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CT6 6HQ

Reculver · Canterbury · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Herne Bay
Ward
Reculver
Local authority
Canterbury
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Postcode district
CT6
Postcode sector
CT6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT6 6HG 134 m
CT6 6UE 145 m
CT6 6RT 164 m
CT6 6RY 168 m
CT6 6XP 184 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT6 6HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT6
Postcode sector
CT6 6
Latitude
51.367195
Longitude
1.165350
British National Grid easting
620,430
British National Grid northing
167,881

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Canterbury · E07000106
Electoral ward
Reculver · E05012955
Parish or community
E43000269
Westminster constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich · E14001282
Output area
E00122333
Lower layer super output area
Canterbury 002B · E01024096
Middle layer super output area
Canterbury 002 · E02005011

Postcode source versions

Explore CT6

Property

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50 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Puffin Road, Herne Bay, CT6 6HQ 11 July 2025 £132,500
12, Puffin Road, Herne Bay, CT6 6HQ 22 March 2024 £378,000
28, Puffin Road, Herne Bay, CT6 6HQ 9 December 2022 £400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
9
Secondary
1

  1. Reculver Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    714 m

  2. Herne Bay Junior School

    Foundation school

    2.5 km

  3. Herne Bay Infant School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
386
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 147
  • Anti social behaviour 65
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Shoplifting 31
  • Other theft 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
75

41 female, 34 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
3.0
CT6 6 residents
10,719

Age bands in CT6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

1,405 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

908 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

1,793 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

2,776 residents

Age 65 and over
32.3%

3,290 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT6 6 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
54.7%

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 straight-line

  • PARK SURGERY

    116 KINGS ROAD, HERNE BAY, CT6 5RE

    ODS code G82119

    2.8 km

  • THE HERON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82090

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Bishopstone Lane

    BCT · Beltinge

    0.2 miles

  • Sanderling Road

    BCT · Hillborough

    0.2 miles

  • Bishopstone Lane

    BCT · Beltinge

    0.2 miles

  • Gainsborough Drive

    BCT · Beltinge

    0.3 miles

  • Gainsborough Drive

    BCT · Beltinge

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Canterbury 002B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,306 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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
3
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
4
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 £389,000 from 4 recorded sales in CT6 6HQ. 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. Reculver Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 714 m.

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

Recorded crime

386 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 147 events.

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