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Walnut Close

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7 recorded sales · median £219,995 · Ashford

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Ashford Council · Independent / Green coalition 22/47 seats · 47% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

66/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£220k

median price

6.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£220k

median sold price

10.2 yrs

of local pay to buy

36 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

6.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

316

Violence — most

7.1

NO₂ · WHO 10

5.3%

in a flood zone

808

green spaces

6.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

283

eat & drink

shops

58.1%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Ashford, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £219,995. That's about 10.2× local earnings — around the 10.7× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 7 sales£219,995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.2× · five-year average 10.7×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership66%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

18%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,343

Your band:

Ashford Borough Council£199

Kent County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,759

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,562

Band B£1,822

Band C£2,083

Band D (baseline)£2,343

Band E£2,864

Band F£3,384

Band G£3,905

Band H£4,686

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Ashford how Walnut Close compares · from Ashford

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Bybrook +24.7%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Bybrook	£324,250	+24.7%	86
Kennington	£390,000	+23.2%	144
Park Farm	£370,000	+20.7%	92
Willesborough	£320,000	+19.1%	117
Stanhope	£275,000	+19.1%	200
South Ashford	£270,000	+18%	203
Wye	£422,500	+17.2%	70
Kennington Lees	£295,000	+15.7%	83
Singleton	£262,000	+14.9%	207
St Michaels	£414,000	+13.9%	53
Charing	£435,000	+13%	69
South Willesborough	£256,500	+12.6%	130
Sevington	£341,500	+11.5%	65
Ashford	£272,750	+8%	234
Tenterden	£405,000	+2.3%	162

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Walnut Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
4, Walnut Close Kennington	Semi-detached	—	—	£325,000	Nov 2022
2, Walnut Close Kennington	Semi-detached	—	—	£250,000	Feb 2021
4, Walnut Close Kennington	Semi-detached	—	—	£240,000	Aug 2019
4, Walnut Close Kennington	Semi-detached	—	—	£219,995	Mar 2016
5 Walnut Close Kennington	Semi-detached	—	—	£165,000	Jan 2012
3 WALNUT CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£150,000	Dec 2011
5 Walnut Close Kennington	Semi-detached	—	—	£82,500	Jul 2000

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7 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Ashford

Crime runs at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month6.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Ashford

Violence & sexual offences

316

Anti-social behaviour

183

Criminal damage & arson

Shoplifting

Other theft

Vehicle crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Ashford district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Ashford

Population132,747

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — has worsened since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

5.4/10

Employment

5.3/10

Education & skills

4.9/10

Health & disability

6.1/10

Crime

4.7/10

Housing & services

3.2/10

Living environment

6.0/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Ashford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+60%

Unemployment · economically active residents4.6%

Degree-level (Level 4+)30%

Good or very good health83%

Own their home66%

Median age41.8

Born outside the UK13%

See the full Ashford report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Kennington Church of England Academy	Primary	—	0.2 km
Downs View Infant School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Bombini Tribe Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.4 km
Phoenix Community Primary School	Primary	—	0.5 km
Monkeys Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.5 km
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre	Secondary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.5 km
Towers Tiny Tots Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.5 km
Goat Lees Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Towers Tiny Tots Pre School	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Ashford Trinity Road	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.9 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Ashford Eureka Park	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.2 km
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.9 km
Ashford Play Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.0 km
Cre8tive Play @ Sharen Jane's ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.0 km
Goldilocks Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.1 km
Highworth Grammar School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.1 km
Ashford School	All-through	—	2.2 km
Bridge Nursery	Nursery	—	2.2 km
Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	2.3 km
St. Mary's Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.3 km
TUTORWORLD EDUCATION-Repton	Nursery	—	2.3 km
The Norton Knatchbull School	Secondary	Good ('23)	2.5 km
Repton Manor Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	2.6 km
Repton Manor Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.6 km
The North School	Secondary	—	2.7 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS

3 of 3 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Chopra Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Easy Smile (Eureka Place)	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Delmergate (Ashford) Limited	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Trinity House	Dentist	—	1.0 km
New Hayesbank Surgery	GP	Outstanding ('17)	1.3 km
Courts Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Colosseum Dental (Welldene)	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Welldene Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Lower Hayes Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Wolseley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Aligndent Ashford	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Ashford Dental Care Centre	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Repton Dental Studio	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Delmergate (Ashford) Limited	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Sydenham House Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	2.5 km
Mill Court Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Paydens Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Elwick Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Ashford Periodontics	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Sunnyside Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Pennypot Dental Ashford	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Romney House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Jade Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Beaconsfield Dental Practice - Ashford	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Oradent Kent Ltd	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Ashford Medical Partnership	GP	—	3.7 km
Willesborough Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
William Harvey Hospital	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Ashworth'S Dispensing Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Rainbow Centre - Dental Department	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Wye Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Wye Surgery	GP	—	3.9 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Beaconsfield Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Beaconsfield Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Singleton Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Singleton Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.2 km
Starlight Dental Finberry	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Kingsnorth Medical Practice	GP	Outstanding ('17)	5.6 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Ashford

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 36 min from Ashford International Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Ashford International Rail Station	1.8 mi	London St Pancras	36 min
Wye Rail Station	2.3 mi	London Bridge	83 min
Charing (Kent) Rail Station	4.9 mi	London Bridge	79 min
Pluckley Rail Station	6.0 mi	London Bridge	62 min
Chilham Rail Station	6.6 mi	London Bridge	89 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Ashford International Rail Station (36 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

55%

Work from home

30%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging8 points

Per 10,000 residents0.6

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Ashford

Air quality

NO₂

7.1

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002%

Flood zone5.3% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)

Historic landfill90 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings2,408

Conservation areas44

Green belt0%

Green spaces808

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Ashford

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	283	97% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	74	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	17	—
Green spaces & parks	808	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

58.1%

Superfast

85.6%

Ultrafast

58.9%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Ashford

Figures for the wider Ashford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate4.6%

In work (employment rate)59.6%

Companies registered here10,855

New incorporations (12m)1,119

Property companies (SPVs)1,152

See the full Ashford report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district