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On Albany Drive, in Herne Bay Parade
What it's like at CT6 8SJ: every home that has sold on Albany Drive 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Albany Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 97 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 58, Albany DriveTerraced | Nov 2004 | £215,000 | 58 m² | £3,707/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58a, Albany DriveFlat | Jul 2017 | £151,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 58b, Albany DriveFlat · company-owned | Apr 2018 | £120,000 | 56 m² | £2,143/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 60, Albany DriveFlat | Jul 2021 | £145,000 | 37 m² | £3,919/m² | 4 |
| First Floor Flat, 60, Albany DriveFlat | Mar 2026 | £160,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 60, Albany DriveFlat · company-owned | Nov 2022 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 62, Albany DriveFlat | Jul 2023 | £175,000 | 47 m² | £3,723/m² | 5 |
| Flat 2, 62, Albany DriveFlat | Dec 2024 | £145,000 | 55 m² | £2,636/m² | 1 |
| 64, Albany DriveTerraced | Jun 2021 | £335,000 | 154 m² | £2,175/m² | 3 |
| 66, Albany DriveTerraced | Oct 2020 | £445,000 | 209 m² | £2,129/m² | 3 |
| 70, Albany DriveDetached | Nov 2022 | £455,000 | 104 m² | £4,375/m² | 3 |
| 72, Albany DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £359,000 | 130 m² | £2,762/m² | 4 |
| 76, Albany DriveDetached | May 2000 | £112,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 80a, Albany DriveFlat | Apr 1996 | £38,000 | 58 m² | £655/m² | 1 |
| 86, Albany DriveTerraced | May 2005 | £245,000 | 159 m² | £1,541/m² | 2 |
| 88, Albany DriveTerraced | Oct 2000 | £132,000 | 150 m² | £880/m² | 2 |
| 89, Albany DriveDetached | Sept 2025 | £425,000 | 190 m² | £2,237/m² | 3 |
| 89a, Albany DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £243,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 91a, Albany DriveDetached | Feb 2022 | £323,824 | 61 m² | £5,309/m² | 5 |
| 93, Albany DriveDetached | Jan 2014 | £157,000 | 71 m² | £2,211/m² | 3 |
| 93a, Albany DriveDetached | Oct 2015 | £210,000 | 60 m² | £3,500/m² | 1 |
| 93b, Albany DriveDetached | Jul 2010 | £213,500 | 99 m² | £2,157/m² | 2 |
| 94, Albany DriveTerraced | Jan 2026 | £427,500 | 178 m² | £2,402/m² | 5 |
| 95, Albany DriveDetached | Mar 1997 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 96, Albany DriveTerraced | Jul 2017 | £370,000 | 164 m² | £2,256/m² | 3 |
| 97, Albany DriveTerraced | Dec 2003 | £163,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 99, Albany DriveDetached | Jan 2015 | £212,000 | 58 m² | £3,655/m² | 3 |
| 100, Albany DriveDetached | Jan 2006 | £279,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 103, Albany DriveTerraced | May 2004 | £163,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 105, Albany DriveDetached | Apr 2001 | £98,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 107, Albany DriveDetached | May 2026 | £400,000 | 86 m² | £4,651/m² | 4 |
| 111, Albany DriveSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2004 | £160,000 | 76 m² | £2,105/m² | 1 |
| 113, Albany DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £322,500 | 74 m² | £4,358/m² | 3 |
| 115, Albany DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £279,995 | 74 m² | £3,784/m² | 3 |
| 117, Albany DriveDetached | Jan 2022 | £430,000 | 114 m² | £3,772/m² | 2 |
| 119, Albany DriveDetached | Aug 2007 | £235,000 | 119 m² | £1,975/m² | 1 |
| 121, Albany DriveDetached | Aug 2018 | £420,000 | 189 m² | £2,222/m² | 2 |
| 123, Albany DriveDetached | Sept 2003 | £210,000 | 127 m² | £1,654/m² | 1 |
| 125b, Albany DriveFlat | Oct 2005 | £135,000 | 65 m² | £2,077/m² | 1 |
| 127, Albany DriveDetached | May 1999 | £102,000 | 144 m² | £708/m² | 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, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 835k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Faversham.
The nearest bus stop is Sea Street, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 917, 919); 8 departures an hour from the 10 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 Hampton Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 50% 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, 850 m 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, 100 m away; The Local (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is A & E Mulvaney Chiropody Centre (600 m), with Sianora Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Passion Hair is 200 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.
Lunch Club is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Herne Bay Catholic Social Club 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 Oxenden Square, 450 m away; for exercise, Herons Leisure Centre (1.0 km).
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).
36 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 24, York Road | II | 70 m |
| 26, York Road | II | 80 m |
| Hinkley | II | 80 m |
| Sewer Vent Column | II | 120 m |
| the Retreat | II | 180 m |
| Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart | II | 190 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.
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 8SJ →
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.
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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 97 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 1 of 74 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 | 0.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 77.3% | 89.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 21.7% | 7.6% | 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.