# CT2 8LW: area report for a postcode in Canterbury

CT2 8LW is a postcode in Canterbury.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Canterbury. Open the map at CT2 8LW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) › [CT2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ct2) › [CT2 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ct2-8)

## Around this postcode

- **58 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 21% on July. Canterbury 020B: 186 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **Canterbury West, 470 m**: About 6 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 650 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **No property in CT2 8LW listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Canterbury 020B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **£336,427 average price**: For the whole of Canterbury, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CT2 8LW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **Low road and rail noise at CT2 8LW**: Road 43 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW
- **8.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Canterbury Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-canterbury-academy-e136302) | Secondary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 35.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Peter's Methodist Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-methodist-primary-school-e118707) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Canterbury Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-canterbury-primary-school-e136344) | Primary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Haven Nook](https://openindex.co.uk/school/haven-nook-e149146) | Special | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Johns Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-primary-school-e137071) | Primary | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bemix](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bemix-e144788) | Special | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [The King's School Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-kings-school-canterbury-e118996) | Independent | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Edmund's School Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edmunds-school-canterbury-e118998) | Independent | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £275,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 20 m |
| November 2025 | £450,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| December 2025 | £360,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| July 2026 | £294,765 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| March 2026 | £300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| February 2025 | £860,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| March 2025 | £342,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| October 2023 | £440,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Canterbury West (470 m, 6 minutes on foot)
- Pharmacies: PRX PHARMACY (360 m)
- Dental practices: A1 DENTAL SURGERY (140 m); ST DUNSTAN'S DENTAL PRACTICE (280 m); SS HYGIENE AND AESTHETICS (710 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Canterbury St Dunstans Street Local (370 m, Sainsburys); Sainsburys Canterbury High Street Local (790 m, Sainsburys); Aldi Canterbury (950 m, Aldi)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £336,427** (August 2026). Canterbury’s average house price was £336,427 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,682** (2025). Full-time workers living in Canterbury earned a median of £37,682 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 146th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.9×** (2025). A home in Canterbury costs 8.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 94th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.2** (2025). Canterbury has a deprivation score of 19.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 142nd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Canterbury 020B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 10.5** (2025). Canterbury 020B has a deprivation score of 10.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 9,320th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £342,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Canterbury 020B was £342,500 in 2025. Joint 12,212th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,687** (2021). Canterbury 020B had 1,687 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,093rd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 81.0%** (January 2026). In Canterbury 020B, 81.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## CT2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £325,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CT2 was £325,500 in 2025. 923rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 32,572** (2021). CT2 had 32,572 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 773rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 28%** (2022). About 28% of people in CT2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 58.6%** (January 2026). In CT2, 58.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury)
- Centre: 51.2832, 1.0688

Council: [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/canterbury): Rosie Duffield (Independent), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=1.0688,51.2832,CT28LW

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