m² | 1 |
| 179, Island WallTerraced | Dec 2021 | £450,000 | 56 m² | £8,036/m² | 3 |
| 181, Island WallTerraced | Jul 2023 | £565,000 | 74 m² | £7,635/m² | 3 |
| 185, Island WallDetached | Oct 2005 | £358,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 187, Island WallDetached | Apr 2021 | £1,450,000 | 113 m² | £12,832/m² | 3 |
| 2, The Deck House, 120, Island WallTerraced | Jul 2026 | £646,000 | 104 m² | £6,212/m² | 2 |
| Arc House, Island WallDetached | Mar 2021 | £1,675,000 | 349 m² | £4,799/m² | 1 |
| Journeys End, Island WallDetached | Jul 2012 | £920,000 | 164 m² | £5,610/m² | 2 |
| Little Cheyne, Island WallSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £315,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Little Rock, Island WallDetached | Jul 2020 | £875,000 | 132 m² | £6,629/m² | 2 |
| Lower Island House, Island WallDetached | Jul 2014 | £855,000 | 138 m² | £6,196/m² | 2 |
| Provender House, Island WallDetached | Nov 2019 | £1,750,000 | 349 m² | £5,014/m² | 2 |
| Sea Spray, Island WallDetached | Dec 2013 | £610,000 | 109 m² | £5,596/m² | 2 |
| The Links, Island WallOther | Mar 2019 | £1,600,000 | 349 m² | £4,585/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Whitstable, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 877k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Library, 450 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 400, 401, 638, 5).
The nearest primary school is Whitstable Junior School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 68% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School (0.2 km).
The nearest secondary is The Whitstable School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 39.3 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Barton Court Grammar School (9.9 km) and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (9.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 450 m away; Grain And Hearth Bakery (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitstable Health Centre (1.2 km), with Prx Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Salon Pearl is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kent & Canterbury Hospital, 11 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 51 restaurants and cafés and 29 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Westbeach Clubhouse is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Whitstable Golf Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 154 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 56% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (WHITSTABLE TOWN, SOUTH WHITSTABLE).
There are 68 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 24% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Plot 10, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Pilates Movement Matters (850 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: West Beach, Whitstable, 900 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 33 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 80 km.
45 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.
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%.
37 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 CT5 1EE →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 27% 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.
On this street: 3 of 113 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 | 1.0% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.2% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 147 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.