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73 recorded sales · median £246,500 · Thanet
Thanet Council · Labour-controlled 29/56 seats · 52% · OCD 2026
58/100
Mixed
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£247k
median price
11.9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£247k
median sold price
8.3 yrs
of local pay to buy
69 min
London — fastest
8
rail stations mapped
2
grammar schools
57
schools total
11.9
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
614
Violence — most
7.3
NO₂ · WHO 10
1.1%
in a flood zone
461
green spaces
6.5
PM2.5 · WHO 5
573
eat & drink
130
shops
74%
gigabit
28
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
£116,000 in 1995 → £1,055,000 in 2020
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Thanet, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-08
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 £246,500. That's about 8.3× local earnings — around the 9.9× five-year average.
Sold price history
2020 · 2 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 73 sales£246,500
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay8.3× · five-year average 9.9×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Thanet12.5%
Of the homes across Thanet that sold again within five years, 12.5% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than South East (17.4%).
By property type
Semi-detached houses0%
Terraced houses0%
Flats13%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new20.6%
Bought second-hand11.5%
Overall
Typical resale gain+35.2% · ~8.6-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (1,848 resale pairs) across Thanet — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership61%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,423
Thanet District Council£279
Kent County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,759
Police & Crime Commissioner£285
Fire & Rescue£100
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,615
Band B£1,884
Band C£2,154
Band D (baseline)£2,423
Band E£2,961
Band F£3,499
Band G£4,038
Band H£4,845
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 Thanet how Western Esplanade compares · from Thanet
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Minnis Bay +43.3%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnis Bay | £375,000 | +43.3% | 139 |
| Dumpton | £333,750 | +25.7% | 158 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | £270,000 | +23% | 232 |
| Millmead | £272,500 | +21.1% | 126 |
| Garlinge | £320,000 | +19.6% | 96 |
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 Western Esplanade — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2 14 Western Esplanade | Flat | — | — | £168,500 | Sep 2025 |
| 19 Western Esplanade | Detached | — | — | £3,176,000 | Dec 2024 |
| BUCKMASTER HOUSE, 7 WESTERN ESPLANADE | Other | — | — | £2,500,000 | Nov 2024 |
| 21a Western Esplanade | Semi-detached | — | — | £895,000 | Jul 2023 |
| THE LANCASTER, 4 WESTERN ESPLANADE | Flat | — | — | £640,000 | Jan 2022 |
| Flat 4 10, Western Esplanade | Flat | — | — | £320,000 | Jun 2021 |
| 18, Western Esplanade | Detached | — | — | £1,400,000 | Oct 2020 |
| Flat 5 10 Western Esplanade | Flat | — | — | £710,000 | Feb 2020 |
| Flat 4 The Point 23, Western Esplanade | Flat | — | — | £745,000 | Dec 2019 |
| 9, Western Esplanade | Detached | — | — | £460,000 | Feb 2019 |
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 Thanet
Crime runs at 11.9 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 / month11.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Thanet
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Thanet 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. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Thanet
Population140,587
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 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 — more deprived than most (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 4 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
4.0/10
Employment
3.4/10
Education & skills
3.9/10
Health & disability
3.9/10
Crime
3.4/10
Housing & services
3.9/10
Living environment
5.1/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Thanet — 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+51%
Unemployment · economically active residents6.5%
Degree-level (Level 4+)26%
Good or very good health77%
Own their home61%
Median age45.1
Born outside the UK10%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKC Group | 16 plus | — | 0.5 km |
| The Nursery At Broadstairs College | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.5 km |
| Helter Skelter Nursery | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.7 km |
| Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | Primary | Outstanding ('21) | 0.7 km |
| St Mildred's Primary Infant School | Primary | — | 0.9 km |
| Stone Bay Montessori and Beach School | Nursery | Good ('23) | 1.0 km |
| Wellesley Haddon Dene School | All-through | — | 1.0 km |
| Upton Junior School | Primary | Inspected '25 — see report | 1.2 km |
| Stagecoach Thanet | Nursery | — | 1.2 km |
| Newlands Primary School | Primary | — | 1.6 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 76.8 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 82 yrs |
| Smoking | 13.8% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 73.3% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
11
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
13
nearest dentists · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
21
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.8 km |
| High Street Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| Pierremont Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.0 km |
| Southbank Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 1.0 km |
| Broadstairs Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.2 km |
| Broadstairs Medical Practice | GP | — | 1.2 km |
| Mydentist | Dentist | — | 1.2 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 1.7 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 Thanet
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 69 min from Thanet Parkway.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadstairs | 0.7 mi | London St Pancras | 81 min |
| Dumpton Park | 0.7 mi | London St Pancras | 111 min |
| Ramsgate | 1.6 mi | London St Pancras | 74 min |
| Thanet Parkway | 3.7 mi | London St Pancras | 69 min |
| Margate | 3.8 mi | London St Pancras | 87 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Thanet Parkway (69 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging9 points
Per 10,000 residents0.6
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Thanet
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002.4%
Flood zone1.1% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Coal miningin/near a coalfield (0.1%)
Historic landfill30 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 buildings1,051
Conservation areas27
Green belt0%
Green spaces461
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Thanet
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 573 | 99% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 130 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 28 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 461 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Thanet
Figures for the wider Thanet — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate6.5%
In work (employment rate)51.3%
Companies registered here26,490
New incorporations (12m)3,930
Property companies (SPVs)3,137
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district