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Valenciennes Road

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18 recorded sales · median £172,498 · 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

£172k

median price

8.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£172k

median sold price

8.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

49 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

£45,500 in 1995 → £445,000 in 2022

⌄ 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 £172,498. That's about 8.8× local earnings — around the 9.9× five-year average.

Sold price history

2022 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 18 sales£172,498

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 Valenciennes Road 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 Valenciennes Road — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
2, Valenciennes Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£325,000	Apr 2024
24 Valenciennes Road	Detached	—	—	£595,000	Apr 2022
4 Valenciennes Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£295,000	Mar 2022
5 VALENCIENNES ROAD SITTINGBOURNE	Terraced	—	—	£270,000	Jan 2021
26, Valenciennes Road	Detached	—	—	£650,000	Nov 2016
2, Valenciennes Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£247,000	May 2016
26, Valenciennes Road	Detached	—	—	£600,000	Aug 2014
9 VALENCIENNES ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£175,000	Dec 2008
5 VALENCIENNES ROAD SITTINGBOURNE	Terraced	—	—	£169,995	Sep 2006
2, Valenciennes Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£176,000	Jun 2006
11 VALENCIENNES ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£167,000	Aug 2005
11 VALENCIENNES ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£153,000	Oct 2003
11 VALENCIENNES ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£130,995	Dec 2002
11 VALENCIENNES ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£109,995	May 2002
7 VALENCIENNES ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£73,000	Feb 1999
4 Valenciennes Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£63,995	Feb 1998
2, Valenciennes Road	Semi-detached	—	—	£42,500	May 1995
5 VALENCIENNES ROAD SITTINGBOURNE	Terraced	—	—	£48,500	Feb 1995

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18 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

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
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	0.4 km
The Oaks Infant School	Primary	—	0.4 km
Borden Grammar School	Secondary	—	0.4 km
Little Treasures Kindergarten Ltd	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.5 km
Fulston Manor School	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	0.5 km
Carmel Caterpillars Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.5 km
Minterne Junior School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Highsted Grammar School	Secondary	Good ('23)	0.6 km
Johnson Garden Day Nursery Limited	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.6 km
St Peter's Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.6 km
Tecnis Academy Sittingbourne	Nursery	—	0.6 km
Chatter Tots Ltd Sittingbourne	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.7 km
Cedartree Preschool	Nursery	Requires improvement ('25)	0.7 km
Westlands Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.7 km
The Westlands Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.7 km
Little Angels Playgroup	Nursery	—	0.7 km
South Avenue Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Sittingbourne	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Little Angels Playgroup	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.1 km
Lyndhurst Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.2 km
VTC Independent School	Secondary	—	1.2 km
Activeplay Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.3 km
Canterbury Road Primary School	Primary	—	1.4 km
Westlands School	Secondary	—	1.5 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 0.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

3 of 4 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Memorial Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	0.5 km
The Medic Care Surgery	GP	—	0.5 km
Memorial Hospital Sittingbourne	Dentist	Good ('22)	0.5 km
Pharmachem Limited	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Portman Smile Clinic Sittingbourne	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
The London Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Hilton Dentistry	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Chopra Dental Ltd	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
London Road Medical Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	0.8 km
The Chestnuts Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.1 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Milton Regis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Bespoke Orthodontics	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Milton Regis Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Milton Regis Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
The Meads Medical Practice	GP	—	1.9 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Green Porch Medical Partnership	GP	—	2.3 km
Austinoma Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
H 2 H Pharmacy Limited	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Grovehurst Health	GP	—	3.2 km
Kemsley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Newington Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Iwade Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Green Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.0 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 58 min from Sittingbourne Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Sittingbourne Rail Station	0.5 mi	London St Pancras	58 min
Kemsley Rail Station	1.9 mi	—	no direct train
Newington Rail Station	2.9 mi	London Victoria	59 min
Teynham Rail Station	3.4 mi	London Victoria	69 min
Swale Rail Station	3.8 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Sittingbourne Rail Station (58 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