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On The Street, in Headcorn & Sutton Valence
What it's like at ME17 1DU: every home that has sold on The Street 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 51 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, The StreetTerraced | Sept 2020 | £236,500 | – | – | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Manor Cottages, The StreetDetached | Jun 2021 | £375,000 | 94 m² | £3,989/m² | 2 |
| 2, Manor Cottages, The StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £338,800 | 79 m² | £4,289/m² | 1 |
| 3, Manor Cottages, The StreetSemi-detached | May 2021 | £350,000 | 79 m² | £4,430/m² | 1 |
| Coppers Lodge, The StreetDetached | Oct 2016 | £570,000 | 165 m² | £3,455/m² | 3 |
| Glenville House, The StreetDetached | Jan 2021 | £395,000 | 149 m² | £2,651/m² | 1 |
| Oak House, The StreetDetached | Oct 2014 | £395,000 | 173 m² | £2,283/m² | 2 |
| Oak Tree Cottage, The StreetDetached | Aug 2002 | £240,000 | 96 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Harrietsham, a drive away (4.3 km), with 99k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Maidstone East.
Central London is 63 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Ulcombe Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 15% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Lenham School, 5.5 km away; Attainment 8: 37 · 2.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Maidstone Grammar School (10.8 km) and Invicta Grammar School (11.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 5.0 km away, with The Farm Shop closer still (2.2 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sutton Valence Group Practice (3.5 km), with Headcorn Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.5 km).
For a haircut, Salon 62 is 4.2 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Winterwood Farm Staff Canteen is the closest café or restaurant (2.0 km), and Pepper Box Inn the nearest pub (1.5 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 75 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 246 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 263 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Scout hut park, 4.5 km away; for exercise, Swadelands Sports Hall (5.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 43 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 56 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 40% of households own their home outright.
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.
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Farm | II | 110 m |
| the Harrow Public House | II | 130 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.
Weald of Kent constituency: Katie Lam MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 8,422 (16.6%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 23%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 9%.
3 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 1DU →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 2 of 39 homes with certificates have solar panels, 4 a heat pump, and 39 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.9% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 68.3% | 86.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 17.7% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.0% | 7.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.8% | 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 51 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Camber · about 31 min
Nearest: Diggerland Kent · about 34 min
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