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Watling Street

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8 recorded sales · median £225,000 · Canterbury

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

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

60/100

Mixed

good-to-live score

£225k

median price

9.6

crimes per 1,000

£225k

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

453

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

£210,000 in 2014 → £240,000 in 2025

⌄ 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)

Crime2026-05

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 £225,000. That's about 9.4× local earnings — around the 10.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 8 sales£225,000

Full history since 2005

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Affordability9.4× earnings (5-yr avg 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

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

Neighbourhood prices in Canterbury how Watling Street 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 Watling Street — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
32 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£255,000	Jan 2026
22 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£255,000	Nov 2025
81, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£240,000	Mar 2025
64 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£145,000	Mar 2025
46 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£157,000	Dec 2024
39 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£250,000	Apr 2024
43 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£245,000	Mar 2024
78 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£230,000	Feb 2024
8, Riding Gate Place Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£202,000	Dec 2023
33 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£165,000	Nov 2023
82, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£247,500	Oct 2023
48, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£255,000	Apr 2023
79, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£230,000	Mar 2023
80 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£285,000	Feb 2023
27 Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£190,000	Feb 2023
3, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£278,000	Jul 2022
7 RIDING GATE PLACE WATLING STREET CANTERBURY	Flat	—	—	£195,000	Jul 2022
73 OLD WATLING STREET	Flat	—	—	£290,000	Jul 2022
65, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£235,000	Jun 2022
5, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£176,000	Jun 2022
8, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£292,000	May 2022
15, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£255,000	Mar 2022
68, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£245,000	Mar 2022
50, Old Watling Street	Flat	—	—	£390,000	Jan 2022

Show all sales ↓

24 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

453

Anti-social behaviour

365

Shoplifting

243

Criminal damage & arson

131

Other theft

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

0–14

15%

15–24

18%

25–44

21%

45–64

24%

65+

22%

Details ▾

Median age41.2

Born outside the UK13%

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)

In work50%

Unemployment7.3%

Self-employed19.6%

Details ▾

Retired24.8%

Residents 16+ in employment · Census 2021

Education33%

Level 4+ (degree)33.1%

No qualifications16.2%

Residents with a Level-4+ qualification · Census 2021

Health & wellbeing82%

Good health

82%

Life satisfaction 7.46/10

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Happiness7.37/10

Feels worthwhile7.6/10

Anxiety (lower = better)3.32/10

Census 2021 · ONS wellbeing survey

Deprivation — IMD decile 6/10 · little changed since 2019. About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area.

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

65%

own their home
ONS Census 2021

89%

White · Asian 4%
ONS Census 2021

13%

born outside the UK
ONS Census 2021

Schools This street

80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 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
St Peter's Methodist Primary School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Stepping Stones Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	0.5 km
Bovan Creek	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.6 km
The King's School Canterbury	Secondary	—	0.6 km
Jo Jo's Day Care Nursery - Canterbury Ltd	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Tiny Stars Canterbury	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Canterbury Day Nursery, Holiday Playscheme and ASC	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.7 km
St Johns Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	0.8 km
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury	Primary	Good ('23)	0.8 km
The Nursery At Canterbury College	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.8 km
Barton Court Grammar School	Secondary	Good ('20)	0.9 km
Wincheap Foundation Primary School	Primary	—	1.0 km
Wincheap Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.0 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Canterbury	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Code Kids Canterbury	Nursery	—	1.1 km
The Canterbury Academy	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	1.1 km
Little Oaks Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.3 km
The Worthgate School	Secondary	—	1.3 km
Lilliput Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.3 km
Choochoos Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 km
The Canterbury Primary School	Primary	—	1.4 km
City View Pre-School and Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.4 km
Barton Manor School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.5 km
Bright Horizons Canterbury Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Pilgrims' Way Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.5 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 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.0 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS

6 of 6 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Graylaw House	Dentist	—	0.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.1 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
St Georges Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Burgate Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Smile Care Group Ltd - Dental Care Centre	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Ss Hygiene And Aesthetics	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Canterbury Health Centre	GP	Good ('17)	0.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Prx Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Chopra Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	0.7 km
New Dover Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	0.7 km
St Dunstan'S Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Northgate Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	1.0 km
A1 Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Kent And Canterbury Hospital	Dentist	—	1.3 km
St Stephens Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Porter Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Eckersley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Castle Street Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
University Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.4 km
Giles Lane Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Sturry Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Sturry Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Bridge Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Sturry Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	4.7 km
Canterbury Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	4.9 km
Old School Surgery	GP	—	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 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
Canterbury East Rail Station	0.2 mi	London Victoria	94 min
Canterbury West Rail Station	0.5 mi	London St Pancras	53 min
Sturry Rail Station	2.5 mi	London Bridge	104 min
Bekesbourne Rail Station	2.7 mi	London Victoria	99 min
Chartham Rail Station	3.0 mi	London Bridge	93 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

At a glance

	Count	Trend, 12 months
Companies registered here	10,311	—
New incorporations	1,238	+13.6% vs prior 12m
Property companies (SPVs)	1,114	-9.2%

Companies House

Top sectors (SIC sections)

Professional, scientific & technical
Construction
Wholesale & retail
Real estate
Administrative & support

Companies House · "registered here" ≠ trading here · bulk/agent addresses excluded · /insights/property-companies →