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On Lower Rainham Road, in Rainham North West
What it's like at ME7 2XH: every home that has sold on Lower Rainham 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lower Rainham Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 45 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 310, Lower Rainham RoadOther | Jul 2024 | £905,000 | 263 m² | £3,441/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | Jan 2016 | £300,000 | 176 m² | £1,705/m² | 1 |
| 315, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | Jul 2014 | £326,150 | 126 m² | £2,588/m² | 1 |
| 316, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | Sept 2005 | £320,000 | 141 m² | £2,270/m² | 3 |
| 317, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | Jan 2021 | £525,000 | 158 m² | £3,323/m² | 4 |
| 319, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | Feb 2005 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 321, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | Jun 2016 | £335,000 | 107 m² | £3,131/m² | 2 |
| 322, Lower Rainham RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £475,000 | 133 m² | £3,571/m² | 4 |
| 323, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | Jan 2021 | £340,000 | 74 m² | £4,595/m² | 2 |
| 326, Lower Rainham RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £255,000 | 79 m² | £3,228/m² | 2 |
| 327, Lower Rainham RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £340,000 | 132 m² | £2,576/m² | 3 |
| Bradfield, 370, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | May 1999 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Unit 4, Manor Farm, Lower Rainham RoadOther | Apr 2019 | £5,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Plot C, Sharps Green, Lower Rainham RoadOther | Aug 2018 | £5,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Black House, Lower Rainham RoadDetached | Apr 2023 | £870,000 | 129 m² | £6,744/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Rainham (Kent), a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Lower Twydall Lane, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 3C); 1 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 53 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Featherby Infant and Nursery School, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Rainham Mark Grammar School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 62.7 · 21.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Rainham School for Girls (1.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Rainham Mark Grammar School (0.4 km) and Chatham Grammar (3.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express Gillingham - Beechings Way PFS, 1.3 km away, with Grange Road Farm Shop closer still (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Waltham Road Medical Centre (1.4 km), with J Spensley the closest pharmacy (1.4 km).
For a haircut, Studio One is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Medway Maritime Hospital, 4.1 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 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cafe Focus/Country Park Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Three Mariners the nearest pub (900 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 60 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 18 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 3% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 115 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Riverside Country Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Cozenton Park Sports Centre (1.8 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Sheerness, 14 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 23 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 60 km.
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bay Tree Villa | II | 60 m |
| the Black House | II | 90 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.
Gillingham and Rainham constituency: Naushabah Khan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,972 (9.7%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 21%, 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 ME7 2XH →
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.
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 31 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 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.2% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 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.
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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 45 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.