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On Ashford Road, in Harrietsham, Hollingbourne & Lenham
What it's like at ME17 1BL: every home that has sold on Ashford 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Ashford Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 86 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Downtown Victorias Leisure, Ashford RoadOther | May 2020 | £653,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firswood Lodge, Ashford RoadDetached | Jul 2017 | £925,000 | 293 m² | £3,157/m² | 3 |
| Harperley, Ashford RoadDetached | Mar 2007 | £520,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Harperley Cottage, Ashford RoadDetached | Jul 2019 | £645,000 | 118 m² | £5,466/m² | 3 |
| Hartley Dene, Ashford RoadDetached | Jul 2024 | £850,000 | 173 m² | £4,913/m² | 1 |
| Innisfree, Ashford RoadDetached | Jun 2007 | £390,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Rozel, Ashford RoadDetached | Dec 2013 | £610,000 | 286 m² | £2,133/m² | 2 |
| The Firs, Ashford RoadDetached | Dec 2009 | £400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Kia, Ashford RoadDetached | Oct 2017 | £850,000 | 160 m² | £5,313/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Lenham, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 131k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Maidstone East.
The nearest bus stop is Dickley Wood, 450 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 510).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 49 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
Central London is 63 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Lenham Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km); 47% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Lenham School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 37 · 2.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Highsted Grammar School (9.5 km) and Borden Grammar School (9.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 1.4 km away, with BP Oil UK closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Len Valley Practice (2.1 km), with Saxon Warrior Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.8 km).
For a haircut, Salon 62 is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Maidstone Hospital, 14 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Taste Of Bengal is the closest café or restaurant (1.3 km), and Harrietsham Social Club the nearest pub (1.4 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 87 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 320 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 341 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Chilston Pines and Ponds, 2.2 km away; for exercise, Activate Gym (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 35 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 62 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
5 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.
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%.
5 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 ME17 1BL →
It's an older community: 25% 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: 0 of 50 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 71.9% | 86.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 19.3% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 7.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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: Diggerland Kent · about 32 min
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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 86 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.