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On Rye Road, in Hawkhurst, Benenden & Sandhurst
What it's like at TN18 5JE: every home that has sold on Rye 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Rye Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 183 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Oakfield Cottages, Rye RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £350,000 | 75 m² | £4,667/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolingbroke, Rye RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £372,500 | 143 m² | £2,605/m² | 2 |
| Shaw Cottage, Rye RoadDetached | Oct 2013 | £422,500 | 111 m² | £3,806/m² | 2 |
| South View, Rye RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £222,000 | – | – | 2 |
| The Dower Cottage, Rye RoadTerraced | Oct 2017 | £290,000 | – | – | 3 |
| West High View Cottage, Rye RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £265,000 | 123 m² | £2,154/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Robertsbridge, a drive away (8.2 km), with 274k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Hastings.
The nearest bus stop is The Swan, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 349, 5C); 1 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 81 minutes away by public transport (37 by car).
Central London is 69 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Sandhurst Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Grammar schools are within reach: Cranbrook School (5.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Jempsons Superstore, 4.2 km away, with Sandhurst Service Station closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Weald View Medical Practice - Hawkhurst (4.5 km), with Hawkhurst Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.6 km).
For a haircut, Hairtique is 4.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Conquest Hospital, 18 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Sentido Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Woodcock Inn the nearest pub (3.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 449 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 169 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Basden Park, 4.7 km away; for exercise, Serida Fitness (4.6 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Gatwick is 51 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 40% 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.
7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury Cottage | II | 0 m |
| Quince Cottage | II | 20 m |
| Bolingbroke Lower Green | II | 40 m |
| South View Tylers Cottage | II | 50 m |
| General Stores and Attached Property | II | 60 m |
| Broad Oak House Oak View | II | 60 m |
| Dower Cottage Laburnum Cottage Oakfield Cottages Weavers Cottage | II | 70 m |
| Oaks Farm | II | 90 m |
| Old Well House | II | 90 m |
| Sunnyside | II | 140 m |
| Fairview Cottages | II | 170 m |
| Crouch Cottage and Ringle Crouch Cottage | II | 190 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.
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%.
2 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 TN18 5JE →
On this street: 2 of 117 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 39 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.0% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 72.9% | 78.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 16.8% | 7.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.1% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Tunbridge Wells 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 183 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Tonbridge Swimming Pool · about 37 min
Nearest: Drusillas Zoo Park · about 44 min
Nearest: Culverden Stadium · 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.