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Discovery Drive

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31 recorded sales · median £484,995 · 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

£485k

median price

7.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£485k

median sold price

7.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

69 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

£484,995 in 2017 → £324,995 in 2019

⌄ 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 £484,995. That's about 7.8× local earnings — around the 8.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2019 · 9 sales

Median sold price · median of all 31 sales£484,995

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 Discovery Drive 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 Discovery Drive — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
3 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£650,000	Nov 2025
15 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£665,000	Feb 2025
12, Discovery Drive Preston	Detached	—	—	£410,000	Jan 2025
8 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£690,000	Oct 2024
4 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£630,000	Jun 2022
16, Discovery Drive Preston	Semi-detached	—	—	£365,000	Sep 2021
2 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£580,000	Mar 2021
18 Discovery Drive Preston	Detached	—	—	£554,995	May 2019
23 Discovery Drive Preston	Detached	—	—	£324,995	Apr 2019
25 Discovery Drive Preston	Semi-detached	—	—	£294,995	Apr 2019
27 Discovery Drive Preston	Semi-detached	—	—	£294,995	Apr 2019
29 Discovery Drive Preston	Detached	—	—	£334,995	Apr 2019
21, Discovery Drive Preston	Detached	—	—	£494,995	Mar 2019
16, Discovery Drive Preston	Semi-detached	—	—	£299,995	Mar 2019
14, Discovery Drive Preston	Semi-detached	—	—	£294,995	Feb 2019
12, Discovery Drive Preston	Detached	—	—	£338,995	Feb 2019
17, Discovery Drive Preston	Detached	—	—	£339,995	Dec 2018
19, Discovery Drive Preston	Semi-detached	—	—	£294,995	Dec 2018
15 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£554,995	Sep 2018
13 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£299,995	Jun 2018
10 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£485,000	Jun 2018
11 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£564,995	Mar 2018
9 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£585,995	Feb 2018
8 Discovery Drive	Detached	—	—	£570,995	Jan 2018

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 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

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

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 22 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Preston Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.6 km
Chislet Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	3.8 km
Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	3.9 km
Wingham Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	4.2 km
Wingham Pre-School	Nursery	—	4.2 km
Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	4.4 km
St Faith's At Ash School Limited	Primary	—	4.7 km
Water Meadows Primary School	Primary	—	4.8 km
Hersden Under 5's	Nursery	—	4.8 km
Monkton Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	5.2 km
Monkton Under 5's Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.2 km
St Nicholas At Wade Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	5.3 km
Hoath Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	5.3 km
Chislet & District Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.3 km
Littlebourne Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	5.4 km
Littlebourne Ladybirds Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	5.4 km
Orion Spires	Secondary	Good ('23)	5.5 km
Westbere Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.8 km
Minster Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	6.5 km
Manor House Minster Nursery Ltd	Nursery	—	6.5 km
Goldfinch Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	7.1 km
Dan Dans Ltd	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	7.7 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 surgery · nearest 4.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentist · nearest 3.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 4.8 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Wingham Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Ash Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	4.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Delmergate (Coastal) Limited	Pharmacy	—	7.8 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 Dover

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 99 min from Bekesbourne Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Minster Rail Station	4.2 mi	London Bridge	114 min
Sturry Rail Station	4.5 mi	London Bridge	104 min
Adisham Rail Station	4.8 mi	London Victoria	104 min
Bekesbourne Rail Station	5.0 mi	London Victoria	99 min
Aylesham Rail Station	5.6 mi	London Victoria	106 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Bekesbourne Rail Station (99 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