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CT8 8DF

Westgate-on-Sea · Thanet · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Westgate-On-Sea
Ward
Westgate-on-Sea
Local authority
Thanet
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Postcode district
CT8
Postcode sector
CT8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT8 8BG 48 m
CT8 8AZ 61 m
CT8 8BQ 97 m
CT8 8DE 124 m
CT8 8AY 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT8 8DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT8
Postcode sector
CT8 8
Latitude
51.375711
Longitude
1.343145
British National Grid easting
632,760
British National Grid northing
169,377

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Thanet · E07000114
Electoral ward
Westgate-on-Sea · E05005103
Parish or community
E04012472
Westminster constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich · E14001282
Output area
E00125449
Lower layer super output area
Thanet 007E · E01024716
Middle layer super output area
Thanet 007 · E02005138

Postcode source versions

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Property

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21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Richborough Road, Westgate-On-Sea, CT8 8DF 30 June 2025 £300,000
28, Richborough Road, Westgate-On-Sea, CT8 8DF 16 August 2022 £317,000
24, Richborough Road, Westgate-On-Sea, CT8 8DF 25 January 2019 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
11
Secondary
4

  1. St Crispin's Infant School

    Academy converter

    469 m

  2. St Saviour's Church of England Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    820 m

  3. Ursuline College

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,085
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 497
  • Anti social behaviour 143
  • Criminal damage and arson 122
  • Other theft 83
  • Public order 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

20 female, 12 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.9
CT8 8 residents
7,903

Age bands in CT8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

1,171 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

732 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

1,784 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

2,087 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

2,102 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT8 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
90.9%

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

6

within 5 km

  • WESTGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82079

    893 m

  • BIRCHINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    MINNIS ROAD, BIRCHINGTON, CT7 9HQ

    ODS code G82666

    3.2 km

  • THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    TRINITY SQUARE, MARGATE, CT9 1QY

    ODS code G82052

    3.4 km

  • NORTHDOWN & DASHWOOD SURGERY

    NORTHDOWN PARK ROAD, MARGATE, CT9 2TR

    ODS code G82066

    4.5 km

  • ST PETER'S SURGERY

    THANET COMMUNITY HEALTH HUB, NORTHWOOD ROAD, BROADSTAIRS, CT10 2RZ

    ODS code G82219

    4.8 km

  • MINSTER SURGERY

    75 HIGH STREET, MINSTER, RAMSGATE, CT12 4AB

    ODS code G82107

    5.0 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

  • Streete Court Road

    BCT · Westgate-on-Sea

    0.2 miles

  • Streete Court Road

    BCT · Westgate-on-Sea

    0.3 miles

  • Linden Close

    BCT · Westgate-on-Sea

    0.3 miles

  • Linden Close

    BCT · Westgate-on-Sea

    0.3 miles

  • Walmer Castle

    BCT · Westgate-on-Sea

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Thanet 007E, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,859 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 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 £308,500 from 2 recorded sales in CT8 8DF. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Crispin's Infant School is the nearest published school at 469 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,085 published events cover 12 months, averaging 90.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 497 events.

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