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On Edwin Road, in Rainham South West
What it's like at ME8 0AB: every home that has sold on Edwin 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Edwin Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 145 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 34, Edwin RoadDetached | Jul 1998 | £145,000 | 210 m² | £690/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38, Edwin RoadDetached | May 2014 | £410,000 | 130 m² | £3,154/m² | 2 |
| 42, Edwin RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1998 | £113,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Edwin RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Edwin RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £550,000 | 146 m² | £3,767/m² | 2 |
| 49, Edwin RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £450,000 | 91 m² | £4,945/m² | 3 |
| 50, Edwin RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Edwin RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2012 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 55, Edwin RoadDetached | Oct 1998 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 57, Edwin RoadDetached | Mar 2016 | £325,000 | 74 m² | £4,392/m² | 2 |
| 59, Edwin RoadDetached | Sept 1999 | £158,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 63, Edwin RoadDetached | Jun 1999 | £153,000 | 149 m² | £1,027/m² | 1 |
| 64, Edwin RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2001 | £132,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 65, Edwin RoadDetached | Oct 2017 | £370,500 | 70 m² | £5,293/m² | 4 |
| 66, Edwin RoadDetached | Jun 1996 | £136,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 67, Edwin RoadSemi-detached | May 2001 | £132,000 | 100 m² | £1,320/m² | 1 |
| 68, Edwin RoadDetached | Dec 2013 | £625,000 | 274 m² | £2,281/m² | 1 |
| 70a, Edwin RoadDetached | Oct 2012 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Edwin RoadDetached · company-owned | Mar 2020 | £900,000 | 225 m² | £4,000/m² | 4 |
| 72, Edwin RoadDetached | Jul 2013 | £380,000 | 306 m² | £1,242/m² | 3 |
| 75, Edwin RoadDetached | Jun 2006 | £320,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 79, Edwin RoadDetached | Sept 2022 | £650,000 | 105 m² | £6,190/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Rainham (Kent), a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Tesco, 350 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 132, 326, 327, 659); 13 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 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Rainham School for Girls, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 44.3 · 5.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (5.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Rainham Mark Grammar School (1.5 km) and Chatham Grammar (2.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 300 m away; Dobbies Garden Centre (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pump Lane Surgery (500 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Sophisticuts is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Medway Maritime Hospital, 3.3 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Kfc is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Dewdrop the nearest pub (850 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 29% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Platters Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Soar Trampoline Park (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 25 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 58 km.
24 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.
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%.
17 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 ME8 0AB →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 55% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% 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.
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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 145 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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 105 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 | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.3% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 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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