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On Harold Avenue, in Westgate
What it's like at CT8 8QU: every home that has sold on Harold 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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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 Harold Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 30 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Harold AvenueDetached | Mar 2017 | £292,000 | 76 m² | £3,842/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Harold AvenueTerraced | Feb 2021 | £240,000 | 89 m² | £2,697/m² | 1 |
| 4, Harold AvenueFlat · company-owned | Dec 2019 | £184,000 | 67 m² | £2,746/m² | 4 |
| 4a, Harold AvenueFlat · company-owned | Mar 2010 | £87,500 | 66 m² | £1,326/m² | 1 |
| 5, Harold AvenueTerraced | Sept 2018 | £268,000 | 104 m² | £2,577/m² | 1 |
| 6, Harold AvenueTerraced | Apr 2020 | £185,000 | 51 m² | £3,627/m² | 1 |
| 6a, Harold AvenueFlat | Aug 2003 | £65,000 | 68 m² | £956/m² | 1 |
| 7, Harold AvenueTerraced | Aug 2024 | £350,000 | 101 m² | £3,465/m² | 2 |
| 8, Harold AvenueFlat | Jan 1998 | £28,250 | 61 m² | £463/m² | 2 |
| 8a, Harold AvenueTerraced | Oct 2006 | £112,500 | 77 m² | £1,461/m² | 2 |
| 9, Harold AvenueTerraced | Sept 2001 | £74,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Harold AvenueDetached | Jun 2023 | £430,000 | 150 m² | £2,867/m² | 3 |
| 12, Harold AvenueDetached | Jun 2015 | £415,000 | 164 m² | £2,530/m² | 4 |
| 16, Harold AvenueDetached | Mar 2017 | £368,000 | 142 m² | £2,592/m² | 1 |
| 18a, Harold AvenueDetached | Jun 2021 | £365,000 | 129 m² | £2,829/m² | 2 |
| 22, Harold AvenueDetached | Dec 2015 | £230,000 | 64 m² | £3,594/m² | 2 |
| 24, Harold AvenueTerraced | Mar 2018 | £387,750 | 159 m² | £2,439/m² | 3 |
| 25, Harold AvenueTerraced | Jan 2007 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Harold AvenueTerraced | Nov 2016 | £220,000 | 153 m² | £1,438/m² | 1 |
| 27, Harold AvenueTerraced | Dec 2016 | £325,000 | 140 m² | £2,321/m² | 1 |
| 29, Harold AvenueTerraced | Sept 2011 | £160,000 | 181 m² | £884/m² | 1 |
| 30, Harold AvenueTerraced | Dec 1996 | £71,000 | 158 m² | £449/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, The Cedars, 11, Harold AvenueFlat | Apr 1997 | £37,000 | 56 m² | £661/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, The Cedars, 11, Harold AvenueFlat | Apr 2022 | £148,000 | 45 m² | £3,289/m² | 4 |
| Flat 6, The Cedars, 11, Harold AvenueFlat | Nov 2022 | £173,500 | 46 m² | £3,772/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, The Cedars, 11, Harold AvenueFlat | May 2012 | £88,500 | 41 m² | £2,159/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, The Cedars, 11, Harold AvenueFlat | Oct 2006 | £109,000 | 58 m² | £1,879/m² | 1 |
| The Cedars, 11, Harold AvenueFlat · company-owned | Oct 2006 | £109,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 5, The Cedars, 11, Harold AvenueFlat | Mar 2021 | £126,500 | 43 m² | £2,942/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Westgate-on-Sea, a few minutes' walk (100 m), with 199k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Ramsgate.
The nearest bus stop is Railway Station, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 8, 8A, 35); 33 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 47 minutes away by public transport (34 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Saviour's Church of England Junior School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 64% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ursuline College, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 36.1 · 1.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Dane Court Grammar School (6.3 km) and Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School (7.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Station Superstore, 100 m away; The Corkscrew Off Licence (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Westgate Surgery (250 m), with Paydens Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Style Icon is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, 4.0 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: 23 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
The Sandwich Shop is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Westgate on Sea Social Club the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 79 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 32% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Westgate On Sea Conservation Area, Westgate-on-Sea).
There are 22 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 37% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Ethelbert Square, 200 m away; for exercise, Hartsdown Gymnastics Centre (2.1 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: St Mildred's Bay, Westgate, 1.1 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
46 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Questeds | II | 110 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%.
24 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 CT8 8QU →
For holidays, London Southend is 49 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 94 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's an older community: 27% 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.
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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 30 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 25 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 | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.0% | 88.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.0% | 10.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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.
Nearest: Crabble Athletic Ground · about 32 min
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