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On Main Road, in Lympne & Palmarsh
What it's like at TN25 6JY: every home that has sold on Main 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Main Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 83 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Waterloo Terrace, Main RoadTerraced | Oct 2007 | £157,000 | 72 m² | £2,181/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Waterloo Terrace, Main RoadTerraced | Mar 2012 | £141,500 | 75 m² | £1,887/m² | 1 |
| Belvedere Cottage, Main RoadOther | Mar 2018 | £850,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Westenhanger, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 63k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London St Pancras International.
The nearest bus stop is Primary School, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 10, 10A); 10 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 51 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Sellindge Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 48% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lympne Church of England Primary School (0.5 km).
The nearest secondary is Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, 5.1 km away; Attainment 8: 37.4 · 0.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Folkestone School for Girls (9.1 km) and The Harvey Grammar School (9.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 15% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 400 m away, with Sellindge Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sellindge Surgery (100 m).
For a haircut, (Closed - Barber) is 6.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is William Harvey Hospital, 10 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 55% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 16 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
XBladez is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and Dukes Head the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 62 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 57% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 32% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 351 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Brockhill Country Park, 5.1 km away.
A swim is a short trip away: Hythe, 4.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elm Tree Farm House | II | 180 m |
| Barn About 5 Metres North of Elm Tree Farm House | 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.
Ashford constituency: Sojan Joseph MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,779 (3.8%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 33%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 22%, Green Party 9%.
1 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 TN25 6JY →
For holidays, London Southend is 59 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 84 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 52% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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" Main Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Faversham Swimming Pools · about 37 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: 1 of 63 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 62 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 67.9% | 84.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 22.4% | 5.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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.
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