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Sweets Lane

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9 recorded sales · median £305,000 · Tonbridge and Malling

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Tonbridge and Malling Council · Conservative minority — no overall control 21/44 seats · 48% · 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

£305k

median price

6.1

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£305k

median sold price

12 yrs

of local pay to buy

45 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

6.1

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

246

Violence — most

8.6

NO₂ · WHO 10

10.8%

in a flood zone

414

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

242

eat & drink

shops

70%

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 Tonbridge and Malling, 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 £305,000. That's about 12× local earnings — around the 12.5× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 9 sales£305,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay12× · five-year average 12.5×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership70%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

36%

Private rented

13%

Social rented

15%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,396

Your band:

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council£253

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,597

Band B£1,864

Band C£2,130

Band D (baseline)£2,396

Band E£2,929

Band F£3,461

Band G£3,994

Band H£4,792

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 Tonbridge and Malling how Sweets Lane compares · from Tonbridge and Malling

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Borough Green +28.8%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Borough Green	£450,000	+28.8%	130
Ditton	£375,000	+22.4%	110
East Malling	£465,000	+21.8%	122
Larkfield	£370,000	+19.3%	145
Kings Hill	£550,000	+16.8%	251
Higham Wood	£520,000	+16.4%	167
New Hythe	£355,000	+15.4%	113
Snodland	£310,000	+14.8%	155
Trench Wood	£425,000	+12.7%	100
Walderslade	£352,500	+11.9%	66
Hadlow	£385,000	+10.4%	69
Royal British Veterans Enterprise Village	£436,760	+9.3%	127
Hildenborough	£590,000	+8%	127
Brook Street	£425,000	+8%	201
Leybourne	£352,500	+7.5%	92
Tonbridge	£340,000	-1.1%	368

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 Sweets Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
5, Sweets Lane East Malling	Detached	—	—	£782,000	Oct 2019
1 SWEETS LANE	Detached	—	—	£465,000	Feb 2012
3, Sweets Lane East Malling	Detached	—	—	£315,000	Oct 2004
3, Sweets Lane East Malling	Detached	—	—	£159,995	Sep 1999

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4 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 Tonbridge and Malling

Crime runs at 6.1 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 / month6.1

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

By category, 12 months from Tonbridge and Malling

Violence & sexual offences

246

Anti-social behaviour

228

Criminal damage & arson

Other theft

Shoplifting

Vehicle crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Tonbridge and Malling 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 Tonbridge and Malling

Population132,201

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 7/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% 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 7 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

6.7/10

Employment

6.8/10

Education & skills

6.2/10

Health & disability

7.1/10

Crime

5.8/10

Housing & services

5.4/10

Living environment

7.1/10

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

Figures for the wider Tonbridge and Malling — 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+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents3.8%

Degree-level (Level 4+)33%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home70%

Median age42.5

Born outside the UK9%

See the full Tonbridge and Malling report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

83% of the 6 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

5 of 6 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 6 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
The Malling School	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.7 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at East Malling	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.7 km
The Discovery School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.7 km
Lift St James the Great	Primary	—	2.1 km
Little Quackers Nursery & Pre School	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.1 km
Muddy Puddles Nursery and After School Club Ditton	Nursery	Good ('21)	2.2 km
Teston & Wateringbury Preschool	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.3 km
Ditton Church of England Junior School	Primary	Requires improvement ('19)	2.4 km
Ditton Church Pre School	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.4 km
Barming Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	2.4 km
Ditton Infant School	Primary	Good ('22)	2.4 km
Dawn to Dusk Day Nursery (Maidstone) Ltd	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.6 km
More Park Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	2.7 km
St Thomas More Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('21)	2.7 km
Aylesford School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.9 km
Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	2.9 km
Poppy Pre-School CIO	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.9 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Maidstone Hospital	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.9 km
Kings Hill Pre School	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.0 km
Stagecoach Maidstone West	Nursery	—	3.0 km
Brookfield Infant School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.0 km
Brookfield Junior School	Primary	—	3.0 km
Lunsford Primary School	Primary	—	3.0 km
Little Stars Pre-School (Larkfield) Ltd	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.0 km
Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.0 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 2.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 2.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 2.7 km
NHS ODS

9 of 10 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Wateringbury	GP	Good ('22)	2.5 km
Southcot Dentalcare	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Thornhills Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.7 km
Larkfield Health Centre	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Paydens Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
West Malling Group Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.8 km
Kings Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Greenacres Dental Health Centre	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Kings Hill Dental	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Aylesford Medical Centre	GP	—	3.2 km
Oaks Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
The Willows Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Blackthorn	GP	—	3.2 km
Barming Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Barming Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Allington Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Identics	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Sunbury Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Oakwood Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Bower Mount Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	4.5 km
Hobbs Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
The Vine Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	5.1 km
Maidstone Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Snodland Medical Practice	GP	Good ('22)	5.6 km
Catts Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Ancura Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
College Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.6 km
The College Practice	GP	Good ('22)	5.7 km
Brewer Street	GP	Good ('17)	5.7 km
The White House Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Gabriels Hill Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Dental Department	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Kentendo (Knightrider Street)	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Maidstone Dental Centre	Dentist	Requires improvement ('23)	5.8 km
Longford Dental Centre	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Coxheath Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Phoenix Medical Practice	GP	Good ('23)	6.5 km
Paydens Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.5 km
Colosseum Dental (Maidstone)	Dentist	—	6.6 km
Greensand Medical Group	GP	—	6.8 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 Tonbridge and Malling

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 45 min from West Malling Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
East Malling Rail Station	0.7 mi	London Victoria	59 min
West Malling Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Bridge	45 min
Barming Rail Station	1.7 mi	London Victoria	62 min
Wateringbury Rail Station	2.0 mi	—	no direct train
Aylesford Rail Station	2.1 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from West Malling Rail Station (45 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

51%

Work from home

37%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging4 points

Per 10,000 residents0.3

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

Environment from Tonbridge and Malling

Air quality

NO₂

8.6

— WHO guide

PM2.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003%

Flood zone10.8% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)

Historic landfill83 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 buildings1,323

Conservation areas60

Green belt71%

Green spaces414

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Tonbridge and Malling

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	242	92% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	73	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	10	—
Green spaces & parks	414	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

70%

Superfast

92.2%

Ultrafast

71.2%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Tonbridge and Malling

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

Unemployment rate3.8%

In work (employment rate)61.1%

Companies registered here12,742

New incorporations (12m)1,209

Property companies (SPVs)1,305

See the full Tonbridge and Malling report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district