Property market | £396,639 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Southend (24.2 miles) | |
Broadband | 63.0mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 89.8% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 10.3% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 207 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 369 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Faversham and Mid Kent level) | |
Community | Median age is 41.4 | Happiness is Above Average for Kent, High for UK | |
Crime | 3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Maidstone) | |
Commute (approx) | - London Bridge (76 mins) - Charing Cross (86 mins) - Cannon Street (87 mins) - London St Pancras (87 mins) | |
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£396,639 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Southend (24.2 miles) | |
63.0mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 41.4 | Happiness is Above Average for Kent, High for UK | |
Ranked 207 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 369 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Faversham and Mid Kent level) | |
3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Maidstone) | |
- London Bridge (76 mins) - Charing Cross (86 mins) - Cannon Street (87 mins) - London St Pancras (87 mins) | |
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The property market in Lenham Forstal has had a steep increase over the last few years and accelerating growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £630,106, which is up 4.7% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £396,639 (up 3.4% on last year) , a terraced house £302,504 (up 1.6% on last year) and a flat £193,626. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £853 per month. Property prices in Lenham Forstal are similar to the average property prices across Kent and are a little higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Lenham Forstal, prices have increased, while prices decreased across the Kent region.
Property data is based on Maidstone level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Lenham Forstal, or click here to browse the longer list of Lenham Forstal property transactions from 2023.
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Lenham Forstal has one school nearby: Heath Farm School (Special school) which is both a primary and secondary school and is based in Heath Farm, Ashford. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Heath Farm School Save school | Primary & Secondary Other independent special school - Mixed | 2: Good (05/03/2020) | Ofsted Report Link | Ashford |
School | Type |
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Heath Farm School Ofsted report Save school | Primary & Secondary Latest rating - 2: Good (05/03/2020) |
Station | Distance from Lenham Forstal | Commute options |
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Lenham A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +7% from the previous year. | 2 miles |
- London Bridge (1 change(s) - 76 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - Charing Cross (1 change(s) - 86 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 87 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - Cannon Street (1 change(s) - 87 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 100 mins - Thameslink - £659 monthly fare) View details - Wimbledon (1 change(s) - 104 mins - Thameslink - £659 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 135 mins - London Overground - £659 monthly fare) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 154 mins - Thameslink) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 176 mins - Thameslink) View details |
Harrietsham A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +3% from the previous year. | 4 miles |
- London Bridge (1 change(s) - 73 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - Charing Cross (1 change(s) - 83 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - Cannon Street (1 change(s) - 84 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 91 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 97 mins - Thameslink - £659 monthly fare) View details - Wimbledon (1 change(s) - 101 mins - Thameslink - £659 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 132 mins - London Overground - £659 monthly fare) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 151 mins - Thameslink) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 173 mins - Thameslink) View details |
Pluckley A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +2% from the previous year. | 6 miles |
- London Bridge (68 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - Charing Cross (79 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 81 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - Cannon Street (1 change(s) - 85 mins - Southeastern - £659 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 93 mins - Thameslink - £659 monthly fare) View details - Wimbledon (1 change(s) - 97 mins - Thameslink - £659 monthly fare) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 144 mins - Thameslink) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 166 mins - Thameslink) View details |
Ham Street A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -5% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- Brighton (1 change(s) - 118 mins - Southern) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 137 mins - Southeastern - £663 monthly fare) View details - Charing Cross (1 change(s) - 148 mins - Southeastern - £663 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 150 mins - Southern - £663 monthly fare) View details - Victoria (1 change(s) - 167 mins - Southern - £663 monthly fare) View details |
Rainham (Kent) A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -3% from the previous year. | 15 miles |
- London St Pancras (89 mins - Southeastern - £532 monthly fare) View details - Charing Cross (1 change(s) - 76 mins - Southeastern - £532 monthly fare) View details - Cannon Street (1 change(s) - 77 mins - Southeastern - £532 monthly fare) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 79 mins - Thameslink - £532 monthly fare) View details - Wimbledon (1 change(s) - 83 mins - Thameslink - £532 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (89 mins - Thameslink - £532 monthly fare) View details - Highbury & Islington (1 change(s) - 110 mins - London Overground - £532 monthly fare) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 133 mins - Thameslink) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 155 mins - Thameslink) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Maidstone) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Maidstone residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 89.8% | 81.7% |
Asian | 4.7% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 2.3% | 2.9% |
Black | 2.1% | 4.0% |
Other | 1.2% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Faversham and Mid Kent consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 12.5% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 13.0% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 13.6% | 207 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 22.0% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.6% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 10.9% | |
Routine occupations | 11.0% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 6.8% | 369 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.7% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Kent is average (62mbps). Lenham Forstal is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 63.0mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Faversham and Mid Kent level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 63.0 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 89.7% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 1.5% |
Crime stats were found at the Maidstone level:
Type | Maidstone | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 92 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 3 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 7 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 42 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Lenham Forstal.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Kent S London and E Sussex | Great Stour, East Stour, Aylesford Stream, Ruckinge Dyke, Whitewater Dyke, Stour | Communities on the Great Stour from Charing Heath to the A2070 including Ashford, communities on the East Stour, communities on the Whitewater and Ruckinge Dykes and the Aylesford Stream |
Kent S London and E Sussex | Great Stour, Stour | Great Stour from Lenham Heath to Hothfield including Charing Heath, Little Chart and the Hothfield Flood Storage area |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Lenham Forstal, Kent Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £396,639 Detached: £630,106 | 92 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 13.6% residents in higher managerial positions 6.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, Kent Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £506,595 Detached: £930,366 | 67 | Primary: 3Secondary: 3 | 13.4% residents in higher managerial positions 6.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Slowing property market Local John Lewis Local M&S | Semi-detached: £506,595 Detached: £930,366 | 67 | Primary: 16Secondary: 7 | 19.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Sevenoaks, Kent Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £498,168 Detached: £912,277 | 66 | Primary: 10Secondary: 7 | 19.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Eynsford, Kent Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £498,168 Detached: £912,277 | 66 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 19.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Swanscombe, Kent Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £465,736 Detached: £745,328 | 97 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 13.8% residents in higher managerial positions 6.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Appledore, Kent Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £370,396 Detached: £613,848 | 90 | Primary: Secondary: | 12.7% residents in higher managerial positions 7.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Chilham, Kent Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £370,396 Detached: £613,848 | 90 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 12.7% residents in higher managerial positions 7.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Herne Bay, Kent Affordability: Expensive Hot property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £399,233 Detached: £611,184 | 93 | Primary: 6Secondary: 2 | 9.2% residents in higher managerial positions 8.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Whitstable, Kent Affordability: Expensive Hot property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £399,233 Detached: £611,184 | 93 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 12.7% residents in higher managerial positions 6.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Canterbury, Kent Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £399,233 Detached: £611,184 | 93 | Primary: 11Secondary: 13 | 9.2% residents in higher managerial positions 8.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Folkestone, Kent Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £368,839 Detached: £554,572 | 92 | Primary: 14Secondary: 7 | 10.8% residents in higher managerial positions 8.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Sandwich, Kent Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £351,658 Detached: £551,182 | 93 | Primary: 2Secondary: 2 | 9.5% residents in higher managerial positions 9.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Deal, Kent Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £351,658 Detached: £551,182 | 93 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 | 8.5% residents in higher managerial positions 8.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Lenham Forstal, Kent Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £396,639 Detached: £630,106 | 92 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Cranbrook & Sissinghurst, Kent Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £506,595 Detached: £930,366 | 67 | Primary: 3Secondary: 3 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Slowing property market Local John Lewis Local M&S | Semi-detached: £506,595 Detached: £930,366 | 67 | Primary: 16Secondary: 7 |
Sevenoaks, Kent Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £498,168 Detached: £912,277 | 66 | Primary: 10Secondary: 7 |
Eynsford, Kent Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £498,168 Detached: £912,277 | 66 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Swanscombe, Kent Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £465,736 Detached: £745,328 | 97 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Appledore, Kent Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £370,396 Detached: £613,848 | 90 | Primary: Secondary: |
Chilham, Kent Affordability: Expensive Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £370,396 Detached: £613,848 | 90 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Herne Bay, Kent Affordability: Expensive Hot property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £399,233 Detached: £611,184 | 93 | Primary: 6Secondary: 2 |
Whitstable, Kent Affordability: Expensive Hot property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £399,233 Detached: £611,184 | 93 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
Canterbury, Kent Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £399,233 Detached: £611,184 | 93 | Primary: 11Secondary: 13 |
Folkestone, Kent Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £368,839 Detached: £554,572 | 92 | Primary: 14Secondary: 7 |
Sandwich, Kent Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £351,658 Detached: £551,182 | 93 | Primary: 2Secondary: 2 |
Deal, Kent Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £351,658 Detached: £551,182 | 93 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 |
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