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On Fernbank Close, in Aylesford, Wouldham & Blue Bell Hill
What it's like at ME5 9NH: every home that has sold on Fernbank 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.
Sales and extensions on Fernbank Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 15 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Fernbank CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Fernbank CloseDetached | Oct 2016 | £425,000 | 160 m² | £2,656/m² | 1 |
| 4, Fernbank CloseDetached | Aug 2003 | £235,000 | 134 m² | £1,754/m² | 1 |
| 6, Fernbank CloseDetached | Sept 2011 | £295,000 | 127 m² | £2,323/m² | 3 |
| 7, Fernbank CloseDetached | Nov 2007 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Fernbank CloseDetached | Dec 2020 | £425,000 | 121 m² | £3,512/m² | 2 |
| 10, Fernbank CloseDetached | Jul 1995 | £122,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Fernbank CloseDetached | Dec 2020 | £525,000 | 95 m² | £5,526/m² | 1 |
| 13, Fernbank CloseDetached | Feb 2014 | £330,000 | 100 m² | £3,300/m² | 2 |
| 14, Fernbank CloseDetached | Oct 2015 | £385,000 | 125 m² | £3,080/m² | 1 |
| 15, Fernbank CloseDetached | Jan 2007 | £319,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Fernbank CloseDetached | Nov 2015 | £350,000 | 156 m² | £2,244/m² | 3 |
| 18, Fernbank CloseDetached | Mar 2007 | £335,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Fernbank CloseDetached | Nov 2018 | £470,000 | 164 m² | £2,866/m² | 3 |
| 20, Fernbank CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2005 | £240,000 | 123 m² | £1,951/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Snodland, a drive away (4.9 km), with 276k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Maidstone West.
The nearest bus stop is Robin Hood Lane Lower, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 660); 15 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 47 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Tunbury Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Greenacre School, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 29.8 · 0.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (4.7 km) and The Rochester Grammar School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 800 m away, with Manak General Store closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Reach Healthcare (550 m), with Fenns Chemist the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Nail Sense is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Maidstone Hospital, 6.2 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
JR Auctioneers is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and The Oak the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 67 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 85 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 611 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Tunbury Park and Playground, 100 m away; for exercise, Buckmore Park Kart Circuit (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 31 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Most households own their home, 10% rent privately.
11 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%.
8 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 9NH →
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.
On this street: 0 of 10 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 | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.2% | 89.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.8% | 3.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 5.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.2% | 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 15 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.
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