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On Whitstable Road, in Faversham East
What it's like at ME13 8BH: every home that has sold on Whitstable 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Whitstable Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 104 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 81, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Sept 2009 | £214,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Aug 2014 | £227,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 85, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Sept 2009 | £203,000 | 92 m² | £2,207/m² | 1 |
| 89, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Apr 2001 | £71,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 91, Whitstable RoadTerraced | May 2006 | £111,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 93, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Nov 2025 | £230,000 | 68 m² | £3,382/m² | 1 |
| 95, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Dec 1995 | £46,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 97, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Jun 2014 | £193,000 | 66 m² | £2,924/m² | 4 |
| 115, Whitstable RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £330,000 | 108 m² | £3,056/m² | 3 |
| 117, Whitstable RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £325,000 | 128 m² | £2,539/m² | 3 |
| 119, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Jul 2005 | £167,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 121, Whitstable RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £300,000 | 79 m² | £3,797/m² | 2 |
| 127, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Feb 2015 | £280,000 | 110 m² | £2,545/m² | 5 |
| 129, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Sept 2013 | £250,000 | 103 m² | £2,427/m² | 2 |
| 133, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Jun 2001 | £87,000 | 108 m² | £806/m² | 1 |
| 139, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Jul 1997 | £58,000 | 124 m² | £468/m² | 1 |
| 143, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Jan 2019 | £275,000 | 95 m² | £2,895/m² | 1 |
| 147, Whitstable RoadTerraced | May 2026 | £300,000 | 107 m² | £2,804/m² | 3 |
| 149, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Apr 2016 | £275,000 | 82 m² | £3,354/m² | 4 |
| 151, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Oct 2016 | £290,000 | 88 m² | £3,295/m² | 1 |
| 155b, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Sept 2017 | £190,000 | 58 m² | £3,276/m² | 3 |
| 155c, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £177,500 | 63 m² | £2,817/m² | 3 |
| 155d, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Apr 2016 | £183,000 | 61 m² | £3,000/m² | 3 |
| 159, Whitstable RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £467,500 | 111 m² | £4,212/m² | 4 |
| 161, Whitstable RoadTerraced | Jul 2026 | £430,000 | 135 m² | £3,185/m² | 4 |
| 163, Whitstable RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £242,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 163b, Whitstable RoadDetached | Apr 2007 | £370,000 | 48 m² | £7,708/m² | 1 |
| Rorks Drift, 123, Whitstable RoadDetached | Jun 1998 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Faversham, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Millfield Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes X3, 660, 3A); 5 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 45% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 65.1 · 27.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (0.4 km) and Highsted Grammar School (11.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Welcome Co-op, 350 m away; Shell Macknade (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Faversham Medical Group (800 m), with Newton Place Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Railway Cutting is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Kent & Canterbury Hospital, 14 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: 43 restaurants and cafés and 19 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Fillers is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Faversham Rugby Union Football Club the nearest pub (550 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 110 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 58% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Faversham - Faversham Town, Faversham - Preston-next-Faversham).
There are 271 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 298 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Oare Gunpowder Works Country Park, 2.6 km away; for exercise, Faversham Pools (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: West Beach, Whitstable, 9.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 32 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 77 km.
23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Memorials to the victims of the 1916 Faversham Munitions Explosion | II* | 200 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Faversham and Mid Kent constituency: Helen Whately MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,469 (3.2%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 32%, Labour 29%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 9%.
23 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 ME13 8BH →
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
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 78 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.8% | 90.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.0% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.7% | 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.
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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 104 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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