TN27 0JS

Charing · Ashford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ashford
Ward
Charing
Local authority
Ashford
Constituency
Weald of Kent
Postcode district
TN27
Postcode sector
TN27 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TN27 0BF 184 m
TN27 0AP 226 m
TN27 0AA 288 m
TN27 0JR 312 m
TN27 0JN 341 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TN27 0JS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TN
Postcode district
TN27
Postcode sector
TN27 0
Latitude
51.213471
Longitude
0.787550
British National Grid easting
594,786
British National Grid northing
149,722

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Ashford · E07000105
Electoral ward
Charing · E05011749
Parish or community
E04012783
Westminster constituency
Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area
E00121783
Lower layer super output area
Ashford 002B · E01023986
Middle layer super output area
Ashford 002 · E02004997

Postcode source versions

Explore TN27

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cleardowns, Maidstone Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JS 1 February 2018 £418,000
King Arthurs Court, Maidstone Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JS 29 July 2016 £342,000
Pleasant Place, Maidstone Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JS 21 September 2012 £315,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Charing Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    462 m
  2. Heath Farm School

    Other independent special school

    2.2 km
  3. Egerton Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
146
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 64
  • Anti social behaviour 26
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Other theft 12
  • Public order 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

10 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.7
TN27 0 residents
4,541

Age bands in TN27 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

662 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

401 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

772 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,406 residents

Age 65 and over
28.5%

1,294 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TN27 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+
55.6%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

1

within 5 km

  • CHARING SURGERY

    1 SURGERY CLOSE, CHARING, ASHFORD, TN27 0AW

    ODS code G82094

    498 m

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Primary School

    BCT · Charing

    0.2 miles
  • Tatchell Drive

    BCT · Charing

    0.2 miles
  • Tatchell Drive

    BCT · Charing

    0.3 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Charing

    0.3 miles
  • Charing (Kent) Rail Station

    RSE · Charing

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ashford 002B, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,788 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
4 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
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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Charing Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 462 m.

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

Recorded crime

146 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 64 events.

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