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On Mansion House Close, in Biddenden, Smarden & High Halden
What it's like at TN27 8DE: every home that has sold on Mansion House Close 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). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Mansion House Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 31 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Mansion House CloseTerraced | Dec 1995 | £69,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Mansion House CloseDetached | Jun 1998 | £189,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 1b, Mansion House CloseDetached | Sept 2016 | £463,000 | 144 m² | £3,215/m² | 2 |
| 2, Mansion House CloseDetached | Feb 2005 | £230,000 | 66 m² | £3,485/m² | 3 |
| 3, Mansion House CloseTerraced | Jul 2022 | £398,000 | 91 m² | £4,374/m² | 3 |
| 4, Mansion House CloseTerraced | Dec 2010 | £170,000 | 52 m² | £3,269/m² | 6 |
| 5, Mansion House CloseTerraced | Nov 2010 | £230,000 | 94 m² | £2,447/m² | 3 |
| 6, Mansion House CloseTerraced | Jan 2026 | £337,500 | 77 m² | £4,383/m² | 4 |
| 7, Mansion House CloseTerraced | Dec 1999 | £124,500 | 69 m² | £1,804/m² | 3 |
| 8, Mansion House CloseTerraced | Nov 2015 | £266,000 | 68 m² | £3,912/m² | 2 |
| 9, Mansion House CloseDetached | Dec 1995 | £142,500 | 146 m² | £976/m² | 1 |
| 10, Mansion House CloseSemi-detached | Jul 1996 | £56,000 | 54 m² | £1,037/m² | 1 |
| 11, Mansion House CloseDetached | Jan 2022 | £475,000 | 132 m² | £3,598/m² | 2 |
| 12, Mansion House CloseTerraced | Oct 2008 | £185,000 | 65 m² | £2,846/m² | 3 |
| 14, Mansion House CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £415,000 | 86 m² | £4,826/m² | 4 |
| 15, Mansion House CloseDetached | Nov 2023 | £525,000 | 131 m² | £4,008/m² | 5 |
| 16, Mansion House CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £330,000 | 87 m² | £3,793/m² | 8 |
| 17, Mansion House CloseDetached | Apr 2012 | £375,000 | 143 m² | £2,622/m² | 3 |
| 18, Mansion House CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2024 | £412,000 | 115 m² | £3,583/m² | 6 |
| 19, Mansion House CloseDetached | Aug 2018 | £525,000 | 162 m² | £3,241/m² | 2 |
| 20, Mansion House CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £300,000 | 96 m² | £3,125/m² | 2 |
| 21, Mansion House CloseDetached | Dec 2004 | £370,000 | 130 m² | £2,846/m² | 2 |
| 22, Mansion House CloseDetached | Sept 2009 | £270,000 | 97 m² | £2,784/m² | 3 |
| 23, Mansion House CloseDetached | Mar 1996 | £146,000 | 173 m² | £844/m² | 1 |
| 24, Mansion House CloseDetached | May 2024 | £385,000 | 62 m² | £6,210/m² | 2 |
| 26, Mansion House CloseDetached | May 1996 | £152,500 | 147 m² | £1,037/m² | 1 |
| 28, Mansion House CloseDetached | Mar 2025 | £585,000 | 128 m² | £4,570/m² | 3 |
| 30, Mansion House CloseDetached | Aug 2024 | £672,000 | 160 m² | £4,200/m² | 2 |
| 32, Mansion House CloseDetached | Aug 2019 | £680,000 | 161 m² | £4,224/m² | 3 |
| Mansion House Cottage, Mansion House CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £550,000 | – | – | 3 |
| The Willows, 13, Mansion House CloseDetached | Dec 1995 | £119,000 | 126 m² | £944/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Headcorn, a drive away (5.4 km), with 578k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is The Weavers, 300 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 12); 4 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 62 minutes away by public transport (27 by car).
Central London is 70 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is John Mayne Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 27% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, 5.8 km away; Attainment 8: 39.7 · 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Cranbrook School (9.7 km) and Highworth Grammar School (13.9 km).
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 11 minutes away without a car.
The GP surgery is around 41 minutes on foot or by bus.
The nearest full A&E is William Harvey Hospital, 17 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
The West House Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Red Lion the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 295 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 256 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Biddenden Village Green, 350 m away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Southend is 50 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 60 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mansion House | II | 110 m |
| Lilac House | II | 140 m |
| 41, North Street | II | 150 m |
| the Laurels | II | 160 m |
| 66 and 68, North Street | II | 170 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%.
4 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 TN27 8DE →
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" Mansion House Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 28 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 | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.4% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 60.2% | 79.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 29.2% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.6% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Faversham Swimming Pools · about 33 min
Nearest: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park · about 31 min
Nearest: Gallagher 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.