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On Lynsted Road, in Twydall
What it's like at ME8 6LR: every home that has sold on Lynsted 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.
Sales and extensions on Lynsted Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 25 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 16, Lynsted RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £237,120 | 134 m² | £1,770/m² | 1 |
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| 18, Lynsted RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £210,000 | 74 m² | £2,838/m² | 2 |
| 19, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Mar 2009 | £78,000 | 95 m² | £821/m² | 1 |
| 20, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Dec 2006 | £144,000 | 81 m² | £1,778/m² | 1 |
| 24, Lynsted RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £270,000 | 86 m² | £3,140/m² | 1 |
| 25, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Jun 2026 | £260,000 | 72 m² | £3,611/m² | 2 |
| 27, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Jul 1997 | £55,000 | 83 m² | £663/m² | 1 |
| 28, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Jul 2026 | £260,000 | 95 m² | £2,737/m² | 2 |
| 29, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £230,000 | 80 m² | £2,875/m² | 1 |
| 30, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Aug 2026 | £245,000 | 79 m² | £3,101/m² | 2 |
| 31, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Dec 2021 | £265,000 | 68 m² | £3,897/m² | 4 |
| 36, Lynsted RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £259,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 37, Lynsted RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1999 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Oct 2002 | £124,000 | 78 m² | £1,590/m² | 2 |
| 44, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £235,000 | 73 m² | £3,219/m² | 2 |
| 45, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Jul 2014 | £166,000 | 57 m² | £2,912/m² | 4 |
| 48, Lynsted RoadTerraced | Jul 2015 | £170,000 | 87 m² | £1,954/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 Evangelical Church, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 182, 3A, 683, 101); 57 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 51 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Featherby Infant and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Rainham Mark Grammar School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 62.7 · 21.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Rainham School for Girls (1.6 km) and Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Rainham Mark Grammar School (0.9 km) and Chatham Grammar (2.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express Gillingham - Beechings Way PFS, 500 m away, with Spar / Subway closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Waltham Road Medical Centre (400 m), with J Spensley the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Twydall Barbers is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Medway Maritime Hospital, 2.9 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.
Twydall Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Gillingham Labour Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 78 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 3% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Rookery Fields, 1.2 km away; for exercise, The Gym (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Sheerness, 15 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 23 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 59 km.
30 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%.
15 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 6LR →
On this street: 1 of 22 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 | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.7% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.1% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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.
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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 25 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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