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On Watling Street, in Broomhill
What it's like at ME2 3QL: every home that has sold on Watling 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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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).
Sales and extensions on Watling Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 114 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 116, Watling StreetDetached | Apr 2000 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122, Watling StreetDetached | Nov 2014 | £472,500 | 158 m² | £2,991/m² | 2 |
| 124, Watling StreetDetached | Jul 1995 | £138,000 | 195 m² | £708/m² | 1 |
| 126, Watling StreetDetached | Oct 2018 | £477,000 | 106 m² | £4,500/m² | 2 |
| 130, Watling StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £400,000 | 77 m² | £5,195/m² | 1 |
| 132, Watling StreetDetached | Jun 2016 | £385,000 | 83 m² | £4,639/m² | 2 |
| 138, Watling StreetDetached | Oct 2021 | £417,500 | 103 m² | £4,053/m² | 1 |
| 140, Watling StreetOther | Jul 2020 | £475,000 | 127 m² | £3,740/m² | 3 |
| 142, Watling StreetDetached | Dec 2012 | £275,000 | 99 m² | £2,778/m² | 1 |
| 144, Watling StreetDetached | Dec 2007 | £340,000 | 101 m² | £3,366/m² | 2 |
| 146, Watling StreetDetached | Jun 2021 | £517,000 | 102 m² | £5,069/m² | 5 |
| 148, Watling StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £378,000 | 161 m² | £2,348/m² | 2 |
| 150, Watling StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £365,000 | 96 m² | £3,802/m² | 1 |
| 152, Watling StreetDetached | May 1998 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 154, Watling StreetDetached | Jun 2025 | £375,000 | 120 m² | £3,125/m² | 1 |
| 156, Watling StreetDetached | Oct 2019 | £700,000 | 209 m² | £3,349/m² | 2 |
| 158, Watling StreetDetached | Feb 2022 | £375,000 | 75 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
| 160, Watling StreetDetached | Apr 1999 | £107,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 186, Watling StreetDetached | Sept 2010 | £365,000 | 132 m² | £2,765/m² | 2 |
| 188, Watling StreetDetached | Jan 2025 | £530,000 | 138 m² | £3,841/m² | 2 |
| 190, Watling StreetDetached | Nov 2015 | £395,000 | 108 m² | £3,657/m² | 2 |
| 192, Watling StreetSemi-detached | Feb 1995 | £88,000 | 143 m² | £615/m² | 1 |
| 194, Watling StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £280,000 | 80 m² | £3,500/m² | 2 |
| 196, Watling StreetDetached | Nov 1997 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 198, Watling StreetDetached | Aug 2018 | £290,000 | 89 m² | £3,258/m² | 1 |
| 200, Watling StreetDetached | Aug 2001 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 202, Watling StreetOther · company-owned | Mar 2018 | £2,800,000 | – | – | 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 (1.9 km), with 1.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Lancelot Avenue, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 172, 652, 670); 3 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 44 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Elaine Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Leigh Academy Strood, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 41.2 · 2.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Fort Pitt Grammar School (3.2 km) and The Rochester Grammar School (3.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express Strood Salters Cross PFS, 250 m away; Temple Store (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Court View Surgery (800 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, hairbeautyandtanning is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Medway Maritime Hospital, 4.8 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Strood Sports Centre is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and Rochester United FC the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 1% flats and 30% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Rede Common, 350 m away; for exercise, Strood Leisure Centre (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 24 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 54 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% 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.
14 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 3QL →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Medway 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 114 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 84 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 | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.5% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.8% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.