Last sold £240,000 in June 2008

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• Jun 2008 — £240,000

The life around it

• The Archbishop's School 8-min walk
• University of Kent 9-min walk
• Canterbury West station 21-min walk
• Childs Forstal 740m
• The coast (coastline) 2.9km
• Vauxhall Lakes 1.3km
• Pond 527m
• Royal Harbour Marina (Inner) 24.1km
• Sarre Penn 808m
• Public Park 529m
• Play Area 541m
• Kent Students' Union Co-Op 555m
• Downs Road (Sw-Bound) 94m

Broadband

• Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
• Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more Not available
• Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 77.2% of premises — not all

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Canterbury West, 1.3km away

• 54 min London
• 110 min Cambridge

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,770 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle south-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 7% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

• An Article 4 direction applies here — some permitted development rights are withdrawn.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 195 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

• 5, Downs Road, Canterbury £270,000 · 2025
• 9, Downs Road, Canterbury £315,000 · 2022
• 11, Downs Road, Canterbury £250,000 · 2021
• 3, Downs Road, Canterbury £98,000 · 1996
• 13, Downs Road, Canterbury £57,500 · 1996
• 1, Downs Road, Canterbury £59,000 · 1998

Planning activity nearby

• Permitted Single-storey rear extension with raised patio together with raised steps to front. Jun 2026 source
• Withdrawn Erection of wall along southern boundary. Apr 2026 source
• Permitted Single-storey detached outbuilding for use as ancillary to the use of the house in… Feb 2026 source
• Permitted Single-storey side and rear extensions following the demolition of existing garage and… Jul 2026 source
• Permitted Single-storey rear and side extension following the demolition of existing extension. Feb 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.