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Water Lane

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63 recorded sales · median £475,000 · Tunbridge Wells

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Tunbridge Wells Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 25/39 seats · 64% · OCD 2026

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

66/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£475k

median price

5.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£475k

median sold price

11.5 yrs

of local pay to buy

46 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

5.9

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

222

Violence — most

6.6

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.9%

in a flood zone

381

green spaces

6.5

PM2.5 · WHO 5

235

eat & drink

shops

68.5%

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

£281,000 in 2002 → £565,000 in 2023

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Tunbridge Wells, 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 £475,000. That's about 11.5× local earnings — around the 13.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

2023 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 63 sales£475,000

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 pay11.5× · five-year average 13.3×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership65%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

31%

Private rented

19%

Social rented

15%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,361

Your band:

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council£217

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,574

Band B£1,836

Band C£2,098

Band D (baseline)£2,361

Band E£2,885

Band F£3,410

Band G£3,934

Band H£4,721

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 Tunbridge Wells how Water Lane compares · from Tunbridge Wells

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Romford +40.3%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Romford	£533,355	+40.3%	66
Hawkhurst	£400,000	+39.3%	107
Southborough	£475,000	+32.7%	186
Sherwood	£375,000	+23.8%	79
Rusthall	£402,500	+23%	143
Hawkenbury	£487,000	+17.1%	171
Cranbrook	£360,000	+16.6%	97
St James	£541,500	+14.8%	106
High Brooms	£402,000	+11.1%	197
Royal Tunbridge Wells	£325,000	+8.7%	232
Paddock Wood	£399,950	+8.6%	184
Royal Wells Park	£350,000	-0.7%	316
Pembury	£468,000	-1.3%	73
Broadwater Down	£430,000	-5.9%	233
Ferndale	£400,000	-7.4%	179

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 Water Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
HOME FARM WATER LANE	Other	—	—	£395,000	Mar 2026
FOUR WENTS WATER LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£890,000	Sep 2025
Holly Cottage Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£975,000	Sep 2024
Coniston Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£1,042,000	Nov 2023
HOME FARM WATER LANE	Terraced	—	—	£400,000	May 2023
HOME FARM WATER LANE	Terraced	—	—	£565,000	Apr 2023
GUN GREEN FARM WATER LANE	Other	—	—	£1,268,000	Aug 2022
HOME FARM WATER LANE	Terraced	—	—	£807,500	Jun 2022
Spring Cottage Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£620,000	May 2022
ORCHARD HOUSE WATER LANE HAWKHURST	Detached	—	—	£2,160,000	Feb 2022
Tubslake Water Lane Hawkhurst	Other	—	—	£815,000	Dec 2021
Yew Tree Cottage Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£650,000	Sep 2021
Woodsden Farm Barn Water Lane Hawkhurst	Other	—	—	£950,000	Mar 2021
GARDEN COTTAGE WATER LANE	Other	—	—	£950,000	Dec 2020
Springfields Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£1,450,000	Oct 2020
FOUR WENTS WATER LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£783,750	Jun 2020
HOME FARM WATER LANE	Detached	—	—	£1,175,000	Dec 2019
Lower Tilden Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£1,200,000	Nov 2019
Tudor Bungalow Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£600,000	Feb 2019
TUBSLAKE OAST WATER LANE	Other	—	—	£350,000	Dec 2018
Gun Green Oast Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£1,425,000	Sep 2017
Spring Cottage Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£460,000	Aug 2016
Yew Tree Cottage Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£390,000	Oct 2015
Coniston Water Lane Hawkhurst	Detached	—	—	£555,000	Jul 2015

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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 Tunbridge Wells

Crime runs at 5.9 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 / month5.9

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

By category, 12 months from Tunbridge Wells

Violence & sexual offences

222

Anti-social behaviour

130

Shoplifting

Other theft

Criminal damage & arson

Vehicle crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells

Population115,311

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 7/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% 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 8 in 2019 — has worsened 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

7.1/10

Employment

7.0/10

Education & skills

7.6/10

Health & disability

7.7/10

Crime

6.2/10

Housing & services

4.6/10

Living environment

5.5/10

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

Figures for the wider Tunbridge Wells — 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+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents4.1%

Degree-level (Level 4+)41%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home65%

Median age43.1

Born outside the UK14%

See the full Tunbridge Wells report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 2 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

2 of 2 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 2 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 17 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
St Ronan's School	All-through	—	0.9 km
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Hawkhurst Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	1.2 km
Mr Noah's Nursery School CIC	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	1.7 km
Junior's Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	3.4 km
Benenden School	All-through	—	3.8 km
Benenden Preschool	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	3.9 km
Sandhurst Primary School	Primary	—	4.3 km
Sandhurst Nursery School CIO	Nursery	—	4.3 km
Benenden Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	4.4 km
Cranbrook School	Secondary	Good ('22)	4.7 km
The Dulwich School Cranbrook	All-through	—	4.8 km
Cranbrook Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	5.0 km
Woodpeckers Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	5.3 km
Bodiam Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	5.6 km
Bodiam Church of England Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	5.8 km
Hurst Green Church of England Primary School and Nursery	Primary	—	5.9 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 1.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.5 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Hawkhurst Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Weald View Medical Practice - Hawkhurst	GP	Good ('18)	1.5 km
Stonerock Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Orchard End	GP	Good ('17)	4.1 km
The Tanyard And Golding Dental Group	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Cranbrook Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Crane Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.6 km
Total Orthodontics Cranbrook	Dentist	—	4.6 km
Old School Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('19)	4.9 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 Tunbridge Wells

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 46 min from Marden Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Etchingham Rail Station	4.8 mi	London Bridge	64 min
Robertsbridge Rail Station	5.5 mi	London Bridge	68 min
Stonegate Rail Station	7.5 mi	London Bridge	63 min
Staplehurst Rail Station	8.1 mi	London Bridge	51 min
Marden Rail Station	8.4 mi	London Bridge	46 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Marden Rail Station (46 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

42%

Drive

42%

Walk or cycle

10%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging10 points

Per 10,000 residents0.9

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

Environment from Tunbridge Wells

Air quality

NO₂

6.6

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002.7%

Flood zone3.9% of postcodes

Radonup to <1% of homes

Historic landfill141 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 buildings2,250

Conservation areas25

Green belt21.5%

Green spaces381

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Tunbridge Wells

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	235	94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	49	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	17	—
Green spaces & parks	381	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

68.5%

Superfast

92.7%

Ultrafast

70.2%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Tunbridge Wells

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

Unemployment rate4.1%

In work (employment rate)60.5%

Companies registered here10,415

New incorporations (12m)1,018

Property companies (SPVs)1,059

See the full Tunbridge Wells report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district