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On Douglas Road, in Herne Bay Parade
What it's like at CT6 6AE: every home that has sold on Douglas 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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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 Douglas Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 95 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1a, Douglas RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £430,000 | 72 m² | £5,972/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Floor Flat, 2, Douglas RoadFlat | Jun 2025 | £185,000 | – | – | 4 |
| First Floor Flat, 2, Douglas RoadFlat | Feb 2025 | £221,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Douglas RoadTerraced | Jul 1996 | £36,000 | 51 m² | £706/m² | 1 |
| 4, Douglas RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2020 | £255,000 | 140 m² | £1,821/m² | 1 |
| 5, Douglas RoadTerraced | May 2025 | £430,000 | 110 m² | £3,909/m² | 5 |
| 7a, Douglas RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £189,000 | 52 m² | £3,635/m² | 3 |
| 7b, Douglas RoadFlat | Aug 2021 | £180,000 | 59 m² | £3,051/m² | 4 |
| 8, Douglas RoadDetached | Apr 2024 | £350,000 | 138 m² | £2,536/m² | 4 |
| 9, Douglas RoadDetached | Nov 2011 | £185,000 | 118 m² | £1,568/m² | 1 |
| 10, Douglas RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £380,000 | 135 m² | £2,815/m² | 7 |
| 11, Douglas RoadDetached | Oct 2020 | £380,000 | 100 m² | £3,800/m² | 3 |
| 11a, Douglas RoadDetached | Jul 2006 | £205,000 | 102 m² | £2,010/m² | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 12, Douglas RoadFlat | Jul 2013 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 14, Douglas RoadFlat | Nov 2001 | £51,500 | – | – | 2 |
| First Floor Flat, 14, Douglas RoadFlat | Nov 1995 | £30,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Douglas RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £402,000 | 95 m² | £4,232/m² | 6 |
| 16, Douglas RoadTerraced | Nov 2024 | £272,000 | 63 m² | £4,317/m² | 2 |
| 17, Douglas RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1995 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 18, Douglas RoadFlat | Jun 2005 | £119,995 | – | – | 3 |
| 18, Douglas RoadFlat | Jun 2022 | £195,000 | 66 m² | £2,955/m² | 3 |
| 19, Douglas RoadSemi-detached | May 2026 | £435,000 | 102 m² | £4,265/m² | 4 |
| 22, Douglas RoadTerraced | May 2015 | £263,666 | 171 m² | £1,542/m² | 1 |
| 23, Douglas RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £310,000 | 113 m² | £2,743/m² | 2 |
| Flat A, 24, Douglas RoadFlat | Sept 2014 | £125,000 | 74 m² | £1,689/m² | 2 |
| Flat B, 24, Douglas RoadFlat | Feb 2008 | £122,500 | 57 m² | £2,149/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 24, Douglas RoadFlat | Mar 2015 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 24, Douglas RoadFlat | Sept 2025 | £220,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Douglas RoadDetached | Nov 2012 | £150,000 | 88 m² | £1,705/m² | 1 |
| 26, Douglas RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 1995 | £41,000 | 63 m² | £651/m² | 1 |
| 27, Douglas RoadSemi-detached | May 2017 | £297,000 | 90 m² | £3,300/m² | 2 |
| 28, Douglas RoadFlat | Sept 2018 | £177,000 | 67 m² | £2,642/m² | 2 |
| 28a, Douglas RoadFlat · company-owned | Dec 2025 | £120,000 | 73 m² | £1,644/m² | 6 |
| 30, Douglas RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £200,000 | 61 m² | £3,279/m² | 2 |
| 30a, Douglas RoadFlat | May 1995 | £33,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32b, Douglas RoadFlat | Jan 2016 | £142,000 | 65 m² | £2,185/m² | 2 |
| 34a, Douglas RoadFlat | Oct 2002 | £57,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 34b, Douglas RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £165,000 | 77 m² | £2,143/m² | 3 |
| 36a, Douglas RoadFlat | Nov 2008 | £117,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 36b, Douglas RoadFlat | Jan 2025 | £200,000 | 77 m² | £2,597/m² | 4 |
| 38, Douglas RoadTerraced | Apr 2018 | £178,000 | 75 m² | £2,373/m² | 2 |
| 38a, Douglas RoadFlat | Mar 2011 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Douglas RoadFlat | Feb 2015 | £128,000 | 60 m² | £2,133/m² | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 40, Douglas RoadFlat | Aug 2020 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Douglas RoadTerraced | Jun 2019 | £285,000 | 122 m² | £2,336/m² | 2 |
| 44, Douglas RoadTerraced | Apr 2021 | £375,000 | 134 m² | £2,799/m² | 3 |
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 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 835k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Faversham.
The nearest bus stop is Queen's Roundabout south, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 600, 601, 912, 908); 20 departures an hour from the 8 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 Junior School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 34% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Herne Bay High School, 1.6 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 Tesco, 150 m away; Londis - Herne Bay (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is William Street Surgery (500 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Minty's Hair & Beauty is 500 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.
Gingerbreads is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Masonic Temple 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 Burton Down, 500 m away; for exercise, James Fitness (150 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).
52 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%.
36 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 6AE →
On this street: 0 of 55 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 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.
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.
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.