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On Boxley Road, in Boxley & Detling
What it's like at ME5 9JG: every home that has sold on Boxley 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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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 Boxley Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 103 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £660,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Mar 2008 | £580,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Sept 2005 | £531,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Nov 2014 | £620,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Mar 2004 | £448,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Apr 2017 | £650,000 | 164 m² | £3,963/m² | 2 |
| 10, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Feb 2013 | £545,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 11, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Sept 2017 | £665,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 12, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Sept 2010 | £535,000 | 322 m² | £1,661/m² | 1 |
| 13, Longwood, Boxley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2001 | £279,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Longwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Jan 2000 | £265,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Ajax, Boxley RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £645,000 | 387 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| Brushwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Sept 2006 | £461,000 | 175 m² | £2,634/m² | 2 |
| Charleswood, Boxley RoadDetached | Aug 2019 | £415,000 | 129 m² | £3,217/m² | 1 |
| Edelweiss, Boxley RoadDetached | Feb 2015 | £320,000 | 140 m² | £2,286/m² | 1 |
| Finnys Cottage, Boxley RoadSemi-detached | May 1997 | £75,000 | 290 m² | £259/m² | 1 |
| Hill Rise, Boxley RoadDetached | Jun 1998 | £60,000 | 223 m² | £269/m² | 1 |
| Red Roof, Boxley RoadDetached | Jun 2022 | £535,000 | 81 m² | £6,605/m² | 2 |
| Swingate Lodge, Boxley RoadDetached | May 2009 | £390,000 | 129 m² | £3,023/m² | 1 |
| Westwood, Boxley RoadDetached | Jun 2020 | £620,000 | 171 m² | £3,626/m² | 1 |
| White Ladies, Boxley RoadDetached | Jul 1998 | £290,000 | 334 m² | £868/m² | 1 |
| 5, LongwoodDetached | Dec 2017 | £735,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, LongwoodDetached | Jan 2021 | £400,000 | 305 m² | £1,311/m² | 1 |
| 10, LongwoodDetached | Jul 2019 | £685,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, LongwoodSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £665,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, LongwoodDetached | Apr 2025 | £760,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Aylesford, a drive away (5.9 km), with 185k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Maidstone West.
The nearest bus stop is Copper Tree Walk, 300 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 166, 658); 9 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 52 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Swingate Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Greenacre School, 2.5 km away; Attainment 8: 29.8 · 0.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: School of Science and Technology Maidstone (3.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Invicta Grammar School (3.9 km) and Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (4.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 1.4 km away, with Growers Direct closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Reach Healthcare (1.4 km), with Lordswood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, The Salon is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Maidstone Hospital, 6.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Lordswood Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and The Oak the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 113 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 122 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Tunbury Park and Playground, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Lordswood Leisure Centre (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 31 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 54 km.
4 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.
Faversham and Mid Kent constituency: Helen Whately MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,469 (3.2%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 32%, Labour 29%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 9%.
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 ME5 9JG →
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Boxley Road in the last 12 months.
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: 2 of 76 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 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.4% | 86.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.2% | 7.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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.