CT6 8LP

West Bay · Canterbury · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Herne Bay
Local authority
Canterbury
Postcode district
CT6
Postcode sector
CT6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT6 8LY 69 m
CT6 8LN 75 m
CT6 8LL 107 m
CT6 8JS 130 m
CT6 8NE 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT6 8LP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT6
Postcode sector
CT6 8
Latitude
51.367230
Longitude
1.105261
British National Grid easting
616,248
British National Grid northing
167,706

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Canterbury · E07000106
Electoral ward
West Bay · E05010409
Parish or community
E43000269
Westminster constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich · E14001282
Output area
E00122451
Lower layer super output area
Canterbury 004D · E01024119
Middle layer super output area
Canterbury 004 · E02005013

Postcode source versions

Explore CT6

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Throwley Drive, Herne Bay, CT6 8LP 12 April 2024 £295,000
12, Throwley Drive, Herne Bay, CT6 8LP 7 December 2022 £385,000
5, Throwley Drive, Herne Bay, CT6 8LP 27 April 2021 £355,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Hampton Primary School

    Academy converter

    240 m
  2. SALT COLLEGE

    Special post 16 institution

    449 m
  3. Herne Bay High School

    Academy converter

    805 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,712
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 643
  • Shoplifting 254
  • Anti social behaviour 247
  • Criminal damage and arson 166
  • Other theft 90

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

15 female, 8 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.9
CT6 8 residents
8,947

Age bands in CT6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%

1,168 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

866 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.3%

1,573 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

2,443 residents

Age 65 and over
29.6%

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.

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
57.1%

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

  • THE HERON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82090

    1.2 km

  • PARK SURGERY

    116 KINGS ROAD, HERNE BAY, CT6 5RE

    ODS code G82119

    1.4 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

  • Fitzgerald Avenue

    BCT · Westcliff

    0.1 miles
  • Fitzgerald Avenue

    BCT · Westcliff

    0.1 miles
  • West Cliff Drive

    BCT · Westcliff

    0.1 miles
  • West Cliff Drive

    BCT · Westcliff

    0.1 miles
  • Sea Street Gas Works

    BCT · Herne Bay

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Canterbury 004D, 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

6,457 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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
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 £340,000 from 2 recorded sales in CT6 8LP. 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hampton Primary School is the nearest published school at 240 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,712 published events cover 12 months, averaging 142.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 643 events.

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