Whitstable
Whitstable is covered by postcode district CT5. It is in the Canterbury council area, Kent.
Every postcode in Whitstable, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 57
- At medium risk at worst: 30
- At low risk at worst: 96
- At very low risk only: 107
- Not on the at-risk list: 646
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 936 postcodes in Whitstable that ONS places, 57 have a home or business at high risk, 30 are at medium risk at worst, 96 are at low risk at worst, 107 are at very low risk only and 646 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.3545, longitude 1.0360. 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
57 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
What is it like to live in Whitstable?
Homes sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 635 of the 916 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 948 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 290 of its 936 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whitstable, 400 metres 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 Whitstable?
Homes in Whitstable sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 422 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £500,000 147 sales
- Semi-detached £370,000 146 sales
- Terraced £365,000 74 sales
- Flat or maisonette £225,000 55 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CT5 district, Whitstable's main postcode district: a typical £400,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Whitstable: 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 Whitstable?
36 of the 936 postcodes now in use in Whitstable came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 27 of the 567 homes sold in Whitstable were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT5 district, 5%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Whitstable | Across the CT5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 422 (Under 1%) | 3 of 431 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 27 of 567 (5%) | 31 of 582 (5%) |
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 Whitstable?
Ofcom reports on 916 of the 936 postcodes in Whitstable. At 635 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Whitstable at risk of flooding?
290 of the 936 postcodes in Whitstable 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 948 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Whitstable?
The open schools at the postcodes in Whitstable (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Alphege Church of England Infant School700 m 206 pupils, 232 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable800 m 301 pupils, 420 places
- Westmeads Community Infant School800 m 183 pupils, 219 places
- Whitstable Junior School800 m 202 pupils, 255 places
- Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School850 m 226 pupils, 240 places
- ISP School Whitstable900 m 16 pupils, 24 places
- Joy Lane Primary Foundation School1.4 km 621 pupils, 630 places
- Swalecliffe Community Primary School1.8 km 492 pupils, 630 places
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 Whitstable?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whitstable is Whitstable Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Whitstable Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Chestfield & Swalecliffe Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
- Herne Bay Rail Station Railway station 5.8 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 Whitstable?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Whitstable. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Whitstable Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report April 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01227 284300 2.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Whitstable safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,906 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Whitstable 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
- 145 September 2025
- 145 October 2025
- 180 November 2025
- 148 December 2025
- 127 January 2026
- 124 February 2026
- 160 March 2026
- 137 April 2026
- 195 May 2026
- 184 June 2026
- 207 July 2026
- 154 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 29, drugs 28, bicycle theft 18, robbery 10, theft from the person 8, possession of weapons 6.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Whitstable?
- District, borough or city council
- Canterbury
- County council
- Kent
- Parliamentary constituency
- Canterbury
- Police force area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Rosie Duffield (Independent)
All 936 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
Moving to Whitstable
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Canterbury about council tax Council tax, on canterbury.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Whitstable
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Whitstable postcodes
936 postcodes in use in Whitstable, by district:
That district is in the CT postcode area.
Check a Whitstable postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Whitstable
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Whitstable's £400,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Whitstable
- What is it like to live in Whitstable?
- Homes sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 635 of the 916 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 948 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 290 of its 936 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whitstable, 400 metres 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 Whitstable?
- Whitstable is covered by postcode district CT5, across 936 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Whitstable in?
- Whitstable is in the Canterbury council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Whitstable?
- Whitstable is in the Canterbury parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Rosie Duffield (Independent), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Whitstable?
- Homes in Whitstable sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 422 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Whitstable?
- In Whitstable, primary schools at its postcodes include St Alphege Church of England Infant School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whitstable and Westmeads Community Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Whitstable School and ISP School Whitstable. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Whitstable have a railway station?
- Yes: Whitstable is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Whitstable, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Whitstable?
- Ofcom reports on 916 of the 936 postcodes in Whitstable. At 635 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Whitstable at risk of flooding?
- 290 of the 936 postcodes in Whitstable 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 948 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 Whitstable?
- 36 of the 936 postcodes now in use in Whitstable came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 27 of the 567 homes sold in Whitstable were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT5 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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