Minster, Thanet

Minster, Thanet is covered by postcode districts CT7, CT9 and CT12. It is in the Thanet council area, Kent.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Minster (Thanet).

Typical price £350,000 Homes sold in Minster, Thanet, last 12 months. ▲ 12.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 59 of 158 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 3 of 159 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Minster, Thanet, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Minster, Thanet, by flood risk Of the 159 postcodes in Minster, Thanet that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 156 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Minster, Thanet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A256 CT12 4AB: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AE: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AG: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AH: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AJ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AL: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AN: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AP: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AQ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AR: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AS: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AT: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AU: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AW: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AX: not on the flood risk listCT12 4AY: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BA: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BE: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BF: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BG: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BP: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BS: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BT: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BU: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BW: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BX: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BZ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DE: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DF: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DG: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DH: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DJ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DL: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DN: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DP: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DQ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DR: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DS: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DT: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DW: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DX: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DY: not on the flood risk listCT12 4DZ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EA: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EB: not on the flood risk listCT12 4ED: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EE: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EF: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EG: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EH: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EJ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EL: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EN: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EP: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EQ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4ER: not on the flood risk listCT12 4ES: not on the flood risk listCT12 4ET: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EU: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EW: not on the flood risk listCT12 4EZ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4FA: not on the flood risk listCT12 4FB: not on the flood risk listCT12 4FE: not on the flood risk listCT12 4FH: not on the flood risk listCT12 4FN: not on the flood risk listCT12 4HA: not on the flood risk listCT12 4HB: not on the flood risk listCT12 4HD: not on the flood risk listCT12 4HE: not on the flood risk listCT12 4HF: not on the flood risk listCT12 4HG: not on the flood risk listCT12 4HQ: not on the flood risk listCT12 4HX: not on the flood risk listCT12 4PS: not on the flood risk listCT12 5AP: not on the flood risk listCT12 5AR: not on the flood risk listCT12 5AU: not on the flood risk listCT12 5AW: not on the flood risk listCT12 5AX: not on the flood risk listCT12 5AY: not on the flood risk listCT12 5AZ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BA: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BB: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BD: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BE: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BF: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BG: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BL: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BQ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BS: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BT: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BU: not on the flood risk listCT12 5BY: not on the flood risk listCT12 5DA: not on the flood risk listCT12 5DB: not on the flood risk listCT12 5DE: not on the flood risk listCT12 5DF: not on the flood risk listCT12 5DG: not on the flood risk listCT12 5DX: not on the flood risk listCT12 5DY: not on the flood risk listCT12 5DZ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EA: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EB: not on the flood risk listCT12 5ED: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EE: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EF: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EG: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EH: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EJ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EL: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EN: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EQ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EW: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EY: not on the flood risk listCT12 5EZ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FA: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FD: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FE: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FF: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FL: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FN: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FQ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FS: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FT: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FU: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FW: not on the flood risk listCT12 5FY: not on the flood risk listCT12 5GD: not on the flood risk listCT12 5GG: not on the flood risk listCT12 5GJ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5GL: not on the flood risk listCT12 5GT: not on the flood risk listCT12 5GY: not on the flood risk listCT12 5GZ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5HJ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5HL: not on the flood risk listCT12 5HS: not on the flood risk listCT12 5HT: not on the flood risk listCT12 5HU: not on the flood risk listCT12 5HW: not on the flood risk listCT12 5LH: not on the flood risk listCT12 5LU: not on the flood risk listCT12 5LX: not on the flood risk listCT12 5LY: not on the flood risk listCT12 5LZ: not on the flood risk listCT12 5NA: not on the flood risk listCT7 0HG: not on the flood risk listCT9 4JW: not on the flood risk listCT9 4JZ: not on the flood risk listCT9 4LT: not on the flood risk listCT12 4BD: very low flood risk onlyCT12 4DA: very low flood risk onlyCT12 5DU: low flood risk at worst Minster, Thanet Map of every postcode in Minster, Thanet, by flood risk Of the 159 postcodes in Minster, Thanet that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 156 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Minster, Thanet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Minster, Thanet
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 156

Of the 159 postcodes in Minster, Thanet that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 156 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 51.3409, longitude 1.3329. 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

What is it like to live in Minster, Thanet?

Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.9% on the 12 months before. At 59 of the 158 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 159 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Minster, 1.7 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 Minster, Thanet?

Homes in Minster, Thanet sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 60 sales, up 12.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£350,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£310,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 12.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £392,500 32 sales
  • Semi-detached £311,000 18 sales
  • Terraced £269,000 9 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole CT12 district, Minster, Thanet's main postcode district: a typical £289,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Minster, Thanet: 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 Minster, Thanet?

18 of the 159 postcodes now in use in Minster, Thanet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 76 homes sold in Minster, Thanet were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT12 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

CT12 5BFsince July 2026CT12 5LHsince October 2024CT12 5HSsince February 2024CT12 5HTsince February 2024CT12 5HUsince February 2024CT12 5HWsince May 2023

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 Minster, ThanetAcross the CT12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 60 (0%) 4 of 204 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 76 (3%) 42 of 293 (14%)

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 Minster, Thanet?

Ofcom reports on 158 of the 159 postcodes in Minster, Thanet. At 59 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit59 of 158
Postcodes where every home can get superfast132 of 158
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband4 of 158

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.

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

Is Minster, Thanet at risk of flooding?

3 of the 159 postcodes in Minster, Thanet 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 none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 159 postcodes Low: 1Very low: 12

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 Minster, Thanet?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Minster, Thanet. 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 Minster, Thanet?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Minster, Thanet is Minster Rail Station, 1.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Minster Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
  • Thanet Parkway Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
  • Westgate-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle

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 Minster, Thanet?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Minster, Thanet. 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 Minster, Thanet safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 195 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Minster, Thanet 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. 9 September 2025
  2. 16 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 11 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 11 February 2026
  7. 27 March 2026
  8. 22 April 2026
  9. 10 May 2026
  10. 16 June 2026
  11. 20 July 2026
  12. 26 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences110 reports
Anti-social behaviour20 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Other theft11 reports
Drugs8 reports
Other crime7 reports
Burglary6 reports
Shoplifting6 reports

Also: vehicle crime 5, public order 4, robbery 1, possession of weapons 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 Minster, Thanet?

District, borough or city council
Thanet
County council
Kent
Parliamentary constituencies
Herne Bay and Sandwich (141) and East Thanet (18)
Police force area
Kent
Region
South East
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

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Minster, Thanet postcodes

159 postcodes in use in Minster, Thanet, by district:

CT12 postcode district,155 postcodesCT9 postcode district,3 postcodesCT7 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the CT postcode area.

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Places near Minster, Thanet

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Minster, Thanet's £350,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Margate5.1 km, £290,000Ramsgate5.3 km, £258,000Broadstairs7.1 km, £342,500Sandwich7.5 km, £335,000Ash7.8 km, £345,000Eastry10.7 km, £316,000Wingham11.1 km, £432,500Hersden12.3 km, £301,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Minster, Thanet

What is it like to live in Minster, Thanet?
Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.9% on the 12 months before. At 59 of the 158 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 159 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Minster, 1.7 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 Minster, Thanet?
Minster, Thanet is covered by postcode districts CT7, CT9 and CT12, across 159 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Minster, Thanet in?
Minster, Thanet is in the Thanet council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Minster, Thanet?
Homes in Minster, Thanet sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 60 sales, up 12.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Minster, Thanet?
In Minster, Thanet, primary schools at its postcodes include Minster Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Great Oaks Small School, 2.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Minster, Thanet have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Minster, Thanet is Minster, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Minster, Thanet?
Ofcom reports on 158 of the 159 postcodes in Minster, Thanet. At 59 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Minster, Thanet at risk of flooding?
3 of the 159 postcodes in Minster, Thanet 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 none of the 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 Minster, Thanet?
18 of the 159 postcodes now in use in Minster, Thanet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 76 homes sold in Minster, Thanet were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT12 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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