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The Lees

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17 recorded sales · median £595,000 · 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

£595k

median price

9.6

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£595k

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

£140,000 in 1996 → £600,000 in 2014

⌄ 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 £595,000. That's about 9.4× local earnings — around the 10.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2014 · 4 sales

Median sold price · median of all 17 sales£595,000

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 Lees 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 Lees — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Lee Court The Lees	Detached	—	—	£1,175,000	Nov 2024
KESTREL VIEW THE LEES	Detached	—	—	£950,000	Dec 2022
Heron House The Lees	Detached	—	—	£950,000	Oct 2021
KESTREL VIEW THE LEES	Detached	—	—	£775,208	Apr 2021
Lee Court The Lees	Detached	—	—	£995,000	Oct 2020
RECULVER HATCH THE LEES	Semi-detached	—	—	£357,500	Jan 2016
KESTREL VIEW THE LEES	Detached	—	—	£605,000	Dec 2014
KESTREL VIEW THE LEES	Detached	—	—	£625,000	Oct 2014
Lee Court The Lees	Detached	—	—	£595,000	Jul 2014
Cliff Cottage The Lees	Semi-detached	—	—	£389,500	Feb 2014
Heron House The Lees	Detached	—	—	£595,000	Nov 2013
Cliff Cottage The Lees	Semi-detached	—	—	£316,500	Nov 2003
Lee Court The Lees	Detached	—	—	£264,000	Mar 1999
Cliff Cottage The Lees	Semi-detached	—	—	£115,000	Dec 1997
Lee Court The Lees	Detached	—	—	£220,000	Dec 1996
ROSE GARTH THE LEES	Detached	—	—	£60,000	Aug 1996

Show all sales ↓

16 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 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 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
Little Explorers Day Care Kent (HB) Limited	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.4 km
Herne Bay Junior School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.4 km
Dan Dans Ltd	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	1.5 km
Herne Bay Infant School	Primary	—	1.5 km
Kiddies Corner Day Care	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Sunshine Club	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.6 km
Reculver Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	1.8 km
Beltinge Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.8 km
Avenue Nursery & Forest School Limited	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.9 km
Goldfinch Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.9 km
Herne Church of England Junior School	Primary	—	2.5 km
Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School	Primary	Outstanding ('21)	2.5 km
Little Acorns (Herne) Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	2.7 km
Herne Bay High School	Secondary	Good ('22)	2.8 km
Jo Jo's Day Care Nursery Ltd.	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.9 km
Hampton Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	3.2 km
Club 4 Kids Childcare	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	3.2 km
Hampton Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.3 km
Townsend Montessori @ Herne Bay	Nursery	Good ('21)	3.3 km
Thornden Wood Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	3.8 km
Briary Pre-School	Nursery	—	3.8 km
Hoath Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	4.3 km
Chislet & District Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	4.3 km
Avenue Nursery and Forest School	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.7 km
Cobnuts Woodland Nursery And Forest School	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.0 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 1.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Reculver Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Delmergate (Coastal) Limited	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Mydentist	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Delmergate Limited	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Herne Bay Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Park Surgery	GP	—	1.7 km
Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Delmergate (Coastal) Limited	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Borno Chemists	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Prx Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
The Heron Medical Practice	GP	—	2.0 km
Sea Street Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Sianora Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Swalecliffe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Swalecliffe Dental Centre	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Chestfield Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.1 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 76 min from Whitstable Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Herne Bay Rail Station	1.5 mi	London St Pancras	81 min
Chestfield & Swalecliffe Rail Station	3.7 mi	London Bridge	85 min
Sturry Rail Station	5.0 mi	London Bridge	104 min
Whitstable Rail Station	5.1 mi	London St Pancras	76 min
Birchington-On-Sea Rail Station	6.6 mi	London St Pancras	90 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Whitstable Rail Station (76 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