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On Church Mews, in Rainham South East
What it's like at ME8 8LB: every home that has sold on Church Mews 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 Church Mews; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Church MewsTerraced | May 2005 | £159,950 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Church MewsTerraced | Jul 2007 | £178,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 4, Church MewsTerraced | Feb 2003 | £139,995 | 83 m² | £1,687/m² | 2 |
| 5, Church MewsTerraced | Feb 2021 | £230,000 | 78 m² | £2,949/m² | 2 |
| 7, Church MewsTerraced | Apr 2003 | £98,000 | 83 m² | £1,181/m² | 1 |
| 8, Church MewsTerraced | Jun 2005 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Church MewsTerraced | Jun 2023 | £260,000 | 87 m² | £2,989/m² | 2 |
| 10, Church MewsTerraced | Mar 2017 | £210,000 | 79 m² | £2,658/m² | 4 |
| 11, Church MewsTerraced | Jul 2024 | £257,500 | 73 m² | £3,527/m² | 4 |
| 12, Church MewsTerraced | Jun 2015 | £170,000 | 85 m² | £2,000/m² | 3 |
| 13, Church MewsTerraced | Apr 2019 | £220,000 | 77 m² | £2,857/m² | 3 |
| 14, Church MewsTerraced | Oct 2001 | £73,000 | 68 m² | £1,074/m² | 1 |
| 16, Church MewsTerraced | Jan 2014 | £137,000 | 73 m² | £1,877/m² | 3 |
| 18, Church MewsTerraced | Sept 2011 | £131,175 | 85 m² | £1,543/m² | 1 |
| 19, Church MewsTerraced | Aug 2006 | £125,000 | 72 m² | £1,736/m² | 2 |
| 20, Church MewsTerraced | Aug 2019 | £206,000 | 84 m² | £2,452/m² | 3 |
| 21, Church MewsTerraced | Apr 2017 | £200,000 | 76 m² | £2,632/m² | 2 |
| 22, Church MewsTerraced | Mar 2010 | £132,000 | 85 m² | £1,553/m² | 3 |
| 24, Church MewsTerraced | Aug 2016 | £205,000 | 86 m² | £2,384/m² | 5 |
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 few minutes' walk (450 m), with 1.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Post Office, 100 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 132, 326, 783, 130); 53 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 53 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Margaret's Church of England Junior School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Leigh Academy Rainham, 1.0 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Rainham School for Girls (0.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Rainham Mark Grammar School (1.3 km) and Chatham Grammar (4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.9 km away, with Rainham Post Office And Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Orchard Family Practice (100 m), with Mediclinic Pharmacy Rainham the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Pekmans is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Medway Maritime Hospital, 4.7 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 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Tarana is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Prince Of Ales the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Cherry Tree Orchard, 200 m away; for exercise, Jordans Pool & Snooker Lounge (250 m).
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 10.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 24 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 59 km.
42 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.
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%.
32 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 8LB →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Medway since 2011.
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 19 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 16 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 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.8% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 6.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.