West Bay · Canterbury · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10, Essex Avenue, Herne Bay, CT6 8AA | 31 March 2025 | £329,000 |
| 20, Essex Avenue, Herne Bay, CT6 8AA | 4 February 2025 | £240,000 |
| 3, Essex Avenue, Herne Bay, CT6 8AA | 26 May 2023 | £415,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
SALT COLLEGE
Special post 16 institution
Hampton Primary School
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Thornden Wood Primary School
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
21 female, 9 male
1,168 residents
866 residents
1,573 residents
2,443 residents
2,541 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT6 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
2
within 5 km
HERON MEDICAL PRACTICE, 161 STATION ROAD, HERNE BAY, CT6 5NF
ODS code G82090
1.8 km
116 KINGS ROAD, HERNE BAY, CT6 5RE
ODS code G82119
2.0 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Westbrook Farm
BCT · Herne Bay
Westbrook Farm
BCT · Herne Bay
Daimler Avenue
BCT · Herne Bay
Daimler Avenue
BCT · Herne Bay
West Cliff Drive
BCT · Westcliff
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Canterbury 004E, 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
16,276 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £330,000 from 5 recorded sales in CT6 8AA. 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.
Published establishments
13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. SALT COLLEGE is the nearest published school at 514 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
983 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 430 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.