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On Thanet Terrace, in Charing, Pluckley & Challock
What it's like at TN26 1EH: every home that has sold on Thanet Terrace 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.
Sales and extensions on Thanet Terrace; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Thanet TerraceTerraced | Jul 2023 | £330,000 | 102 m² | £3,235/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Thanet TerraceTerraced | Jun 2002 | £122,500 | 109 m² | £1,124/m² | 2 |
| 4, Thanet TerraceTerraced | May 2026 | £330,000 | 89 m² | £3,708/m² | 3 |
| 6, Thanet TerraceSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £335,000 | 113 m² | £2,965/m² | 2 |
| 7, Thanet TerraceTerraced | May 2024 | £365,000 | 94 m² | £3,883/m² | 2 |
| 8, Thanet TerraceSemi-detached | Aug 1998 | £77,000 | – | – | 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: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Charing (Kent), a drive away (4.6 km), with 94k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Ashford International.
The nearest bus stop is School Road, 450 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 510, 976).
Central London is 73 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Godinton Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Charing Church of England Primary School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is Highworth Grammar School, 3.7 km away; Attainment 8: 70.8 · 35.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Highworth Grammar School (6.9 km) and The Norton Knatchbull School (8.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Southern Co-Operative, 2.8 km away, with Hothfield Post Office closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Singleton Medical Centre & Dental Surgery (3.7 km), with Delmergate (Ashford) the closest pharmacy (3.2 km).
For a haircut, The Granary is 1.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is William Harvey Hospital, 11 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Godinton House Preservation Trust is the closest café or restaurant (1.6 km), and Woolpack Beefeater the nearest pub (1.7 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 408 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 49% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 189 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Repton Park Nature Reserve, 2.7 km away; for exercise, PureGym (4.0 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 42 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 68 km.
5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kings Head | II | 70 m |
| 25 and 26, the Street | II | 90 m |
| Institute Cottage | II | 130 m |
| High House | 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.
Weald of Kent constituency: Katie Lam MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 8,422 (16.6%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 23%, Reform UK 20%, 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 TN26 1EH →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% 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" Thanet Terrace in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 7.9% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 48.1% | 79.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 33.0% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.8% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.