CT7 0AL

Birchington South · Thanet · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Birchington
Local authority
Thanet
Postcode district
CT7
Postcode sector
CT7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT7 0AN 52 m
CT7 0AG 88 m
CT7 0AW 90 m
CT7 9BP 92 m
CT7 0AQ 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT7 0AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT7
Postcode sector
CT7 0
Latitude
51.372808
Longitude
1.308830
British National Grid easting
630,387
British National Grid northing
168,946

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Thanet · E07000114
Parish or community
E04005081
Westminster constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich · E14001282
Output area
E00125051
Lower layer super output area
Thanet 008C · E01024638
Middle layer super output area
Thanet 008 · E02005139

Postcode source versions

Explore CT7

35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Linington Road, Birchington, CT7 0AL 19 June 2026 £325,000
11, Linington Road, Birchington, CT7 0AL 17 October 2025 £157,500
22, Linington Road, Birchington, CT7 0AL 6 May 2021 £293,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
8
Secondary
3
  1. Birchington Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    276 m
  2. Maple Haven Ltd

    Other independent special school

    628 m
  3. The Llewellyn School and Nursery

    Other independent special school

    651 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
650
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 299
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Other theft 44
  • Drugs 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
95

47 female, 48 male

Postcode households
39
Residents per household
2.4
CT7 0 residents
4,261

Age bands in CT7 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

570 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

370 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

757 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

1,231 residents

Age 65 and over
31.4%

1,342 residents

This postcode contained 2.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT7 0 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+
78%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
78%
Gigabit-capable
78%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
78%

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

3

within 5 km

  • BIRCHINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    MINNIS ROAD, BIRCHINGTON, CT7 9HQ

    ODS code G82666

    864 m

  • WESTGATE SURGERY

    60 WESTGATE BAY AVENUE, WESTGATE-ON-SEA, CT8 8SN

    ODS code G82079

    2.4 km

  • MINSTER SURGERY

    75 HIGH STREET, MINSTER, RAMSGATE, CT12 4AB

    ODS code G82107

    4.3 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

  • The Square

    BCT · Birchington-on-Sea

    0.1 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Birchington-on-Sea

    0.1 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Birchington-on-Sea

    0.1 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Birchington-on-Sea

    0.2 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Birchington-on-Sea

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Thanet 008C, 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

14,419 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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
2
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 £241,250 from 2 recorded sales in CT7 0AL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Thanet is £268,760 in June 2026, up 0.9% year on year.

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. Birchington Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 276 m.

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

Recorded crime

650 published events cover 12 months, averaging 54.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 299 events.

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