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On Forge Lane, in Whitstable West
What it's like at CT5 4HR: every home that has sold on Forge Lane 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Forge Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Forge LaneSemi-detached | Jul 1995 | £39,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Forge LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £435,000 | 69 m² | £6,304/m² | 3 |
| 2a, Forge LaneTerraced | Nov 2014 | £221,000 | 71 m² | £3,113/m² | 3 |
| 2b, Forge LaneFlat | Feb 2026 | £300,000 | 64 m² | £4,688/m² | 4 |
| 2c, Forge LaneTerraced | Jan 2006 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Forge LaneDetached | Jan 2018 | £315,000 | 101 m² | £3,119/m² | 3 |
| 4, Forge LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £265,000 | 69 m² | £3,841/m² | 1 |
| 6a, Forge LaneFlat | Nov 2018 | £218,000 | 71 m² | £3,070/m² | 4 |
| 6b, Forge LaneSemi-detached | May 2003 | £95,000 | 49 m² | £1,939/m² | 2 |
| The Loft, Forge LaneTerraced | May 2015 | £80,000 | 47 m² | £1,702/m² | 1 |
| Willowdene, Forge LaneDetached | Sept 1995 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Whitstable, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 877k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Harwich Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 400, 401, 5, 5A); 30 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Alphege Church of England Infant School, a few minutes' walk (350 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, 1.0 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 Stores, 250 m away; Londis (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitstable Health Centre (1.3 km), with Prx Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Olivia's 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.
Seven Seas Fish Bar And Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Two Brewers the nearest pub (50 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, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Fighting Lions (950 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).
42 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Willowdene | II | 0 m |
| 99a, Canterbury Road | II | 40 m |
| 1, Forge Lane | II | 40 m |
| Gas Lantern and Column at Junction with Kent Street | II | 70 m |
| the Two Brewers Public House | II | 70 m |
| the Stables of the Brewers Public House to the North West | II | 70 m |
| Granary House | II | 100 m |
| 26, Canterbury Road | II | 190 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%.
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 4HR →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 6 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.
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.
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 11 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.