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On Acton Road, in Whitstable West
What it's like at CT5 1JJ: every home that has sold on Acton Road 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Acton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 46 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 22, Acton RoadTerraced | May 2024 | £355,000 | 83 m² | £4,277/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23, Acton RoadTerraced | May 2022 | £425,000 | 80 m² | £5,313/m² | 4 |
| 24, Acton RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £400,000 | 87 m² | £4,598/m² | 4 |
| 26, Acton RoadTerraced | May 2007 | £204,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Acton RoadTerraced | Apr 1998 | £57,000 | 118 m² | £483/m² | 1 |
| 28, Acton RoadTerraced | Feb 2009 | £151,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 29, Acton RoadTerraced | Sept 2023 | £415,000 | 91 m² | £4,560/m² | 2 |
| 30, Acton RoadTerraced | May 2025 | £285,000 | 78 m² | £3,654/m² | 2 |
| 31, Acton RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £385,000 | 82 m² | £4,695/m² | 4 |
| 32, Acton RoadTerraced | May 2009 | £150,000 | 82 m² | £1,829/m² | 1 |
| 33, Acton RoadTerraced | Jun 2006 | £161,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 34, Acton RoadTerraced | Oct 2009 | £195,000 | 73 m² | £2,671/m² | 3 |
| 35, Acton RoadTerraced | Dec 2000 | £74,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Acton RoadTerraced | Jun 2012 | £195,000 | 76 m² | £2,566/m² | 2 |
| 38, Acton RoadTerraced | Nov 2023 | £347,000 | 93 m² | £3,731/m² | 2 |
| 39, Acton RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £315,000 | 69 m² | £4,565/m² | 4 |
| 40, Acton RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2025 | £266,000 | 86 m² | £3,093/m² | 1 |
| 41, Acton RoadTerraced | May 2024 | £335,000 | 68 m² | £4,926/m² | 3 |
| 42, Acton RoadTerraced | Nov 2002 | £114,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 43, Acton RoadTerraced | Jan 2012 | £185,000 | 68 m² | £2,721/m² | 2 |
| 44, Acton RoadTerraced | Jul 2015 | £275,000 | 103 m² | £2,670/m² | 2 |
| 45, Acton RoadTerraced | Jun 2007 | £155,000 | 69 m² | £2,246/m² | 3 |
| 46, Acton RoadTerraced | Jul 2012 | £205,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 47, Acton RoadTerraced | Mar 2014 | £220,000 | 75 m² | £2,933/m² | 2 |
| 48, Acton RoadTerraced | Feb 2004 | £132,500 | 77 m² | £1,721/m² | 1 |
| 50, Acton RoadTerraced | Jan 2005 | £146,000 | 78 m² | £1,872/m² | 2 |
| 52, Acton RoadTerraced | Jan 2021 | £375,000 | 81 m² | £4,630/m² | 2 |
| 55, Acton RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £325,000 | 81 m² | £4,012/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Whitstable, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 877k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Westmeads School, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 5, 5A, 915, 914); 32 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Westmeads Community Infant School, a few minutes' walk (200 m).
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, 1.1 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 Sainsburys Local, 350 m away, with Siena Co-operative Ltd T/A The Southern Co-Operative closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitstable Health Centre (400 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Hair By Buddies is 250 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.
The Whitstable Play Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Fountain the nearest pub (300 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 Kingsdown Park Gardens, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Fighting Lions (100 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).
56 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%.
34 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 1JJ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
For holidays, London Southend is 33 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 80 km.
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: 0 of 38 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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 46 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.