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Laurel Walk

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63 recorded sales · median £137,750 · Medway

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Medway Council · Labour-controlled 31/59 seats · 53% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

68/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£138k

median price

8.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£138k

median sold price

8.3 yrs

of local pay to buy

33 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

115

schools total

8.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

867

Violence — most

10.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

7.5%

in a flood zone

3,428

green spaces

7.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

600

eat & drink

230

shops

80.4%

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

£154,995 in 2004 → £270,000 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 Medway, 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 £137,750. That's about 8.3× local earnings — around the 8.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 63 sales£137,750

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 pay8.3× · five-year average 8.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership65%

Owned outright

31%

With a mortgage

34%

Private rented

20%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,319

Your band:

Medway Council£1,934

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,546

Band B£1,804

Band C£2,062

Band D (baseline)£2,319

Band E£2,835

Band F£3,350

Band G£3,865

Band H£4,639

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 Medway how Laurel Walk compares · from Medway

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Rainham Mark +29.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Rainham Mark	£350,000	+29.5%	151
Gillingham	£241,000	+25%	748
Wigmore	£532,500	+23.6%	141
Twydall	£310,000	+22.9%	207
Parkwood	£310,000	+21.7%	195
Troy Town	£292,000	+21.2%	293
Rainham	£325,000	+21.1%	386
Luton	£242,000	+21%	377
Halling	£350,000	+20.5%	98
Chatham	£226,000	+20.5%	594
Walderslade	£315,000	+20%	378
Snodhurst	£310,000	+19.7%	364
Wainscott	£345,000	+18.3%	124
Wayfield	£290,000	+17.3%	244
Cuxton Brickfield	£315,000	+15.4%	187
Salters Cross	£305,250	+15.4%	198
Borstal	£285,000	+14.4%	197
Upper Luton	£270,000	+11.9%	93
Frindsbury	£277,250	+9.3%	164
Strood	£260,000	+8.3%	283
Hoo St Werburgh	£343,000	+5.7%	182
Brompton	£220,000	-12.8%	128
Hempstead	£375,000	-22.6%	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 Laurel Walk — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
40 Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£250,000	Mar 2026
14 Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£290,000	Jan 2026
26 Laurel Walk Rainham	Semi-detached	—	—	£269,000	Feb 2025
20, Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£260,000	Feb 2024
36 Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£275,000	Sep 2022
13, Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£275,088	Aug 2022
14 Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£230,000	Aug 2021
30 Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£250,000	May 2021
6 LAUREL WALK RAINHAM GILLINGHAM	Terraced	—	—	£264,000	Mar 2021
10, Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£233,000	Mar 2021
8 LAUREL WALK	Terraced	—	—	£265,000	Oct 2020
8 LAUREL WALK	Terraced	—	—	£240,000	Feb 2018
30 Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£234,000	Nov 2017
20, Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£222,000	Mar 2017
10, Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£212,000	Dec 2016
20, Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£190,000	Feb 2016
10, Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£179,995	Jun 2015
2 LAUREL WALK RAINHAM	Terraced	—	—	£198,000	May 2015
14 Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£157,500	Jan 2015
40 Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£139,500	Feb 2013
20, Laurel Walk Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£138,250	Feb 2013
2 LAUREL WALK RAINHAM	Terraced	—	—	£157,500	Dec 2011
28 LAUREL WALK	Terraced	—	—	£137,500	Sep 2011
8 LAUREL WALK	Terraced	—	—	£145,500	Sep 2011

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 Medway

Crime runs at 8.8 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 / month8.8

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

By category, 12 months from Medway

Violence & sexual offences

867

Anti-social behaviour

562

Criminal damage & arson

209

Other theft

186

Shoplifting

174

Public order

117

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Medway 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 Medway

Population279,773

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

5.2/10

Employment

5.0/10

Education & skills

4.5/10

Health & disability

5.2/10

Crime

3.8/10

Housing & services

3.9/10

Living environment

5.9/10

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

Figures for the wider Medway — 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+60%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.7%

Degree-level (Level 4+)26%

Good or very good health82%

Own their home65%

Median age38.9

Born outside the UK14%

See the full Medway report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 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
Miers Court Primary School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Rainbow Pre-School and Out of School Club	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
Parkwood Primary School	Primary	Requires improvement ('23)	0.6 km
Parkwood Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	0.6 km
Parkwood 'Poppets' Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.8 km
Parkwood Christian Fellowship Preschool	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	0.8 km
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School	Primary	—	0.8 km
St Margaret's Infant School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Rainham School for Girls	Secondary	—	1.2 km
The Howard School	Secondary	—	1.2 km
Fairview Community Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Fairview Fledglings	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Rainham	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.4 km
Scallywags (Medway) Limited	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	1.4 km
Deanwood Primary School	Primary	—	1.5 km
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.5 km
Leigh Academy Rainham	Secondary	Good ('24)	1.7 km
Riverside Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	1.8 km
Thames View Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.9 km
Sunshine Thames View Pre-School and Out of School Club	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.9 km
Rainham Mark Grammar School	Secondary	Good ('22)	2.0 km
Hempstead Pavilion Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.2 km
The Gillingham Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	2.2 km
Hempstead Junior School	Primary	—	2.3 km
Hempstead Infant School	Primary	—	2.3 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 0.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Long Catlis Road Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	0.8 km
Parkwood Health Centre	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Fenns Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Kentendo (Maidstone Road)	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Toothcare Dental	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Phoenix Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Maidstone Rd Rainham Surgery	GP	—	1.0 km
Wigmore Medical Centre	GP	Good ('22)	1.0 km
Portman Smile Clinic Rainham	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Thames Ave Surgery	GP	—	1.1 km
Orchard Family Practice	GP	Good ('22)	1.2 km
Maidstone Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Mediclinic Pharmacy Rainham	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Parkwood Family Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	1.2 km
The Rainham Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Doctors Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Wigmore Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Pump Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	1.8 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Hempstead Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
7 - 8 Ambley Green Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Mch House	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Eastcourt Lane Surgery	GP	—	2.6 km
Waltham Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('15)	2.6 km
Mjs Patel & Associates	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Uj Patel Imos - Twydall Lane	Dentist	—	2.7 km
J Spensley	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Woodlands Family Practice	GP	Good ('22)	3.8 km
Woodlands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Mediclinic Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Watling Street Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Sturdee Avenue Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Matrix Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	4.2 km
Stonecross And West Drive Surgery	GP	—	4.4 km
Street End Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Medway Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Nelson Road Dental & Implant Centre	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Smiths Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Newington Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Lordswood Healthy Living Centre	Dentist	—	4.6 km
Napier Road Surgery	GP	—	4.6 km
Lordswood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.8 km
The Churchill Clinic	GP	Good ('19)	4.9 km
Pharmacy 1St	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Franklin House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Osbon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.0 km
Wayfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Medway Maritime Hospital	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Osbon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.2 km
The Glebe Family Practice	GP	—	5.3 km
Balmoral Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
The Kings Family Practice	GP	Good ('15)	5.5 km
Network Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Kent Smile Studio	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Gillingham Dental Healthcare Practice	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Fenns Chemist	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
High Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Luton Arches Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Medway Dental Care	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Reach Healthcare	GP	Good ('22)	5.8 km
Merlin Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
Princes Park Medical Ctr	GP	—	5.8 km
King George Road Surgery	GP	—	5.9 km
Bryant Street Medical Practice	GP	Good ('23)	6.0 km
Gibraltar House (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	6.4 km
Ashley Lupin And Associates Ltd	Dentist	—	6.4 km
Maritime Health Partnership	GP	—	7.5 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 Medway

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 36 min from Rochester Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Rainham (Kent) Rail Station	0.9 mi	London St Pancras	49 min
Newington Rail Station	2.8 mi	London Victoria	59 min
Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station	3.2 mi	London St Pancras	44 min
Chatham Rail Station	4.0 mi	London St Pancras	40 min
Rochester Rail Station	4.9 mi	London St Pancras	36 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Rochester Rail Station (36 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

57%

Work from home

26%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging11 points

Per 10,000 residents0.4

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

Environment from Medway

Air quality

NO₂

10.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1005.6%

Flood zone7.5% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill97 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 buildings644

Conservation areas24

Green belt6.9%

Green spaces3,428

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Medway

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	600	94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	230	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	40	—
Green spaces & parks	3,428	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

80.4%

Superfast

95.6%

Ultrafast

82.9%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Medway

Figures for the wider Medway — 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)59.5%

Companies registered here20,013

New incorporations (12m)2,764

Property companies (SPVs)2,418

See the full Medway report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district