CT3 1HS

Little Stour & Ashstone · Dover · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Canterbury
Local authority
Dover
Postcode district
CT3
Postcode sector
CT3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT3 1HR 250 m
CT3 1HU 404 m
CT3 1HT 480 m
CT3 1HX 676 m
CT3 1JG 761 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT3 1HS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT3
Postcode sector
CT3 1
Latitude
51.315006
Longitude
1.234868
British National Grid easting
625,524
British National Grid northing
162,290

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Dover · E07000108
Parish or community
E04004923
Westminster constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich · E14001282
Output area
E00122898
Lower layer super output area
Dover 001A · E01024206
Middle layer super output area
Dover 001 · E02005041

Postcode source versions

Explore CT3

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Tiny Rose Cottage, Stourmouth, Canterbury, CT3 1HS 24 September 2025 £275,000
Cooks Place, Stourmouth, Canterbury, CT3 1HS 23 July 2025 £780,000
Dean Farmhouse, Stourmouth, Canterbury, CT3 1HS 27 March 2025 £2,900,000

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

    1.4 km
  2. Chislet Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.7 km
  3. Monkton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Drugs 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
44

20 female, 24 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.7% 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+
100%
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

    5.0 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

  • Newhouse Corner

    BCT · Stourmouth

    0.1 miles
  • Newhouse Corner

    BCT · Stourmouth

    0.1 miles
  • Mellands Farm

    BCT · Preston

    0.4 miles
  • Mellands Farm

    BCT · Preston

    0.4 miles
  • The Rising Sun

    BCT · Stourmouth

    0.6 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £304,000 from 5 recorded sales in CT3 1HS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dover is £276,234 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Preston Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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