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15 recorded sales · median £237,000 · Swale
Swale Council · Labour / Independent / Green coalition 28/47 seats · 60% · OCD 2026
60/100
Mixed
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£237k
median price
8.7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£237k
median sold price
8.8 yrs
of local pay to buy
53 min
London — fastest
14
rail stations
3
grammar schools
71
schools total
8.7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
443
Violence — most
7.8
NO₂ · WHO 10
18.7%
in a flood zone
656
green spaces
6.8
PM2.5 · WHO 5
349
eat & drink
102
shops
66.3%
gigabit
21
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
£327,750 in 2012 → £405,000 in 2015
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Swale, 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 £237,000. That's about 8.8× local earnings — around the 9.9× five-year average.
Sold price history
2015 · 2 sales
Median sold price · median of all 15 sales£237,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay8.8× · five-year average 9.9×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership67%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,356
Swale Borough Council£213
Kent County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,759
Police & Crime Commissioner£285
Fire & Rescue£100
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,571
Band B£1,833
Band C£2,095
Band D (baseline)£2,356
Band E£2,880
Band F£3,404
Band G£3,927
Band H£4,713
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 Swale how Forstal compares · from Swale
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Marine Town +30%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Town | £182,000 | +30% | 159 |
| Sittingbourne | £257,500 | +25.1% | 237 |
| Snipeshill | £261,250 | +22.7% | 138 |
| Chalkwell | £310,000 | +22.4% | 238 |
| Eden Village | £332,500 | +19.6% | 162 |
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 Forstal — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE COTTAGES FORSTAL | Semi-detached | — | — | £300,000 | Mar 2025 |
| Roseland Cottage Forstal Hernhill | Semi-detached | — | — | £330,000 | Aug 2015 |
| Bessborough Cottage Forstal Hernhill | Detached | — | — | £480,000 | Jul 2015 |
| GREEN VALLEY BUNGALOW FORSTAL | Detached | — | — | £463,000 | Oct 2012 |
| Bessborough Cottage Forstal Hernhill | Detached | — | — | £192,500 | Aug 2012 |
| PLUM TREE COTTAGE FORSTAL | Detached | — | — | £475,000 | Sep 2010 |
| BESSBOROUGH OAST FORSTAL | Terraced | — | — | £80,000 | Jun 2007 |
| Downs Forstal Fostall Hernhill | Semi-detached | — | — | £182,500 | Sep 2006 |
| HILLSIDE FORSTAL | Detached | — | — | £237,000 | Aug 2005 |
| GREEN VALLEY BUNGALOW FORSTAL | Detached | — | — | £180,000 | Oct 2003 |
10 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 Swale
Crime runs at 8.7 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 / month8.7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Swale
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Swale 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 Swale
Population151,676
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · improved 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 4 in 2019 — has improved 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
4.8/10
Education & skills
3.9/10
Health & disability
5.1/10
Crime
4.1/10
Housing & services
3.8/10
Living environment
5.9/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Swale — 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+57%
Unemployment · economically active residents5.4%
Degree-level (Level 4+)24%
Good or very good health80%
Own their home67%
Median age41.1
Born outside the UK8%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
67% 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
2 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 nearest inspected schools
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hernhill Church of England Primary School | Primary | — | 0.1 km |
| Dawes Community Childcare Centre | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.1 km |
| Farm Work Play | Nursery | Good ('24) | 1.3 km |
| Graveney Primary School | Primary | — | 1.8 km |
| Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School | Primary | — | 2.1 km |
| Magpie Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('22) | 2.1 km |
| D-Dee's Day Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('23) | 2.3 km |
| Bees Knees Playgroup | Nursery | Good ('24) | 2.6 km |
| Faversham House Day Nursery | Nursery | Good ('22) | 4.4 km |
| Townsend Montessori Nursery Faversham | Nursery | Good ('23) | 4.6 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
3
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 4.5 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
8
nearest dentists · nearest 4.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
10
nearest pharmacies · nearest 4.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrrell & Jones Seasalter | Pharmacy | — | 4.3 km |
| Whitstable Medical Practice | GP | — | 4.5 km |
| Capital House (Dental Surgery) | Dentist | — | 4.6 km |
| Mydentist Faversham | Dentist | — | 4.6 km |
| Tesco Instore Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 4.9 km |
| Newton Place Surgery | GP | — | 5.0 km |
| Newton Place Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 5.0 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 5.1 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 Swale
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 66 min from Faversham Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selling Rail Station | 2.8 mi | London Victoria | 85 min |
| Faversham Rail Station | 3.2 mi | London St Pancras | 66 min |
| Whitstable Rail Station | 4.2 mi | London St Pancras | 76 min |
| Chartham Rail Station | 4.6 mi | London Bridge | 93 min |
| Chilham Rail Station | 4.9 mi | London Bridge | 89 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Faversham Rail Station (66 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging7 points
Per 10,000 residents0.5
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Swale
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002.9%
Flood zone18.7% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)
Historic landfill91 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 buildings1,448
Conservation areas52
Green belt0%
Green spaces656
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Swale
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 349 | 95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 102 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 21 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 656 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Swale
Figures for the wider Swale — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5.4%
In work (employment rate)56.7%
Companies registered here8,332
New incorporations (12m)1,000
Property companies (SPVs)885
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district