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On Duchess Close, in Broomhill
What it's like at ME2 3TX: every home that has sold on Duchess Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Duchess Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Duchess CloseDetached | Jul 2022 | £520,000 | 94 m² | £5,532/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Duchess CloseDetached | Oct 2004 | £248,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Duchess CloseDetached | Aug 2020 | £398,000 | 94 m² | £4,234/m² | 1 |
| 7, Duchess CloseDetached | Jun 2005 | £245,000 | 103 m² | £2,379/m² | 1 |
| 8, Duchess CloseDetached | Mar 2015 | £332,500 | 96 m² | £3,464/m² | 1 |
| 10, Duchess CloseDetached | Aug 2007 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Duchess CloseDetached | Apr 2023 | £575,000 | 130 m² | £4,423/m² | 4 |
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 Burleigh Close, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 172, 673); 3 departures an hour from the 11 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 10-minute walk (800 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, 650 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, 300 m away; Tesco Express (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Court View Surgery (950 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, hairbeautyandtanning is 850 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 (800 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, 500 m away; for exercise, Strood Leisure Centre (850 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.
9 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 3TX →
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 7 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 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.
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