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On Laburnum Road, in Strood South & Temple Marsh
What it's like at ME2 2LA: every home that has sold on Laburnum 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Laburnum Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 97 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Feb 1997 | £51,000 | 79 m² | £646/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £280,000 | 99 m² | £2,828/m² | 1 |
| 5, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £300,000 | 81 m² | £3,704/m² | 3 |
| 7, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £180,000 | 86 m² | £2,093/m² | 1 |
| 9, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1995 | £52,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Mar 2023 | £265,000 | 78 m² | £3,397/m² | 2 |
| 17, Laburnum RoadTerraced | May 2004 | £135,000 | 72 m² | £1,875/m² | 1 |
| 19, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £87,500 | 78 m² | £1,122/m² | 1 |
| 21, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £240,000 | 80 m² | £3,000/m² | 2 |
| 23, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Dec 2013 | £150,500 | 123 m² | £1,224/m² | 1 |
| 25, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Nov 2005 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Laburnum RoadTerraced | May 2016 | £254,000 | 108 m² | £2,352/m² | 2 |
| 29, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Dec 2017 | £270,000 | 59 m² | £4,576/m² | 2 |
| 31, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Aug 2001 | £79,000 | 80 m² | £988/m² | 1 |
| 33, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Oct 2025 | £250,000 | 80 m² | £3,125/m² | 3 |
| 35, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £270,000 | 80 m² | £3,375/m² | 1 |
| 37, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Oct 1998 | £59,995 | 80 m² | £750/m² | 1 |
| 39, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Oct 2011 | £120,000 | 78 m² | £1,538/m² | 1 |
| 41, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £160,000 | 80 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 43, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Jan 2018 | £218,000 | 80 m² | £2,725/m² | 1 |
| 45, Laburnum RoadTerraced | Sept 2017 | £187,000 | 80 m² | £2,338/m² | 2 |
| 49, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £257,000 | 78 m² | £3,295/m² | 1 |
| 53, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £108,000 | 81 m² | £1,333/m² | 1 |
| 55, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | May 2021 | £245,000 | 80 m² | £3,063/m² | 1 |
| 65, Laburnum RoadDetached | Aug 2024 | £355,000 | 183 m² | £1,940/m² | 5 |
| 67, Laburnum RoadTerraced | May 2022 | £333,000 | 193 m² | £1,725/m² | 4 |
| 69, Laburnum RoadFlat | Nov 2024 | £326,000 | 160 m² | £2,038/m² | 1 |
| 71, Laburnum RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2000 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Strood, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Holly Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (routes 140, 670); 41 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 44 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Cedar Children's Academy, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Leigh Academy Strood, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 41.2 · 2.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Rochester Grammar School (2.5 km) and Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (2.6 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 550 m away; Hawthorn Convenience Store (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Court View Surgery (650 m), with Hobbs Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, hairbeautyandtanning is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Medway Maritime Hospital, 4.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 69% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 58% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Eurest @ Royal Mail is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Strood Yacht Club the nearest pub (850 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 133 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 3% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 186 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Temple Marsh, 850 m away; for exercise, Virgin Active (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 25 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 53 km.
15 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.
Rochester and Strood constituency: Lauren Edwards MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 2,930 (6.9%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 36%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 23%, Green Party 6%.
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 ME2 2LA →
On this street: 0 of 82 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.8% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 6.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.8% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
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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 97 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Minster Leas · about 33 min
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