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The Villas

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9 recorded sales · median £215,000 · Canterbury

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Canterbury Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 26/39 seats · 67% · OCD 2026

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

60/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£215k

median price

9.6

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£215k

median sold price

9.4 yrs

of local pay to buy

53 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

9.6

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

496

Violence — most

NO₂ · WHO 10

11.8%

in a flood zone

450

green spaces

6.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

534

eat & drink

128

shops

59.5%

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 Canterbury, 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 £215,000. That's about 9.4× local earnings — around the 10.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 9 sales£215,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.4× · five-year average 10.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership65%

Owned outright

38%

With a mortgage

26%

Private rented

22%

Social rented

12%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,398

Your band:

Canterbury City Council£254

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,599

Band B£1,865

Band C£2,132

Band D (baseline)£2,398

Band E£2,931

Band F£3,464

Band G£3,997

Band H£4,796

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 Canterbury how The Villas compares · from Canterbury

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Barton Estate +32.4%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Barton Estate	£465,000	+32.4%	86
Martyrs Field	£283,750	+25%	114
Oxenden	£310,000	+20.6%	122
Kingsdown Park	£457,000	+20.4%	83
Lower Island	£425,000	+16.4%	131
St. Dunstan's	£315,000	+15%	126
Thurston Park	£357,500	+12.4%	52
Seasalter	£425,000	+12.1%	68
Whitstable	£390,000	+12.1%	85
South Tankerton	£349,950	+10.1%	79
Hampton	£373,300	+9.8%	75
Sturry	£308,000	+8.9%	76
St. Stephen's	£307,500	+8.3%	108
Chestfield	£470,000	+7.7%	100
Beltinge	£364,550	+6.5%	115
Hales Place	£280,000	+5.9%	97
Mickleburgh Hill	£255,000	+0.4%	73
Barracks	£225,000	-1.1%	98
Longport	£270,000	-1.8%	86
St. Martin's	£282,495	-5.3%	69
Canterbury	£285,000	-6.1%	116
Herne Bay	£200,000	-12.1%	112

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 The Villas — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
2 The Villas Island Road Hersden	Semi-detached	—	—	£436,250	Aug 2023
6 The Villas Island Road Hersden	Semi-detached	—	—	£400,000	Oct 2022
3 THE VILLAS	Semi-detached	—	—	£320,000	Feb 2020
2 The Villas Island Road Hersden	Semi-detached	—	—	£312,000	Nov 2019
4 The Villas Island Road Hersden	Semi-detached	—	—	£215,000	Sep 2010
2 The Villas Island Road Hersden	Semi-detached	—	—	£130,000	Apr 2002
1 THE VILLAS	Semi-detached	—	—	£63,500	Jun 2000
6 The Villas Island Road Hersden	Semi-detached	—	—	£65,000	Aug 1999
2 The Villas Island Road Hersden	Semi-detached	—	—	£54,000	Oct 1997

Show all sales ↓

9 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 Canterbury

Crime runs at 9.6 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 / month9.6

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

By category, 12 months from Canterbury

Violence & sexual offences

496

Anti-social behaviour

312

Shoplifting

200

Criminal damage & arson

156

Other theft

103

Vehicle crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Canterbury 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 Canterbury

Population157,432

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% 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 — little changed 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

5.9/10

Employment

5.5/10

Education & skills

5.8/10

Health & disability

6.1/10

Crime

4.9/10

Housing & services

4.1/10

Living environment

6.6/10

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

Figures for the wider Canterbury — 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+50%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.3%

Degree-level (Level 4+)33%

Good or very good health82%

Own their home65%

Median age41.2

Born outside the UK13%

See the full Canterbury report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 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
Water Meadows Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Hersden Under 5's	Nursery	—	0.8 km
Orion Spires	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.6 km
Hoath Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	2.1 km
Chislet & District Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.1 km
Westbere Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.2 km
Chislet Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	2.5 km
Sturry Church of England Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.4 km
Sturry Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.4 km
Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	3.7 km
Cobnuts Woodland Nursery And Forest School	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.9 km
Junior King's School	All-through	—	4.0 km
Little Acorns (Herne) Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	4.3 km
Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School	Primary	Outstanding ('21)	4.3 km
Avenue Nursery and Forest School	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.3 km
Preston Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	4.4 km
Littlebourne Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	4.4 km
Littlebourne Ladybirds Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	4.4 km
Goldfinch Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.4 km
Herne Church of England Junior School	Primary	—	4.5 km
Dan Dans Ltd	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	4.9 km
Parkside Community Foundation Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	5.5 km
Reculver Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	5.7 km
Beltinge Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.7 km
Wingham Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	5.9 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 3.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 3.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 3.9 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Sturry Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	3.1 km
Sturry Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Sturry Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Delmergate (Coastal) Limited	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Wingham Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Delmergate Limited	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Eckersley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Reculver Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Delmergate (Coastal) Limited	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Mydentist	Dentist	—	6.3 km
Park Surgery	GP	—	6.7 km
Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.7 km
Northgate Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	6.9 km
Sianora Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.9 km
Sea Street Dental Practice	Dentist	—	7.0 km
Chopra Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	7.1 km
New Dover Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	7.4 km
Kent And Canterbury Hospital	Dentist	—	8.0 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 Canterbury

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 53 min from Canterbury West Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Sturry Rail Station	2.4 mi	London Bridge	104 min
Herne Bay Rail Station	4.0 mi	London St Pancras	81 min
Bekesbourne Rail Station	4.1 mi	London Victoria	99 min
Canterbury West Rail Station	4.7 mi	London St Pancras	53 min
Canterbury East Rail Station	5.0 mi	London Victoria	94 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Canterbury West Rail Station (53 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

50%

Work from home

30%

Walk or cycle

13%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging33 points

Per 10,000 residents2.1

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

Environment from Canterbury

Air quality

NO₂

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.5%

Flood zone11.8% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (13.8%)

Historic landfill31 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 buildings1,886

Conservation areas98

Green belt0%

Green spaces450

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Canterbury

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	534	91% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	128	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	30	—
Green spaces & parks	450	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

59.5%

Superfast

92.1%

Ultrafast

59.5%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Canterbury

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

Unemployment rate7.3%

In work (employment rate)49.8%

Companies registered here10,311

New incorporations (12m)1,238

Property companies (SPVs)1,114

See the full Canterbury report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district