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On Carlton Road, in Tunbridge Wells Central
What it's like at TN1 2JS: every home that has sold on Carlton 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Carlton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 27 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Carlton RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £510,000 | 104 m² | £4,904/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2017 | £655,000 | 130 m² | £5,038/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 3, Carlton RoadDetached | Oct 2014 | £1,000,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 6, 3, Carlton RoadOther | May 2017 | £1,700,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Carlton RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £727,000 | 129 m² | £5,636/m² | 1 |
| 8, Carlton RoadDetached | Oct 2005 | £500,000 | 129 m² | £3,876/m² | 1 |
| 9, Carlton RoadDetached · company-owned | Sept 2022 | £1,120,000 | 167 m² | £6,707/m² | 2 |
| 1, Carlton House, Carlton RoadFlat | Feb 1997 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 2, Carlton House, Carlton RoadFlat | May 2026 | £595,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 3, Carlton House, Carlton RoadFlat | Jul 1996 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Carlton House, Carlton RoadFlat | Jul 2025 | £535,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 4, Carlton House, 10, Carlton RoadFlat | Jan 1999 | £32,000 | 120 m² | £267/m² | 1 |
| 5, Carlton House, Carlton RoadFlat | Sept 1999 | £175,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Carlton House, Carlton RoadFlat | Jul 1997 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Carlton House, Carlton RoadFlat | Sept 2024 | £630,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Carlton House, Carlton RoadFlat | Aug 1998 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 9, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | Feb 2022 | £407,500 | 74 m² | £5,507/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 10, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | May 2020 | £1,020,000 | 190 m² | £5,368/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 4, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | Jun 2023 | £500,000 | 98 m² | £5,102/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 5, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | Sept 2020 | £450,000 | 74 m² | £6,081/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 1, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | May 2022 | £570,000 | 99 m² | £5,758/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 8, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | Dec 2023 | £480,000 | 88 m² | £5,455/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 2, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | Dec 2021 | £530,000 | 87 m² | £6,092/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 6, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | Aug 2023 | £352,000 | 74 m² | £4,757/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 3, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | May 2025 | £332,500 | 74 m² | £4,493/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 7, Sandstone Quarry, 3, Carlton RoadFlat | Jan 2025 | £435,000 | 94 m² | £4,628/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Tunbridge Wells, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 3.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is St James Church, 100 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 277, 267, 2); 28 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 8 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 50 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Skinners' School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 70.8 · 39.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bennett Memorial Diocesan School (1.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Skinners' School (0.9 km) and Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School (1.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks And Spencer, 450 m away, with Camden Store closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kingswood Surgery (400 m), with Carrs Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Mai Nails is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury, 3.3 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 80 restaurants and cafés and 14 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Charlie's Angels Kitchens is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 166 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 98 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (71%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 60% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 276 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
49 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St James | II | 150 m |
| 3, Calverley Park Gardens | II | 160 m |
| 17, Landsdowne Road | II | 200 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Tunbridge Wells constituency: Mike Martin MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 8,687 (16.0%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 44%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 12%, Labour 11%.
63 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 TN1 2JS →
The nearest park is Calverley Park, 500 m away; for exercise, PureGym (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 31 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 47% of households rent privately and 11% socially.
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Carlton Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Birling Gap · about 39 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 32 min
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% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 76.7% | 78.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 7.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 22.4% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 0.5% | 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.