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Heron Close

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22 recorded sales · median £246,000 · Swale

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Swale Council · Labour / Independent / Green coalition 28/47 seats · 60% · OCD 2026

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

62/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£246k

median price

8.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£246k

median sold price

8.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

44 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

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

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

£161,500 in 1995 → £527,500 in 2017

⌄ 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 £246,000. That's about 8.8× local earnings — around the 9.9× five-year average.

Sold price history

2017 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 22 sales£246,000

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%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

18%

Social rented

13%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,356

Your band:

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 Heron Close 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
Kemsley	£292,500	+18.6%	239
Murston	£270,000	+18.2%	176
Minster	£285,000	+15.9%	268
Milton Regis	£260,000	+15.2%	117
Chart Mill	£358,000	+12.3%	58
Halfway	£290,000	+12%	155
Faversham	£272,000	+10%	219
Merryman's Hill	£322,500	+4.9%	109
Mile Town	£223,000	+3.6%	55

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 Heron Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
5, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£570,000	Mar 2026
17, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£625,000	Sep 2022
8, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£600,000	Feb 2021
8, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£540,000	Dec 2017
9, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£527,500	Mar 2017
14, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£350,000	Feb 2017
1, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Semi-detached	—	—	£215,000	Jul 2013
15 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£335,000	Apr 2010
16 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£460,000	Nov 2007
5, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£333,500	Oct 2006
1, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Terraced	—	—	£217,000	Jul 2006
13 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£280,000	Sep 2005
11 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£275,000	Sep 2002
7 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£209,950	Jul 2001
3 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£199,995	Nov 2000
7 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£148,000	Dec 1997
8, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£172,500	Dec 1997
23 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£178,000	Nov 1997
6 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£158,000	Aug 1997
14, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£138,000	Dec 1996
15 HERON CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£153,000	Aug 1995
9, Heron Close Lower Halstow	Detached	—	—	£170,000	Feb 1995

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22 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

Violence & sexual offences

443

Anti-social behaviour

374

Criminal damage & arson

115

Shoplifting

Other theft

Vehicle crime

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%

See the full Swale report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

67% of the 6 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 6 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 6 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
Lower Halstow Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.5 km
Treasure Chest Pre School	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.5 km
Holywell Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Nursery Days	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.4 km
Newington Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	2.1 km
Leigh Academy Rainham	Secondary	Good ('24)	3.4 km
Riverside Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	3.5 km
Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	3.6 km
Bobbing Village School	Primary	Requires improvement ('24)	3.7 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Rainham	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.9 km
Grove Park Primary School	Primary	Requires improvement ('23)	4.1 km
Iwade School	Primary	—	4.2 km
Tinkerbells Early Years	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	4.3 km
Ickle Pickles Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.3 km
Happy Days UK Ltd	Nursery	Good ('23)	4.3 km
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School	Primary	—	4.6 km
St Margaret's Infant School	Primary	—	4.6 km
Squirrel Lodge Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.7 km
Westlands School	Secondary	—	4.7 km
Miers Court Primary School	Primary	—	4.8 km
Rainbow Pre-School and Out of School Club	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.8 km
Borden Church of England Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	4.8 km
Borden Village Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	4.8 km
Thames View Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	4.9 km
Sunshine Thames View Pre-School and Out of School Club	Nursery	Good ('23)	4.9 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 4.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 4.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 2.6 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Newington Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Portman Smile Clinic Rainham	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Orchard Family Practice	GP	Good ('22)	4.3 km
Iwade Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Mediclinic Pharmacy Rainham	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
The Meads Medical Practice	GP	—	4.4 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
The Rainham Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Thames Ave Surgery	GP	—	4.7 km
Maidstone Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Doctors Surgery	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Grovehurst Health	GP	—	4.8 km
Kemsley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Maidstone Rd Rainham Surgery	GP	—	4.9 km
Bespoke Orthodontics	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Milton Regis Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Milton Regis Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Milton Regis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Green Porch Medical Partnership	GP	—	5.5 km
Austinoma Chemist	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Pump Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	5.5 km
Chopra Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
London Road Medical Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	5.5 km
The London Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Waltham Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('15)	5.8 km
Long Catlis Road Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	5.8 km
Parkwood Health Centre	Dentist	—	5.8 km
Fenns Chemist	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Kentendo (Maidstone Road)	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Toothcare Dental	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
J Spensley	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Phoenix Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Mjs Patel & Associates	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Uj Patel Imos - Twydall Lane	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Portman Smile Clinic Sittingbourne	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Wigmore Medical Centre	GP	Good ('22)	6.0 km
Parkwood Family Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	6.2 km
Hilton Dentistry	Dentist	—	6.3 km
Wigmore Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.5 km
Memorial Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	6.6 km
The Medic Care Surgery	GP	—	6.6 km
Memorial Hospital Sittingbourne	Dentist	Good ('22)	6.6 km
Pharmachem Limited	Pharmacy	—	6.6 km
The Chestnuts Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	6.7 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	6.7 km
Queenborough Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	7.2 km
Tyrrell & Jones Queenborough	Pharmacy	—	7.2 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 49 min from Rainham (Kent) Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Newington Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Victoria	59 min
Rainham (Kent) Rail Station	2.5 mi	London St Pancras	49 min
Kemsley Rail Station	3.0 mi	—	no direct train
Swale Rail Station	3.6 mi	—	no direct train
Sittingbourne Rail Station	3.7 mi	London St Pancras	58 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Rainham (Kent) Rail Station (49 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

59%

Work from home

25%

Walk or cycle

10%

Public transport

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

NO₂

7.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.8

— WHO guide

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

Gigabit

66.3%

Superfast

89.5%

Ultrafast

67.8%

% 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

See the full Swale report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district