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On Chestfield Road, in Chestfield & South Tankerton
What it's like at CT5 3LD: every home that has sold on Chestfield 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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Chestfield Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 95 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 31, Chestfield RoadDetached | Jun 2024 | £410,000 | 85 m² | £4,824/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32, Chestfield RoadDetached | Aug 2016 | £327,000 | 72 m² | £4,542/m² | 1 |
| 33, Chestfield RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £450,000 | 112 m² | £4,018/m² | 2 |
| 34, Chestfield RoadDetached | Sept 2020 | £365,000 | 80 m² | £4,563/m² | 2 |
| 37, Chestfield RoadDetached | Dec 2024 | £825,000 | 217 m² | £3,802/m² | 3 |
| 38, Chestfield RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £467,000 | 115 m² | £4,061/m² | 2 |
| 39, Chestfield RoadSemi-detached | May 2009 | £450,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 40, Chestfield RoadDetached | Sept 2022 | £400,000 | 96 m² | £4,167/m² | 1 |
| 41, Chestfield RoadOther | May 2019 | £380,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Chestfield RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2000 | £119,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Chestfield RoadOther | May 2021 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Chestfield RoadDetached | Aug 2018 | £415,000 | 73 m² | £5,685/m² | 3 |
| 49, Chestfield RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £163,000 | 173 m² | £942/m² | 1 |
| 50, Chestfield RoadDetached | Jul 2001 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Chestfield RoadDetached | May 1995 | £99,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, Chestfield RoadDetached | Apr 2004 | £400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Chestfield RoadDetached | Jun 2019 | £670,000 | 221 m² | £3,032/m² | 3 |
| 56, Chestfield RoadDetached | Dec 2016 | £547,000 | 179 m² | £3,056/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Chestfield & Swalecliffe, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 108k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is The Leas, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 5, 915, 917, 916); 4 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Swalecliffe Community Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Whitstable School, 1.9 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 Sainsbury's, 300 m away; Larkins Snack Bar (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chestfield Medical Centre (300 m), with Swalecliffe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Scissor Sisters is under 50 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.
Starbucks Whitstable is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Chestfield Womens Institute the nearest pub (50 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 Long Rock, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Whitstable Leisure Centre (2.5 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.
33 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%.
14 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 3LD →
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.
On this street: 2 of 74 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 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.
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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 95 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.