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On Wells Road, in Strood South & Temple Marsh
What it's like at ME2 2PW: every home that has sold on Wells 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Wells Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 34 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 45, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | Nov 2013 | £102,000 | 90 m² | £1,133/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | Aug 2000 | £49,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | Apr 2022 | £175,000 | 79 m² | £2,215/m² | 3 |
| 51, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | Oct 1999 | £39,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | Oct 2005 | £93,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 57, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | May 2006 | £92,500 | 77 m² | £1,201/m² | 3 |
| 59, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | Jun 2021 | £170,000 | 73 m² | £2,329/m² | 2 |
| 63, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | Apr 2017 | £160,500 | 97 m² | £1,655/m² | 4 |
| Flat 6a 55, Wells Court, Wells RoadFlat | Dec 2016 | £150,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Cuxton, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 61k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Strood (Kent).
The nearest bus stop is Medical Centre, 50 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (routes 140, 670); 46 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, about a 10-minute walk (800 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, 1.0 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, 700 m away, with Hobbs Pharmacy closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marlowe Park Medical Ctr. (under 50 m), with Hobbs Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (under 50 m).
For a haircut, hairbeautyandtanning is 800 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.
Brothers Café is the closest café or restaurant (950 m), and The Bounty Pub the nearest pub (1.0 km).
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 Rede Common, 950 m away; for exercise, Virgin Active (1.1 km).
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.
7 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%.
11 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 2PW →
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.
On this street: 0 of 24 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 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.
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Nearest: Minster Leas · about 33 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 34 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.