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On Crutches Lane, in Higham & Shorne
What it's like at ME2 3UH: every home that has sold on Crutches Lane 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Crutches Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Arncliffe, Crutches LaneDetached | Nov 2000 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blandings, Crutches LaneDetached | Jan 2022 | £850,000 | 211 m² | £4,028/m² | 2 |
| Cherry Tree Cottage, Crutches LaneDetached | Feb 2009 | £310,000 | 151 m² | £2,053/m² | 2 |
| Chui, Crutches LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £450,000 | 128 m² | £3,516/m² | 3 |
| Courtlands, Crutches LaneDetached | May 2005 | £324,995 | – | – | 1 |
| East View, Crutches LaneDetached | Apr 2012 | £393,000 | 159 m² | £2,472/m² | 1 |
| Farlie, Crutches LaneDetached | May 2021 | £650,000 | 169 m² | £3,846/m² | 1 |
| Gads Hill View, Crutches LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2010 | £250,000 | 138 m² | £1,812/m² | 1 |
| Larkfield Gate, Crutches LaneDetached | Dec 2011 | £410,000 | 132 m² | £3,106/m² | 1 |
| Little Orchard, Crutches LaneDetached | Sept 2025 | £736,000 | 170 m² | £4,329/m² | 2 |
| Moorings, Crutches LaneDetached | Dec 2004 | £335,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Neverland, Crutches LaneDetached | Apr 2022 | £970,000 | 208 m² | £4,663/m² | 4 |
| Tepoly, Crutches LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £630,000 | 151 m² | £4,172/m² | 2 |
| Tyrol Cottage, Crutches LaneDetached | Apr 2021 | £720,000 | 249 m² | £2,892/m² | 1 |
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 (3.0 km), with 61k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Strood (Kent).
The nearest bus stop is Old Watling Street, 250 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (route 700); 6 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 41 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Bligh Primary School (Juniors), about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 56% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Leigh Academy Strood, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 41.2 · 2.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Gravesend Grammar School (4.8 km) and Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (6.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express Strood Salters Cross PFS, 1.1 km away, with Morrisons Daily closer still (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marlowe Park Medical Ctr. (1.7 km), with Hobbs Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.7 km).
For a haircut, hairbeautyandtanning is 1.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Medway Maritime Hospital, 7.9 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Brothers Café is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and The Three Crutches the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 68 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 58 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 25% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Rede Common, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Strood Leisure Centre (2.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 25 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 52 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crutches Gate Cottage and Farmhouse | II | 150 m |
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.
Gravesham constituency: Dr Lauren Sullivan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 2,712 (6.3%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 5%.
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 ME2 3UH →
It's an older community: 27% 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.9% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 7.4% | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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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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 14 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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