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On Pier Avenue, in Herne Bay South & Greenhill
What it's like at CT6 8PG: every home that has sold on Pier Avenue 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Pier Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 89 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 41, Pier AvenueDetached | Jan 2021 | £390,000 | 93 m² | £4,194/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43, Pier AvenueDetached | Sept 2003 | £127,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Pier AvenueDetached | Apr 2015 | £225,000 | 78 m² | £2,885/m² | 2 |
| 47, Pier AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2008 | £250,000 | 91 m² | £2,747/m² | 2 |
| 48, Pier AvenueDetached | Oct 2008 | £190,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 49, Pier AvenueDetached | Oct 2020 | £395,000 | 120 m² | £3,292/m² | 2 |
| 51, Pier AvenueDetached | Dec 1999 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Pier AvenueDetached | May 2023 | £410,000 | 90 m² | £4,556/m² | 2 |
| 56, Pier AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2003 | £142,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Pier AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2012 | £170,000 | 63 m² | £2,698/m² | 1 |
| 58a, Pier AvenueDetached | Feb 2021 | £360,000 | 107 m² | £3,364/m² | 1 |
| 59, Pier AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £500,000 | 127 m² | £3,937/m² | 3 |
| 60, Pier AvenueDetached | Sept 2025 | £460,000 | 121 m² | £3,802/m² | 2 |
| 61, Pier AvenueDetached | Oct 2000 | £108,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 62, Pier AvenueDetached | Dec 2020 | £382,500 | 118 m² | £3,242/m² | 1 |
| 63, Pier AvenueDetached | Mar 2025 | £385,000 | 61 m² | £6,311/m² | 2 |
| 64, Pier AvenueDetached | Nov 2007 | £243,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 68, Pier AvenueDetached | Aug 2017 | £240,000 | 171 m² | £1,404/m² | 1 |
| 70, Pier AvenueSemi-detached | May 2004 | £208,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 72, Pier AvenueDetached | Jun 2000 | £135,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 73, Pier AvenueDetached | Jun 2010 | £325,000 | 163 m² | £1,994/m² | 1 |
| 74, Pier AvenueDetached | Dec 2021 | £410,000 | 92 m² | £4,457/m² | 2 |
| 77, Pier AvenueDetached | Oct 2001 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 78, Pier AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £285,000 | 83 m² | £3,434/m² | 1 |
| 80, Pier AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £345,000 | 86 m² | £4,012/m² | 1 |
| 84, Pier AvenueDetached | May 2015 | £335,000 | 101 m² | £3,317/m² | 1 |
| 86a, Pier AvenueFlat | May 2024 | £175,000 | 57 m² | £3,070/m² | 7 |
| 86b, Pier AvenueFlat | Dec 2020 | £203,500 | 56 m² | £3,634/m² | 4 |
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 few minutes' walk (450 m), with 835k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Faversham.
The nearest bus stop is Spenser Road West, 200 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 600, 601, 36, 912); 30 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is Herne Bay Infant School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Herne Church of England Junior School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Herne Bay High School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 36.8 · 2.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Barton Court Grammar School (9.8 km) and Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School (11.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Herne Bay Food Centre, 350 m away; Kaneera Express (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is A & E Mulvaney Chiropody Centre (150 m), with Prx Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, One 4 Hairdressing is 300 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Gandhi Tandoori is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Herne Bay Little Theatre the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 77 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 26% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 377 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Oxenden Square, 250 m away; for exercise, Herons Leisure Centre (550 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Herne Bay Central, 1.0 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 37 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 84 km.
60 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%.
34 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 8PG →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
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 52 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.5% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.1% | 7.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
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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 89 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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