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CT2 7NL

Blean Forest · Canterbury · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Blean Forest
Local authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury
Postcode district
CT2
Postcode sector
CT2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT2 7NJ 88 m
CT2 7NT 117 m
CT2 7LT 120 m
CT2 7LS 131 m
CT2 7LX 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT2 7NL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT2
Postcode sector
CT2 7
Latitude
51.297264
Longitude
1.064552
British National Grid easting
613,740
British National Grid northing
159,808

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Canterbury · E07000106
Electoral ward
Blean Forest · E05010393
Parish or community
E43000269
Westminster constituency
Canterbury · E14001151
Output area
E00167557
Lower layer super output area
Canterbury 012H · E01035309
Middle layer super output area
Canterbury 012 · E02005021

Postcode source versions

Explore CT2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
11
Secondary
7

  1. University of Kent

    Higher education institutions

    465 m

  2. Bemix

    Special post 16 institution

    574 m

  3. St Edmund's School Canterbury

    Other independent school

    712 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,051
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 403
  • Anti social behaviour 152
  • Criminal damage and arson 106
  • Other theft 92
  • Vehicle crime 81

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CT2 7 residents
14,187

Age bands in CT2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9%

1,303 residents

Age 15 to 24
53.5%

7,753 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

2,364 residents

Age 45 to 64
12.3%

1,777 residents

Age 65 and over
8.9%

1,286 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE, GILES LANE, CANTERBURY, CT2 7PB

    ODS code G82140

    205 m

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 NORTHGATE, CANTERBURY, CT1 1WL

    ODS code G82060

    2.1 km

  • CANTERBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    26 OLD DOVER ROAD, CANTERBURY, CT1 3JH

    ODS code G82802

    2.9 km

  • NEW DOVER ROAD SURGERY

    10 NEW DOVER ROAD, CANTERBURY, CT1 3AP

    ODS code G82115

    3.1 km

  • STURRY SURGERY

    53 ISLAND ROAD, STURRY, CANTERBURY, CT2 0EF

    ODS code G82082

    4.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Science Building

    BCT · University of Kent

    0.1 miles

  • Science Building

    BCT · University of Kent

    0.1 miles

  • Ingram Building

    BCT · University of Kent

    0.1 miles

  • Ingram Building

    BCT · University of Kent

    0.1 miles

  • Kent Business School

    BCT · University of Kent

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Canterbury 012H, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,853 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 7 secondary schools. University of Kent is the nearest published school at 465 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,051 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 403 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.