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On Blenheim Close, in Herne & Broomfield
What it's like at CT6 7NB: every home that has sold on Blenheim Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Blenheim Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £183,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £260,000 | 78 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 4, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2000 | £86,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £187,000 | 82 m² | £2,280/m² | 3 |
| 7, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £59,000 | 106 m² | £557/m² | 1 |
| 8, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | May 2024 | £358,000 | 97 m² | £3,691/m² | 5 |
| 10, Blenheim CloseDetached | Jul 2005 | £255,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Blenheim CloseDetached | Mar 1996 | £78,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Blenheim CloseDetached | Aug 2021 | £415,000 | 150 m² | £2,767/m² | 1 |
| 15, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | May 2024 | £297,500 | 80 m² | £3,719/m² | 1 |
| 17, Blenheim CloseTerraced | Dec 2020 | £292,500 | 87 m² | £3,362/m² | 1 |
| 20, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £320,000 | 80 m² | £4,000/m² | 1 |
| 21, Blenheim CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2003 | £153,950 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Herne Bay, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 835k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Faversham.
The nearest bus stop is Strode Park, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 600, 601); 15 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Herne Church of England Junior School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Herne Bay High School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 36.8 · 2.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Barton Court Grammar School (9.3 km) and Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (10.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Food-Eddington Thanet Way, 700 m away, with Herne Village Stores closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Herne and Broomfield Surgery (950 m), with Hollytree Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Inspirations is 750 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Beaver Lodge Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Smugglers Inn the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 45 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 25% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 237 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Talmead Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Herne Bay Sports Hub (800 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Herne Bay, 2.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 39 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 86 km.
14 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%.
35 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 7NB →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
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" Blenheim Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 8 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 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.9% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 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.