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On Kings Road, in Herne Bay Parade
What it's like at CT6 5RG: every home that has sold on Kings 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.
Sales and extensions on Kings Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 98 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 144b, Kings RoadOther · company-owned | Mar 2024 | £325,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146, Kings RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Mar 2026 | £290,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 148, Kings RoadTerraced | May 2003 | £113,000 | 75 m² | £1,507/m² | 2 |
| 152, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2006 | £145,000 | 81 m² | £1,790/m² | 4 |
| 156, Kings RoadDetached | Dec 2004 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 160, Kings RoadTerraced | Jan 2010 | £175,000 | 104 m² | £1,683/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Herne Bay, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 835k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Faversham.
The nearest bus stop is Station Road Corner, 150 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 600, 601, 36, 912); 33 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
The nearest primary school is Herne Bay Infant School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Herne Bay High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 36.8 · 2.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Barton Court Grammar School (10.8 km) and Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (12 km).
The nearest supermarket is Herne Bay Food Centre, 200 m away; Kaneera Express (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is A & E Mulvaney Chiropody Centre (100 m), with Park Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, One 4 Hairdressing is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kent & Canterbury Hospital, 12 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: 66 restaurants and cafés and 20 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Salvation Army is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Bar Eight the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (26 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 199 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 83% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (HERNE BAY).
There are 42 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (59%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 59% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 128 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Memorial Park, 150 m away; for exercise, Herons Leisure Centre (350 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Herne Bay Central, 800 m away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
59 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.
Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency: Sir Roger Gale MP (Conservative), since June 1983. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,499 (5.1%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 35%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 22%, Green Party 7%.
33 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 CT6 5RG →
For holidays, London Southend is 37 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 84 km.
Many neighbours rent: 40% of households rent privately and 9% socially.
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" Kings Road in the last 12 months.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 77 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 52 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 77.4% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 21.7% | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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.