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On Mill Lane, in Biddenden, Smarden & High Halden
What it's like at TN27 8NN: every home that has sold on Mill Lane 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mill Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Boughton Cottage, Mill LaneDetached | Aug 2018 | £375,000 | 281 m² | £1,335/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millview Cottage, Mill LaneDetached | Apr 2026 | £925,000 | 178 m² | £5,197/m² | 2 |
| New House Cottage, Mill LaneDetached | Feb 2004 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Wallington House, Mill LaneOther | Oct 2017 | £895,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pluckley, a drive away (3.8 km), with 115k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
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 Smarden Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 89% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Grammar schools are within reach: Cranbrook School (9.7 km) and Highworth Grammar School (13.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 4.9 km away, with D R Luckhurst Butchers closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The GP surgery is around 41 minutes on foot or by bus.
For a haircut, Hq Headquarters Hair & Beauty is 5.2 km away.
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.
Smarden is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Chequers Inn the nearest pub (550 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 Sharps Field, 4.6 km away; for exercise, Games Barn (5.1 km).
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.
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.
8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Squirrel Cottage | II | 160 m |
| Wallington 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.
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%.
3 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 8NN →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Mill Lane in the last 12 months.
| 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.