Finding postcode…
These only choose where you start. Every page and every lens is still one tap away.
Sign in to keep them on every device →Finding postcode…
Seasalter
What it's like at CT5 1PX: every home that has sold on the street 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.
Street View and the aerial view come from Google, which receives your IP address and may set cookies once you choose them. We'll remember your choice on this device.
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 the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Whitstable, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 877k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Community College, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 638).
The nearest primary school is St Alphege Church of England Infant School, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km).
The closest top-rated primary is Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is The Whitstable School, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 39.3 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (8.7 km) and Barton Court Grammar School (9.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 450 m away; Canterbury Food Bank (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitstable Health Centre (1.4 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Olivia's is 950 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kent & Canterbury Hospital, 9.9 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
The Halt Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Monument the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 76 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 15 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 30% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 263 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Plot 10, 150 m away; for exercise, Fighting Lions (1.2 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: West Beach, Whitstable, 1.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 34 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 81 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Downs Farm House | II | 160 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%.
41 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 1PX →
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 5.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.4% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.9% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.3% | 7.6% | 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.