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On Princes Street, in Ferndale & Hawkenbury
What it's like at TN2 4SL: every home that has sold on Princes Street 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Princes Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 43 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £164,000 | 126 m² | £1,302/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Princes StreetTerraced | Jan 2021 | £741,000 | 113 m² | £6,558/m² | 3 |
| 3, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Princes StreetSemi-detached | May 2024 | £873,500 | 135 m² | £6,470/m² | 3 |
| 5, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £965,055 | 146 m² | £6,610/m² | 3 |
| 6, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £427,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Princes StreetSemi-detached | May 1997 | £130,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2011 | £600,000 | 143 m² | £4,196/m² | 3 |
| 9, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £490,000 | 187 m² | £2,620/m² | 3 |
| 11, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £515,000 | 145 m² | £3,552/m² | 2 |
| 12, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £770,000 | 121 m² | £6,364/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, 13, Princes StreetFlat | Jan 2005 | £163,000 | 52 m² | £3,135/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 13, Princes StreetFlat | Nov 2004 | £143,000 | 47 m² | £3,043/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 13, Princes StreetFlat | Jan 2000 | £64,500 | 49 m² | £1,316/m² | 1 |
| 14, Princes StreetTerraced | Aug 2019 | £690,000 | 134 m² | £5,149/m² | 2 |
| 15, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £780,000 | 150 m² | £5,200/m² | 2 |
| 16, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2010 | £425,000 | 114 m² | £3,728/m² | 1 |
| 17, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £827,500 | 121 m² | £6,839/m² | 2 |
| 18, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2010 | £407,057 | 124 m² | £3,283/m² | 1 |
| 19, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £365,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 20, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £800,000 | 133 m² | £6,015/m² | 6 |
| 21, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £665,000 | 123 m² | £5,407/m² | 4 |
| 22, Princes StreetDetached | Sept 2016 | £1,000,000 | 177 m² | £5,650/m² | 3 |
| 23, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Nov 1998 | £142,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £813,333 | 126 m² | £6,455/m² | 4 |
| 25, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2021 | £960,000 | 143 m² | £6,713/m² | 3 |
| 26, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £975,000 | 127 m² | £7,677/m² | 5 |
| 27, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £925,000 | 139 m² | £6,655/m² | 4 |
| 28, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £867,750 | 141 m² | £6,154/m² | 2 |
| 29, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £947,000 | 113 m² | £8,381/m² | 4 |
| 30, Princes StreetTerraced | Aug 2006 | £448,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 31, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2011 | £425,000 | 87 m² | £4,885/m² | 3 |
| 32, Princes StreetTerraced | Jan 2001 | £281,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £935,000 | 124 m² | £7,540/m² | 5 |
| 34, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £425,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2008 | £382,000 | 123 m² | £3,106/m² | 3 |
| 37, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £818,000 | 93 m² | £8,796/m² | 7 |
| 38, Princes StreetTerraced | Jul 2005 | £332,000 | 95 m² | £3,495/m² | 2 |
| 40, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £800,000 | 116 m² | £6,897/m² | 4 |
| 45, Princes StreetDetached | May 2001 | £295,000 | 179 m² | £1,648/m² | 1 |
| Falkland, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2009 | £385,000 | 149 m² | £2,584/m² | 2 |
| Leecot, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £695,000 | 135 m² | £5,148/m² | 1 |
| Maryland, Princes StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £538,200 | 95 m² | £5,665/m² | 2 |
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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Tunbridge Wells, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 3.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Salvation Army Church, 150 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (route 285); 9 departures an hour from the 6 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 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 50 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Claremont Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 80% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Skinners' School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 70.8 · 39.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bennett Memorial Diocesan School (2.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Skinners' School (1.6 km) and Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School (1.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 600 m away, with Dunorlan Park Stores closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kingswood Surgery (350 m), with Carrs Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Great Hairdressing is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury, 2.6 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 15 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
The Cafe (Calverley Cafe) is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Royal Oak the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 39 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 31% flats and 20% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 212 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Calverley Park, 250 m away; for exercise, PureGym (700 m).
40 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 15, Calverley Park | II* | 130 m |
| 16, Calverley Park | II* | 140 m |
| No. 14, CALVERLEY PARK | II* | 140 m |
| 17, Calverley Park | II* | 150 m |
| 13, Calverley Park | II* | 160 m |
| 18, Calverley Park | II* | 160 m |
| Oakfield Court | II | 170 m |
| 19, Calverley Park | II* | 180 m |
| 12, Calverley Park | II* | 190 m |
| 20, Calverley Park | 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%.
61 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 TN2 4SL →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 32 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 47% 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Princes Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.5% | 78.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 7.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.5% | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.5% | 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.
Nearest: Birling Gap · about 40 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.