Herne

Herne is covered by postcode district CT6. It is in the Canterbury council area, Kent.

Typical price £330,000 Homes sold in Herne, last 12 months. ▲ 1.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 133 of 166 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 5 of 167 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Herne, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Herne, by flood risk Of the 167 postcodes in Herne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 162 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Herne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A299A291 CT6 7AB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AD: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AH: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AJ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AL: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AQ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AR: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AS: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AT: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AU: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AX: not on the flood risk listCT6 7AY: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BA: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BD: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BH: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BJ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BL: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BQ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BS: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BT: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BU: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BX: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BY: not on the flood risk listCT6 7BZ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DA: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DD: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DH: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DJ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DL: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DQ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DR: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DS: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DT: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DU: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DX: not on the flood risk listCT6 7DY: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EA: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7ED: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EH: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EJ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EL: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EQ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7ER: not on the flood risk listCT6 7ES: not on the flood risk listCT6 7ET: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EU: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EX: not on the flood risk listCT6 7EY: not on the flood risk listCT6 7FA: not on the flood risk listCT6 7FB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7FF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7FG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7FR: not on the flood risk listCT6 7GG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HD: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HH: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HJ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HL: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HQ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HR: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HT: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HU: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HX: not on the flood risk listCT6 7HY: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JA: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JD: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JH: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JJ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JL: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JQ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7JW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LL: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LR: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LS: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LT: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LU: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7LX: not on the flood risk listCT6 7NB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7NE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7PF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7PT: not on the flood risk listCT6 7QH: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TA: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TD: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TQ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TU: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TX: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TY: not on the flood risk listCT6 7TZ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UA: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UD: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UH: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UJ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UL: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UQ: not on the flood risk listCT6 7UW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XA: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XB: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XD: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XE: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XF: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XG: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XN: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XP: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XR: not on the flood risk listCT6 7XW: not on the flood risk listCT6 7NA: low flood risk at worstCT6 7NJ: low flood risk at worstCT6 7NT: medium flood risk at worstCT6 7ND: high flood riskCT6 7NQ: high flood risk Herne Map of every postcode in Herne, by flood risk Of the 167 postcodes in Herne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 162 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Herne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A299 Herne
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 162

Of the 167 postcodes in Herne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 162 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3549, longitude 1.1410. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

CT6 7ND3 at high riskCT6 7NQ2 at high risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

CT6 7LJ

What is it like to live in Herne?

Homes sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.5% on the 12 months before. At 133 of the 166 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 167 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Park Surgery, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Herne Bay, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Herne?

Homes in Herne sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 109 sales, up 1.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£330,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£325,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £425,000 43 sales
  • Semi-detached £317,000 42 sales
  • Terraced £250,000 18 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £159,000 6 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CT6 district, Herne's main postcode district: a typical £335,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Herne: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Herne?

4 of the 167 postcodes now in use in Herne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 97 homes sold in Herne were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT6 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

CT6 7YHsince August 2025CT6 7FRsince February 2025CT6 7BNsince February 2022CT6 7FGsince February 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn HerneAcross the CT6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 109 (0%) 11 of 499 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 97 (0%) 110 of 735 (15%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Herne?

Ofcom reports on 166 of the 167 postcodes in Herne. At 133 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit133 of 166
Postcodes where every home can get superfast157 of 166

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Herne at risk of flooding?

5 of the 167 postcodes in Herne have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 14 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 167 postcodes High: 5Medium: 9Low: 9

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Herne?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Herne. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Herne?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Herne is Herne Bay Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Herne Bay Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
  • Chestfield & Swalecliffe Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive
  • Sturry Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Herne?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Herne. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Herne safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 664 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Herne over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 71 September 2025
  2. 52 October 2025
  3. 56 November 2025
  4. 55 December 2025
  5. 59 January 2026
  6. 40 February 2026
  7. 57 March 2026
  8. 51 April 2026
  9. 54 May 2026
  10. 54 June 2026
  11. 47 July 2026
  12. 68 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences271 reports
Anti-social behaviour128 reports
Criminal damage and arson68 reports
Other theft64 reports
Drugs28 reports
Vehicle crime24 reports
Shoplifting23 reports
Public order16 reports

Also: other crime 13, burglary 10, possession of weapons 9, robbery 7, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Herne?

District, borough or city council
Canterbury
County council
Kent
Parliamentary constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Police force area
Kent
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Sir Roger Gale (Conservative)

All 167 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Herne postcodes

167 postcodes in use in Herne, by district:

CT6 postcode district,167 postcodes

That district is in the CT postcode area.

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Places near Herne

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Herne's £330,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Herne Bay1.7 km, £340,000Greenhill2.0 km, £329,375Hersden4.7 km, £301,250Sturry5.8 km, £312,500Whitstable7.3 km, £400,000Canterbury9.2 km, £290,000Wingham10.5 km, £432,500Ash12.8 km, £345,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Herne

What is it like to live in Herne?
Homes sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.5% on the 12 months before. At 133 of the 166 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 167 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Park Surgery, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Herne Bay, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Herne?
Herne is covered by postcode district CT6, across 167 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Herne in?
Herne is in the Canterbury council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Herne?
Herne is in the Herne Bay and Sandwich parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Roger Gale (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Herne?
Homes in Herne sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 109 sales, up 1.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Herne?
In Herne, primary schools at its postcodes include Herne Church of England Infant and Nursery School and Herne Church of England Junior School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Herne Bay High School, 2.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Herne have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Herne is Herne Bay, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Herne?
Ofcom reports on 166 of the 167 postcodes in Herne. At 133 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Herne at risk of flooding?
5 of the 167 postcodes in Herne have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 14 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Herne?
4 of the 167 postcodes now in use in Herne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 97 homes sold in Herne were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT6 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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