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On Joy Lane, in Whitstable West
What it's like at CT5 4LS: every home that has sold on Joy 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Joy Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 120 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Joy LaneDetached | May 2002 | £250,000 | 185 m² | £1,351/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Joy LaneDetached | Feb 2004 | £495,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Joy LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2006 | £208,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, Joy LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Joy LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £335,000 | 118 m² | £2,839/m² | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 7, Joy LaneFlat | Aug 1996 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Joy LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £222,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Joy LaneDetached | Nov 2017 | £765,000 | 200 m² | £3,825/m² | 3 |
| 11, Joy LaneDetached | Nov 2018 | £695,000 | 160 m² | £4,344/m² | 2 |
| 12, Joy LaneDetached | Jul 2003 | £315,000 | 159 m² | £1,981/m² | 2 |
| 13, Joy LaneDetached · company-owned | Apr 2021 | £700,000 | 374 m² | £1,872/m² | 1 |
| 15, Joy LaneDetached | Jul 2010 | £775,000 | 257 m² | £3,016/m² | 1 |
| 16, Joy LaneDetached | Nov 2019 | £435,000 | 118 m² | £3,686/m² | 1 |
| 17, Joy LaneDetached | Sept 2021 | £900,000 | 175 m² | £5,143/m² | 3 |
| 18, Joy LaneDetached | May 2011 | £650,000 | 226 m² | £2,876/m² | 2 |
| 20, Joy LaneDetached | May 2024 | £1,350,000 | 233 m² | £5,794/m² | 5 |
| 22, Joy LaneDetached | Sept 2017 | £795,000 | 131 m² | £6,069/m² | 2 |
| Barn House, 7, Joy LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £565,000 | 199 m² | £2,839/m² | 3 |
| Connemara, Joy LaneDetached | Jul 2001 | £375,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Cushendall, Joy LaneDetached | Feb 2016 | £705,000 | 176 m² | £4,006/m² | 1 |
| Littlemead, 17a, Joy LaneDetached | Sept 2014 | £928,000 | – | – | 2 |
| St Patrick, Joy LaneDetached | Feb 2025 | £950,000 | 148 m² | £6,419/m² | 1 |
| Waterford House, Joy LaneDetached | Sept 2013 | £865,000 | 284 m² | £3,046/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Whitstable, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 877k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Tollgate Close, 50 m away, with a bus about every 43 minutes on weekdays (routes 638, 5, 5A, 660); 22 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Joy Lane Primary Foundation School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 58% met the expected standard.
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, 1.3 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, 500 m away, with Londis closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitstable Medical Practice (1.2 km), with Prx Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Olivia's is 500 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.
Westbeach Clubhouse is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Two Brewers 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 Plot 10, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Fighting Lions (1.2 km).
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).
35 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Waypost House | II | 110 m |
| Tollgate Stores | II | 130 m |
| 18, Borstal Hill | II | 140 m |
| Grimshill | II | 170 m |
| 5, Borstal Hill | II | 200 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 4LS →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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: 1 of 91 homes with certificates have solar panels, 6 a heat pump, and 6 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.2% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 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.
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 120 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.