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On Chestnut Avenue, in Horsted
What it's like at ME5 9AJ: every home that has sold on Chestnut Avenue 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Chestnut Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 97 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| First Floor Flat, 6, Chestnut AvenueFlat | Feb 1997 | £6,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14, Chestnut AvenueOther · company-owned | Feb 2026 | £1,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14a, Chestnut AvenueFlat | Jul 2011 | £70,000 | 44 m² | £1,591/m² | 5 |
| 14b, Chestnut AvenueFlat | Feb 2001 | £39,995 | 33 m² | £1,212/m² | 2 |
| 14c, Chestnut AvenueFlat | Dec 2000 | £38,000 | 33 m² | £1,152/m² | 1 |
| 14d, Chestnut AvenueFlat | Jul 2006 | £86,000 | 34 m² | £2,529/m² | 3 |
| 14e, Chestnut AvenueFlat | Nov 2001 | £44,000 | 36 m² | £1,222/m² | 2 |
| 16, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Apr 2006 | £204,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 18, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Jan 2020 | £315,000 | 117 m² | £2,692/m² | 1 |
| 28, Chestnut AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2003 | £192,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 28a, Chestnut AvenueSemi-detached | May 2007 | £205,000 | 105 m² | £1,952/m² | 2 |
| 28b, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Nov 2023 | £450,000 | 104 m² | £4,327/m² | 1 |
| 30, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Aug 2005 | £249,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 32, Chestnut AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £380,000 | 124 m² | £3,065/m² | 2 |
| 34, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Sept 1997 | £86,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Jan 2022 | £541,000 | 179 m² | £3,022/m² | 2 |
| 38, Chestnut AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £132,000 | 151 m² | £874/m² | 2 |
| 42, Chestnut AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £125,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 46, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Jul 2019 | £380,000 | 86 m² | £4,419/m² | 2 |
| 48, Chestnut AvenueSemi-detached | May 2003 | £249,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 50, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Aug 2018 | £350,000 | 122 m² | £2,869/m² | 1 |
| 52, Chestnut AvenueDetached | Mar 2022 | £440,000 | 72 m² | £6,111/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Chatham, a drive away (4.0 km), with 2.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Sussex Drive, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 659, 658); 52 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 48 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oaklands School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Greenacre School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 29.8 · 0.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Rainham School for Girls (5.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Holcombe Grammar School (1.6 km) and Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (2.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 250 m away; Spar (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is King George Road Surgery (600 m), with Merlin Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, King Barber is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Medway Maritime Hospital, 3.6 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Net Community Hub is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Oak the nearest pub (700 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 73 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Princes Avenue Recreation Ground, 350 m away; for exercise, Buckmore Park Kart Circuit (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 27 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 53 km.
Most households own their home, 11% 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.
34 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.
Chatham and Aylesford constituency: Tristan Osborne MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,998 (4.9%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 34%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 25%, 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 ME5 9AJ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 0 of 69 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.2% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.2% | 6.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.8% | 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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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.
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