CT4 8BU

Downs North · Ashford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Canterbury
Local authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent
Postcode district
CT4
Postcode sector
CT4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT4 8EE 71 m
CT4 8DU 79 m
CT4 8DF 111 m
CT4 8EF 222 m
CT4 8DT 264 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT4 8BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT4
Postcode sector
CT4 8
Latitude
51.243296
Longitude
0.972831
British National Grid easting
607,590
British National Grid northing
153,545

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Ashford · E07000105
Parish or community
E04004835
Westminster constituency
Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area
E00121790
Lower layer super output area
Ashford 001C · E01023988
Middle layer super output area
Ashford 001 · E02004996

Postcode source versions

Explore CT4

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Old Sawmills Row, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BU 6 December 2024 £332,000
2, Old Sawmills Row, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BU 22 October 2020 £308,500
2, Old Sawmills Row, Chilham, Canterbury, CT4 8BU 28 July 2016 £299,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Hope View School

    Other independent special school

    251 m
  2. Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    715 m
  3. Chartham Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
62
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Anti social behaviour 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Other theft 7
  • Burglary 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
CT4 8 residents
1,975

Age bands in CT4 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

336 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.6%

153 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

385 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

621 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

520 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT4 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

1

within 5 km

  • OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

    BOLTS HILL, CHARTHAM, CANTERBURY, CT4 7JY

    ODS code G82790

    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

  • Bagham Lane

    BCT · Chilham

    0.0 miles
  • Bagham Lane

    BCT · Chilham

    0.1 miles
  • Chilham Rail Station

    RLY · Chilham

    0.2 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Chilham

    0.2 miles
  • Chilham Rail Station

    RSE · Chilham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ashford 001C, 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

15,816 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £332,000 from 1 recorded sale in CT4 8BU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Ashford is £344,332 in June 2026, up 0.3% year on year.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hope View School is the nearest published school at 251 m.

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

Recorded crime

62 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.167 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.