Property market
The five-year median is £427,250 from 10 recorded sales in DA1 3LU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Dartford is £351,594 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.
DA1 3LU
Heath · Dartford · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DA1 3LU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- DA
- Postcode district
- DA1
- Postcode sector
- DA1 3
- Latitude
- 51.446230
- Longitude
- 0.190451
- British National Grid easting
- 552,315
- British National Grid northing
- 174,191
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Dartford · E07000107
- Electoral ward
- Heath · E05012399
- Parish or community
- E43000286
- Westminster constituency
- Dartford · E14001191
- Output area
- E00122579
- Lower layer super output area
- Dartford 007D · E01024147
- Middle layer super output area
- Dartford 007 · E02005034
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DA1
Property
72 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 50, Ashen Drive, Dartford, DA1 3LU | 30 January 2026 | £427,000 |
| 78, Ashen Drive, Dartford, DA1 3LU | 20 November 2025 | £472,500 |
| 72, Ashen Drive, Dartford, DA1 3LU | 31 March 2025 | £427,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 72
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 17
- 308 m
Wentworth Primary School
Academy converter
- 831 m
West Hill Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 992 m
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,180
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 668
- Criminal damage and arson 284
- Anti social behaviour 275
- Shoplifting 202
- Vehicle crime 191
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 130
- Postcode households
- 45
- Residents per household
- 2.9
- DA1 3 residents
- 11,793
65 female, 65 male
Age bands in DA1 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.3%
2,253 residents
1,459 residents
3,095 residents
3,428 residents
2,000 residents
This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DA1 3 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
- 0%
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
15
within 5 km
CRAYFORD TOWN SURGERY
CRAYFORD ROAD, (NEXT TO TOWN HALL), DARTFORD, DA1 4ER
ODS code G83642
774 m
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
1.2 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
1.2 km
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
1.8 km
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
1.8 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
2.7 km
LYNDHURST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
41 LYNDHURST ROAD, BARNEHURST, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 6DL
ODS code G83049
2.8 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
2.9 km
THE ALBION SURGERY
6 PINCOTT ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA6 7LP
ODS code G83006
3.1 km
PLAS MEDDYG SURGERY
40 PARKHILL ROAD, BEXLEY, DA5 1HU
ODS code G83029
3.2 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
3.3 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
3.3 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
3.8 km
NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH MED.CTR.
HIND CRESCENT, NORTHUMBERLAND HEATH, ERITH, DA8 3DB
ODS code G83010
3.8 km
DR DAVIES & PARTNER
55 LITTLE HEATH ROAD, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5HL
ODS code G83033
4.6 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
- 0.1 miles
Wentworth Drive
BCT · Dartford
- 0.2 miles
Maiden Lane
BCT · Dartford
- 0.2 miles
Maiden Lane
BCT · Dartford
- 0.2 miles
Bird In Hand
BCT · Dartford
- 0.2 miles
Marcus Road
BCT · Dartford Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dartford 007D, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
29,959 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 2
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- 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
Schools
72 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 17 secondary schools. Wentworth Primary School is the nearest published school at 308 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,180 published events cover 12 months, averaging 181.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 668 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.