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Boston Close

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9 recorded sales · median £112,500 · Dover

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Dover Council · Labour minority — no overall control 12/32 seats · 38% · OCD 2026

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

63/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£113k

median price

7.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£113k

median sold price

7.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

56 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

7.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

332

Violence — most

6.5

NO₂ · WHO 10

9.3%

in a flood zone

352

green spaces

6.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

281

eat & drink

shops

60.1%

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 Dover, 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 £112,500. That's about 7.8× local earnings — around the 8.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 9 sales£112,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.8× · five-year average 8.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership66%

Owned outright

39%

With a mortgage

27%

Private rented

19%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,371

Your band:

Dover District Council£227

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,581

Band B£1,844

Band C£2,107

Band D (baseline)£2,371

Band E£2,898

Band F£3,425

Band G£3,952

Band H£4,742

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 Dover how Boston Close compares · from Dover

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Upper Walmer +31.8%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Upper Walmer	£485,000	+31.8%	94
Mill Hill	£280,000	+21.9%	124
Buckland Valley	£217,500	+20.8%	66
Tower Hamlets	£180,000	+18.2%	202
Buckland	£200,000	+17.6%	166
Upper Deal	£265,000	+16.5%	74
Aylesham	£270,000	+12.5%	251
Whitfield	£330,000	+10%	137
Deal	£302,250	+9.7%	201
Lower Walmer	£265,000	+7.8%	127
Dover	£166,000	+7.7%	125
Elms Vale	£240,000	+6.7%	119
Middle Deal	£297,000	-8.7%	128

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 Boston Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
8 Boston Close	Terraced	—	—	£170,000	May 2024
3, Boston Close	Terraced	—	—	£165,000	Jul 2018
3, Boston Close	Terraced	—	—	£150,000	Jul 2016
6 Boston Close	Terraced	—	—	£120,000	Feb 2016
3, Boston Close	Terraced	—	—	£128,000	Jul 2015
2 BOSTON CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£112,500	Feb 2010
2 BOSTON CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£74,000	Nov 2002
1 BOSTON CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£53,000	Apr 2000
4 BOSTON CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£39,950	Apr 1996

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 Dover

Crime runs at 7.5 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 / month7.5

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

By category, 12 months from Dover

Violence & sexual offences

332

Anti-social behaviour

188

Criminal damage & arson

Shoplifting

Other theft

Public order

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Dover 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 Dover

Population116,410

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 4/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% 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 5 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

5.2/10

Employment

4.5/10

Education & skills

4.6/10

Health & disability

5.4/10

Crime

4.6/10

Housing & services

3.1/10

Living environment

5.4/10

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

Figures for the wider Dover — 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+53%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.7%

Degree-level (Level 4+)27%

Good or very good health79%

Own their home66%

Median age46.1

Born outside the UK8%

See the full Dover report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

50% 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

2 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
Sunny Corner Preschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.1 km
Green Park Community Primary School	Primary	—	0.3 km
Discovery Nursery Ltd @ Crabble Hill	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.4 km
Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Kid Ease Dover Buckland	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.5 km
Choochoos Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Kingdom Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Dover Christ Church Academy	Secondary	Requires improvement ('22)	0.9 km
Barton Junior School	Primary	—	1.0 km
St Edmund's Catholic School	Secondary	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Charlton Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 km
White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School	Primary	Good ('24)	1.2 km
Dover Grammar School for Girls	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.2 km
Kaleidascope Childcare	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.3 km
River Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.4 km
Happy Feet Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.4 km
River Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.5 km
Abbey Pre-school	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	1.6 km
St Richard's Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.6 km
Guston Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	1.6 km
Dover Grammar School for Boys	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.6 km
Priory Fields School	Primary	—	1.7 km
Kid Ease Dover Triangles	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.7 km
Whitfield Aspen School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.8 km
Astor Secondary School	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	1.8 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 0.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.1 km
NHS ODS

4 of 4 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Buckland Medical Practice	GP	—	0.6 km
Cairns Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Paydens Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
High Street Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.5 km
River Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Dental Department	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Dover Priory Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Af Dental	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Pencester Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	2.0 km
Bupa Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Aa Beggs	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
St James' Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	2.1 km
White Cliffs Medical Centre	GP	—	2.1 km
Grace Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
White Cliffs Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
South Cliff Dental Group	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Castle Street Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Castle Street (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Lydden Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	4.6 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 Dover

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 66 min from Dover Priory Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Kearsney Rail Station	1.2 mi	London Victoria	119 min
Dover Priory Rail Station	1.2 mi	London St Pancras	66 min
Martin Mill Rail Station	3.0 mi	London St Pancras	75 min
Shepherds Well Rail Station	4.3 mi	London Victoria	113 min
Walmer Rail Station	5.6 mi	London St Pancras	81 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Dover Priory Rail Station (66 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

59%

Work from home

24%

Walk or cycle

10%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging12 points

Per 10,000 residents1.0

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

Environment from Dover

Air quality

NO₂

6.5

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.3

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002.4%

Flood zone9.3% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (98.5%)

Historic landfill35 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 buildings1,932

Conservation areas60

Green belt0%

Green spaces352

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Dover

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	281	92% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	59	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	13	—
Green spaces & parks	352	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

60.1%

Superfast

88.8%

Ultrafast

60.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Dover

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

Unemployment rate5.7%

In work (employment rate)53%

Companies registered here5,868

New incorporations (12m)666

Property companies (SPVs)526

See the full Dover report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district