CT2 8EY

Blean Forest · Canterbury · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Canterbury
Local authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Canterbury
Postcode district
CT2
Postcode sector
CT2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT2 8EX 43 m
CT2 8HA 115 m
CT2 8EZ 142 m
CT2 8EU 164 m
CT2 8ET 203 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT2 8EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT2
Postcode sector
CT2 8
Latitude
51.286655
Longitude
1.056817
British National Grid easting
613,250
British National Grid northing
158,606

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Canterbury · E07000106
Parish or community
E43000269
Westminster constituency
Canterbury · E14001151
Output area
E00122466
Lower layer super output area
Canterbury 012E · E01024123
Middle layer super output area
Canterbury 012 · E02005021

Postcode source versions

Explore CT2

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Hillview Road, Canterbury, CT2 8EY 28 September 2021 £345,000
37, Hillview Road, Canterbury, CT2 8EY 12 November 2020 £548,000
17, Hillview Road, Canterbury, CT2 8EY 22 May 2019 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
10
Secondary
7
  1. St Edmund's School Canterbury

    Other independent school

    593 m
  2. Kent College (Canterbury)

    Other independent school

    772 m
  3. Kent College International Study Centre

    Other independent school

    772 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,646
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 552
  • Anti social behaviour 259
  • Criminal damage and arson 162
  • Shoplifting 153
  • Other theft 132

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

30 female, 28 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.5
CT2 8 residents
7,734

Age bands in CT2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

1,012 residents

Age 15 to 24
24.2%

1,825 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

1,870 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.8%

1,488 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,333 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT2 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE, GILES LANE, CANTERBURY, CT2 7PB

    ODS code G82140

    1.1 km

  • 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

    2.3 km

  • NEW DOVER ROAD SURGERY

    10 NEW DOVER ROAD, CANTERBURY, CT1 3AP

    ODS code G82115

    2.6 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cherry Garden Road

    BCT · Canterbury

    0.3 miles
  • Cherry Garden Road

    BCT · Canterbury

    0.3 miles
  • Fisher Road

    BCT · St Dunstans

    0.3 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Harbledown

    0.3 miles
  • University Road St Edmund's School

    BCT · University of Kent

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Canterbury 012E, 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

30,000 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £345,000 from 1 recorded sale in CT2 8EY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Canterbury is £338,030 in June 2026, up 3.3% year on year.

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Edmund's School Canterbury is the nearest published school at 593 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,646 published events cover 12 months, averaging 137.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 552 events.

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