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CT3 1EY

Little Stour & Ashstone · Dover · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Canterbury
Ward
Little Stour & Ashstone
Local authority
Dover
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Postcode district
CT3
Postcode sector
CT3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT3 1DL 418 m
CT3 1DP 513 m
CT3 1DH 523 m
CT3 1DJ 543 m
CT3 1DN 559 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT3 1EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT3
Postcode sector
CT3 1
Latitude
51.295346
Longitude
1.223327
British National Grid easting
624,816
British National Grid northing
160,069

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Dover · E07000108
Electoral ward
Little Stour & Ashstone · E05012861
Parish or community
E04004914
Westminster constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich · E14001282
Output area
E00122894
Lower layer super output area
Dover 001A · E01024206
Middle layer super output area
Dover 001 · E02005041

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sweech Cottage, Preston Lane, Preston, Canterbury, CT3 1EY 8 November 2016 £515,000
Carpenters Farm, Preston Lane, Preston, Canterbury, CT3 1EY 25 October 2011 £685,000
Longmete Cottage, Preston Lane, Preston, Canterbury, CT3 1EY 28 August 2009 £405,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
0

  1. Preston Primary School

    Community school

    893 m

  2. Wingham Primary School

    Community school

    2.9 km

  3. Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
42
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Drugs 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

12 female, 7 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.2
CT3 1 residents
6,396

Age bands in CT3 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

937 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

549 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,246 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

1,828 residents

Age 65 and over
26.8%

1,669 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT3 1 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+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • ASH SURGERY

    CHILTON PLACE, ASH, CANTERBURY, CT3 2HD

    ODS code G82138

    4.2 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

  • Sweech Farm

    BCT · Preston

    0.1 miles

  • Sweech Farm

    BCT · Preston

    0.1 miles

  • Court Lane

    BCT · Preston

    0.2 miles

  • Court Lane

    BCT · Preston

    0.2 miles

  • The Forstal

    BCT · Preston

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dover 001A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,996 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Preston Primary School is the nearest published school at 893 m.

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

Recorded crime

42 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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