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On Queens Road, in Chestfield & South Tankerton
What it's like at CT5 2JL: every home that has sold on Queens 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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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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Queens Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 93 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 55, Queens RoadDetached | Jul 2025 | £450,000 | 62 m² | £7,258/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57, Queens RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £795,000 | 154 m² | £5,162/m² | 3 |
| 122, Queens RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £304,000 | 87 m² | £3,494/m² | 2 |
| 124, Queens RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £440,000 | 70 m² | £6,286/m² | 4 |
| 126, Queens RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £470,000 | 105 m² | £4,476/m² | 3 |
| 128, Queens RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £700,000 | 175 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
| 132, Queens RoadDetached | Jun 2014 | £415,000 | 103 m² | £4,029/m² | 3 |
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 Foxgrove Road, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 5, 5A, 914, 916); 3 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
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 (9.2 km) and Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (10.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 600 m away; Surmans Butchers (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chestfield Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Tankerton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, The Hair Salon is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kent & Canterbury Hospital, 10 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Ossies Fish And Chips is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and The Royal the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 11 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 56% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 40% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 156 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Kingsdown Park Gardens, 700 m away; for exercise, Whitstable Leisure Centre (1.4 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Tankerton, 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 35 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 82 km.
21 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 2JL →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 59% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 36% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Queens Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 77 homes with certificates have solar panels, 6 a heat pump, and 9 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.6% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.7% | 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.