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Forge Lane

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153 recorded sales · median £190,000 · Gravesham

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Gravesham Council · Labour-controlled 22/39 seats · 56% · 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

£190k

median price

7.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£190k

median sold price

8.9 yrs

of local pay to buy

23 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

7.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

312

Violence — most

11.5

NO₂ · WHO 10

5.1%

in a flood zone

1,577

green spaces

7.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

284

eat & drink

120

shops

74.8%

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

£289,950 in 2014 → £732,500 in 2026

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Gravesham, 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 £190,000. That's about 8.9× local earnings — around the 9.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 153 sales£190,000

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay8.9× · five-year average 9.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership62%

Owned outright

31%

With a mortgage

31%

Private rented

19%

Social rented

17%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,389

Your band:

Gravesham Borough Council£245

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,592

Band B£1,858

Band C£2,123

Band D (baseline)£2,389

Band E£2,919

Band F£3,450

Band G£3,981

Band H£4,777

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 Gravesham how Forge Lane compares · from Gravesham

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Riverview Park +31.1%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Riverview Park	£407,000	+31.1%	99
Shears Green	£350,000	+28.8%	60
Windmill Hill	£383,000	+27.1%	162
Durndale	£380,000	+25.7%	63
Singlewell	£300,000	+25.5%	93
Chalk	£345,000	+24.6%	121
Christian Fields	£340,000	+23.9%	62
Rosherville	£310,000	+21.3%	92
Whitehill	£380,000	+20.9%	31
Perry Street	£285,500	+19.5%	122
Parrock Farm	£340,000	+17.2%	43
Westcourt	£330,000	+16.7%	58
Kings Farm	£400,000	+9.3%	118
Northfleet	£260,000	+8.7%	48
Gravesend	£205,000	+7.1%	298
Hook Green	£500,000	+1.4%	99

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 Forge Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
THE COACH HOUSE FORGE LANE	Detached	—	—	£732,500	Mar 2026
The Coach House Forge Lane Shorne	Detached	—	—	£732,500	Mar 2026
PIPES PLACE FORGE LANE	Other	—	—	£1,700,000	Feb 2026
PIPES PLACE FORGE LANE	Flat	—	—	£174,995	Feb 2026
10 Forge Lane	Detached	—	—	£435,000	Sep 2025
PIPES PLACE FORGE LANE	Detached	—	—	£600,000	Aug 2025
Chuzzlewit House Forge Lane Shorne	Detached	—	—	£650,000	Jul 2025
47 Forge Lane Higham	Semi-detached	—	—	£480,000	Mar 2025
38, Forge Lane Higham	Terraced	—	—	£355,000	Dec 2024
37 Forge Lane Higham	Detached	—	—	£940,000	Dec 2024
5, Forge Lane Higham	Semi-detached	—	—	£405,000	Sep 2024
49 Forge Lane Higham	Semi-detached	—	—	£550,500	Jun 2024
20 Forge Lane Higham	Semi-detached	—	—	£340,000	Oct 2023
1c, Forge Lane	Detached	—	—	£425,000	Oct 2022
19 Forge Lane Higham	Detached	—	—	£525,000	Aug 2022
8 Forge Lane Higham	Terraced	—	—	£301,000	Aug 2022
14 FORGE LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£170,000	Apr 2022
THE FORGE FORGE LANE	Detached	—	—	£565,000	Apr 2022
61 FORGE LANE	Detached	—	—	£1,140,000	Oct 2021
ST KATHERINES FORGE LANE	Detached	—	—	£1,500,000	Oct 2021
7, Forge Lane	Terraced	—	—	£365,000	Apr 2021
10, Forge Lane Higham	Terraced	—	—	£251,000	Feb 2021
80, Forge Lane Higham	Terraced	—	—	£315,000	Oct 2020
51, Forge Lane Higham	Semi-detached	—	—	£465,000	Oct 2020

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 Gravesham

Crime runs at 7.8 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 / month7.8

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

By category, 12 months from Gravesham

Violence & sexual offences

312

Anti-social behaviour

200

Other theft

Criminal damage & arson

Vehicle crime

Shoplifting

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Gravesham 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 Gravesham

Population106,900

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% 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 — 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

5.3/10

Employment

5.3/10

Education & skills

4.3/10

Health & disability

5.6/10

Crime

3.3/10

Housing & services

4.4/10

Living environment

5.4/10

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

Figures for the wider Gravesham — 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+59%

Unemployment · economically active residents6.1%

Degree-level (Level 4+)27%

Good or very good health83%

Own their home62%

Median age39.4

Born outside the UK19%

See the full Gravesham report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 8 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

8 of 8 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 8 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
Shorne Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	0.7 km
Gad's Hill School	All-through	—	1.5 km
Higham Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	1.7 km
Higham Village Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.7 km
Thamesview School	Secondary	Good ('24)	2.9 km
Leigh Academy Strood	Secondary	—	3.0 km
Chalk Village Preschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.0 km
Cobham Hall	Secondary	—	3.0 km
Bligh Primary School (Infants)	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.1 km
Bligh Primary School (Juniors)	Primary	Good ('23)	3.1 km
St Aidans Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.2 km
Tymberwood Academy	Primary	—	3.3 km
The Riverview Academy	Primary	Good ('21)	3.4 km
Bright Beginnings	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.4 km
Westcourt Primary School	Primary	—	3.5 km
St Aidans Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.7 km
Little Explorers Kindergarten Riverside	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.7 km
Elaine Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	3.8 km
Kids Inc Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.9 km
Eden Childcare Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	—	3.9 km
Singlewell Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.9 km
2J's Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.0 km
Gordons Children's Academy, Infant	Primary	Good ('22)	4.0 km
Gordons Children's Academy, Junior	Primary	Good ('22)	4.0 km
Witty Kiddies Strood	Nursery	Good ('23)	4.0 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 3.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 3.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.4 km
NHS ODS

11 of 12 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Lawsat Pharm Ltd	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Gravesend Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Bespoke Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Riverview Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Louise Lunness-Barnes Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Lion Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Rochester Road Surgery	GP	—	3.9 km
Nicholson & Keep	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Rs Bains	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Marlowe Park Medical Ctr.	GP	Good ('22)	4.0 km
Hobbs Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Central Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Court View Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	4.1 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Bryant Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Gl Strood Ltd	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Gm Dental And Implant Centre	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Highparks Medical Practice	GP	—	4.3 km
Cliffe Woods Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
45-47	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Apex Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	4.4 km
Pharmacy @ Gun Lane	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Kings Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Williams Chemist	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
Oakfield Health Centre, Practice 2	GP	—	4.8 km
Echo Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Wainscott Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Rochester Orthodontic Centre	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Singlewell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Nb Pharmacy Ltd	Pharmacy	—	5.2 km
Gravesend Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Old Road West Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	5.3 km
Parrock Street Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	5.4 km
Parrock Dental	Dentist	Good ('17)	5.4 km
Regent Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Pma Dental Care	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Gravesend Medical Centre	GP	—	5.6 km
Pender Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Ryders Chemist	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
J F Lynch And Associates	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Gravesham Community Hospital	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Pelham Dental Studio	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Pelham Medical Practice	GP	Good ('17)	5.8 km
Darnley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
Beaconsfield Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Coco Dental Rochester Limited	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Overcliffe Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Photay And Associates	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Borstal Village Surgery	GP	—	6.0 km
Focus Chemists	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Thorndike Partnership	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	6.1 km
Crown Court Clinic	Dentist	—	6.1 km
New Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.2 km
City Way Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.4 km
Rochester Healthy Living Centre	Dentist	—	6.4 km
Louie Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.6 km
Tilbury Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	6.9 km
City Way Surgery	GP	—	7.2 km
Commonwealth Health Centre	GP	Good ('23)	7.2 km
Medic House	GP	Good ('24)	7.3 km
Sai Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	7.4 km
Meopham Medical Centre	GP	—	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 Gravesham

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 23 min from Gravesend Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Higham Rail Station	1.3 mi	London Bridge	57 min
Strood Rail Station	3.0 mi	London St Pancras	33 min
Cuxton Rail Station	3.2 mi	—	no direct train
Gravesend Rail Station	3.5 mi	London St Pancras	23 min
Rochester Rail Station	3.5 mi	London St Pancras	36 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Gravesend Rail Station (23 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

55%

Work from home

26%

Public transport

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging9 points

Per 10,000 residents0.8

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

Environment from Gravesham

Air quality

NO₂

11.5

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1004%

Flood zone5.1% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)

Historic landfill86 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 buildings312

Conservation areas23

Green belt76.8%

Green spaces1,577

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Gravesham

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	284	97% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	120	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	24	—
Green spaces & parks	1,577	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

74.8%

Superfast

95.3%

Ultrafast

78.4%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Gravesham

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

Unemployment rate6.1%

In work (employment rate)58.8%

Companies registered here8,922

New incorporations (12m)1,259

Property companies (SPVs)1,144

See the full Gravesham report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district