CT6 5PW

Heron · Canterbury · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Herne Bay
Ward
Heron
Local authority
Canterbury
Postcode district
CT6
Postcode sector
CT6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT6 5PJ 47 m
CT6 5LQ 54 m
CT6 5PH 64 m
CT6 5PN 70 m
CT6 5LG 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT6 5PW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 1987
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT6
Postcode sector
CT6 5
Latitude
51.371699
Longitude
1.125940
British National Grid easting
617,666
British National Grid northing
168,264

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Canterbury · E07000106
Electoral ward
Heron · E05010399
Parish or community
E43000269
Westminster constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich · E14001282
Output area
E00122264
Lower layer super output area
Canterbury 001A · E01024078
Middle layer super output area
Canterbury 001 · E02005010

Postcode source versions

Explore CT6

90 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brian Roberts House, Flat 35, Beach Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5PW 24 March 2026 £91,000
Brian Roberts House, Flat 33, Beach Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5PW 5 December 2025 £85,000
Brian Roberts House, Flat 17, Beach Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5PW 4 November 2025 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Herne Bay Junior School

    Foundation school

    421 m
  2. Herne Bay Infant School

    Community school

    456 m
  3. Herne Bay High School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,116
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 770
  • Shoplifting 313
  • Anti social behaviour 313
  • Criminal damage and arson 203
  • Other theft 123

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

23 female, 18 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
1.3
CT6 5 residents
8,246

Age bands in CT6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,641 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

1,046 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

2,316 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,404 residents

Age 65 and over
20.4%

1,903 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT6 5 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+
16.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
16.3%
Gigabit-capable
16.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

2

within 5 km

  • PARK SURGERY

    116 KINGS ROAD, HERNE BAY, CT6 5RE

    ODS code G82119

    228 m

  • THE HERON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HERON MEDICAL PRACTICE, 161 STATION ROAD, HERNE BAY, CT6 5NF

    ODS code G82090

    336 m

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

  • Richmond Street

    BCT · Herne Bay

    0.1 miles
  • Library

    BCT · Herne Bay

    0.1 miles
  • Richmond Street

    BCT · Herne Bay

    0.1 miles
  • Fire Station

    BCT · Herne Bay

    0.1 miles
  • Fire Station

    BCT · Herne Bay

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Canterbury 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,955 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
43
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

Property market

The five-year median is £90,000 from 13 recorded sales in CT6 5PW. 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Herne Bay Junior School is the nearest published school at 421 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,116 published events cover 12 months, averaging 176.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 770 events.

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