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On Douglas Road, in Harrietsham, Hollingbourne & Lenham
What it's like at ME17 2QP: every home that has sold on Douglas 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 Douglas Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 29 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 16, Douglas RoadTerraced | Nov 2019 | £223,000 | 81 m² | £2,753/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18, Douglas RoadTerraced | Jan 2020 | £240,000 | 85 m² | £2,824/m² | 4 |
| 20, Douglas RoadTerraced | Nov 2025 | £291,000 | 86 m² | £3,384/m² | 4 |
| 21, Douglas RoadTerraced | Apr 2008 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Douglas RoadTerraced | Mar 2013 | £180,000 | 78 m² | £2,308/m² | 2 |
| 24, Douglas RoadTerraced | Feb 2013 | £150,500 | 86 m² | £1,750/m² | 1 |
| 28, Douglas RoadTerraced | Mar 2026 | £319,995 | 84 m² | £3,809/m² | 4 |
| 30, Douglas RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £325,000 | 84 m² | £3,869/m² | 2 |
| 32, Douglas RoadTerraced | Apr 2017 | £245,000 | 83 m² | £2,952/m² | 2 |
| 34, Douglas RoadTerraced | Jul 2004 | £156,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Douglas RoadTerraced | Mar 2020 | £259,000 | 92 m² | £2,815/m² | 3 |
| 40, Douglas RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £79,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Douglas RoadTerraced | Dec 2020 | £275,000 | 106 m² | £2,594/m² | 4 |
| 44, Douglas RoadTerraced | Mar 1995 | £49,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Douglas RoadTerraced | Apr 2003 | £147,500 | 86 m² | £1,715/m² | 1 |
| 48, Douglas RoadTerraced | Sept 2017 | £249,995 | 86 m² | £2,907/m² | 1 |
| 50, Douglas RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £265,000 | 86 m² | £3,081/m² | 3 |
| 56, Douglas RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £310,000 | 91 m² | £3,407/m² | 4 |
| 60, Douglas RoadTerraced | Jun 2026 | £300,000 | 85 m² | £3,529/m² | 2 |
| 64, Douglas RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £67,000 | 84 m² | £798/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Lenham, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 131k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Maidstone East.
The nearest bus stop is The Square, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 510); 2 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
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 few minutes' walk (500 m); 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, 500 m 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 The Southern Co-operative, 150 m away; Lenham Village Stores (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Len Valley Practice (450 m), with Saxon Warrior Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Sweeney Todd Barbershop is 200 m 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.
The Bow Window Cafe And Tearoom is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Red Lion the nearest pub (200 m).
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, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Lenham Swimming Pool (450 m).
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.
33 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pump Against South Wall of Douglas Almshouses, (North Row) | II | 140 m |
| Douglas Almshouses (North Row) | II | 150 m |
| Douglas Almshouses (South Row) | II | 160 m |
| Parapet House | II | 160 m |
| the Lock-Up Or Mortuary | II | 160 m |
| Lurcocks of Lenham and the Bow Window | II | 170 m |
| 21 and 23, Maidstone Road | II | 170 m |
| R B House and Hand Rails Attached | II | 180 m |
| 17, Maidstone Road | II | 180 m |
| Corner House Lenham Greengrocers Rebecca'S Antiques and Furnishings | II* | 180 m |
| Dog and Bear Hotel the Stores | II | 190 m |
| 2, 4, 6 and 6a, Maidstone Road |
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 2QP →
On this street: 2 of 22 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 | 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.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
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.
| II |
| 190 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Maidstone since 2011.
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 29 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Diggerland Kent · about 32 min
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