Canterbury
CT2 house prices in Canterbury
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Canterbury, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£309,000
Range £180,000–£555,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in CT2: the typical (median) sold price is £309,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). CT2 is an active market, with about 25 recorded sales a month. By property type, 33% were semi-detached homes (typically £325,000) and 31% were terraced homes (typically £285,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,419 a year: Canterbury's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Canterbury, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on CT2: steady sales, so price from the evidence
CT2 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 25 sales a month, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £180,000 to £555,500 makes £309,000 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, CT2 sits above the UK average for typical prices, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Before an offer goes in on any CT2 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (560 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,419 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free CT2 OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
CT2 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£309,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
25.2
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,419
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in CT2
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in CT2 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £507,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £180,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 50 | £507,500 | £383,275–£675,750 |
| Semi-detached | 81 | £325,000 | £250,000–£450,000 |
| Terraced | 75 | £285,000 | £224,590–£433,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 36 | £180,000 | £105,000–£249,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in CT2
The quarterly typical price rose 4.7%, from £306,500 in Q4 2025 (86 sales) to £321,000 in Q3 2026 (37 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £306,500 | 86 |
| Q1 2026 | £300,000 | 76 |
| Q2 2026 | £332,000 | 51 |
| Q3 2026 | £321,000 | 37 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of CT2 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most CT2 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £180,000 and £555,500, around a typical £309,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in CT2
Semi-detached homes were 33% of recorded sales (81 of 242). 85% of sales were freehold and 15% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached21%
- Semi-detached33%
- Terraced31%
- Flat / maisonette15%
Tenure
- Freehold85%
- Leasehold15%
See the figures
213 freehold (85%) and 37 leasehold (15%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in CT2, including 2 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where CT2 sits in Canterbury
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in CT2
41, LONG MEADOW WAY, CANTERBURY
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 21 Aug 2026
£170,000
MAGNOLIA HOUSE, 15, RHEIMS COURT, CANTERBURY
Terraced · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£330,000
58, ISLAND ROAD, CANTERBURY
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£270,000
70, SALISBURY ROAD, CANTERBURY
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£485,000
9, CEDAR ROAD, CANTERBURY
Semi-detached · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£350,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). CT2 includes the Blean Forest ward.
In plain English
What the Canterbury (CT2) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £507,500 against £180,000 for flats: about 2.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £180,000 and £555,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 25 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 23 October 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on CT2
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in CT2
£2,419
Band D a year in Canterbury, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,613 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,882 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,151 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,419 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,957 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,495 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,032 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,839 |
These are Canterbury's charges for 2026-27, the authority CT2 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Canterbury · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near CT2
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Stephen's Junior School.
All schools
St Stephen's Junior School
Primary · Academies · CT2 7AD
214 m
Good · 2013
St Stephen's Infant School
Primary · Academies · CT2 7AB
328 m
Good · 2024
The Archbishop's School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · CT2 7AP
474 m
Good · 2023
University of Kent
Universities · CT2 7NZ
839 m
Not graded
Bemix
Other types · CT2 7FG
1.2 km
Not graded
St Johns Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CT1 1BD
1.2 km
Good · 2024
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · CT1 1NE
1.4 km
Good · 2023
The King's School Canterbury
Independent schools · CT1 2ES
1.5 km
Not graded
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the CT2 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near CT2
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around CT2
560
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
Canterbury/CA/26/01181Undecided
183 m
T.P.O. no 2/1973 , fell 2 dead Sweet Chestnut trees in rear garden.
Received 2026-07-13
Canterbury/CA/26/00877Permitted
302 m
Single-storey side and rear extensions following the demolition of existing garage and extensions.
Received 2026-05-22 · decided 2026-07-06
Canterbury/CA/26/00776Permitted
322 m
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a large HMO occupied by 7 residents.
Received 2026-05-08 · decided 2026-06-10
Canterbury/CA/26/00526Undecided
318 m
Change of use from residential to commercial use as dental practice.
Received 2026-05-05
Canterbury/CA/26/00725Permitted
488 m
T1-Bay, sectionally fell tree to ground level located on rear side boundary. T2-Holly, sectionally fell tree to ground level located on rear side boundary.
Received 2026-04-29 · decided 2026-06-05
Canterbury/CA/26/00705Permitted
419 m
Single-storey rear extension with raised patio together with raised steps to front.
Received 2026-04-29 · decided 2026-06-23
Applications are matched within 500 m of the CT2 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for CT2 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 560 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for CT2
Decile 4 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled CT2 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 8, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
CT2 8LB, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so CT2 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in CT2: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in CT2, band by band
Canterbury's council tax for 2026-27 set against the CT2 median sold price of £309,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCanterbury | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £309,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,613 | £134 | 0.52% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,882 | £157 | 0.61% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,151 | £179 | 0.70% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,419 | £202 | 0.78% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,957 | £246 | 0.96% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,495 | £291 | 1.13% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,032 | £336 | 1.30% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,839 | £403 | 1.57% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the CT2 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Canterbury, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in CT2 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 245 distinct addresses in the records we hold for CT2. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
41, LONG MEADOW WAY, CANTERBURY
CT2 7DG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-08-21
MAGNOLIA HOUSE, 15, RHEIMS COURT, CANTERBURY
CT2 8LB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-08-18
58, ISLAND ROAD, CANTERBURY
CT2 0EE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-08-14
70, SALISBURY ROAD, CANTERBURY
CT2 7HH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-08-14
9, CEDAR ROAD, CANTERBURY
CT2 0HZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-08-10
1, MAYTON LANE, CANTERBURY
CT2 0QJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£850,000
2026-08-07
146, WESTWOOD DRIVE, CANTERBURY
CT2 7US · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-08-05
2, FOLLY FARM GARDENS, CANTERBURY
CT2 7FR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£530,000
2026-08-05
18, ST STEPHENS COURT, CANTERBURY
CT2 7JP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£342,000
2026-08-03
72, STONEBRIDGE ROAD, CANTERBURY
CT2 7LN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-03
31, ST DUNSTANS CLOSE, CANTERBURY
CT2 8LP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£294,765
2026-07-31
71, BEACONSFIELD ROAD, CANTERBURY
CT2 7LG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£203,000
2026-07-31
78, WESTWOOD DRIVE, CANTERBURY
CT2 7US · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-29
35, ST STEPHENS ROAD, CANTERBURY
CT2 7JD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£569,000
2026-07-27
57, THE CRESCENT, CANTERBURY
CT2 7AW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-07-24
114, WESTWOOD DRIVE, CANTERBURY
CT2 7US · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-07-24
20, WATER MEADOWS, CANTERBURY
CT2 0BF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£610,000
2026-07-22
23, BROADLANDS, CANTERBURY
CT2 0BE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-07-22
15, CHURCH LANE, CANTERBURY
CT2 0HA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£710,000
2026-07-22
164, WESTWOOD DRIVE, CANTERBURY
CT2 7US · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-07-22
8, CHESTNUT DRIVE, CANTERBURY
CT2 0NB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-21
9, NUTWOOD AVENUE, CANTERBURY
CT2 0FP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-21
27, FORTY ACRES ROAD, CANTERBURY
CT2 7HL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£321,000
2026-07-20
14, ST STEPHENS COURT, CANTERBURY
CT2 7JP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-15
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near CT2
The closest districts to CT2 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in CT1 (Canterbury) 1.2 miles
- House prices in CT5 (Whitstable) 4.5 miles
- House prices in CT4 (Canterbury) 4.9 miles
- House prices in CT6 (Herne Bay) 5.3 miles
- House prices in CT3 (Canterbury) 5.7 miles
- House prices in ME13 (Faversham) 8.1 miles
- House prices in CT7 (Birchington) 11 miles
- House prices in CT13 (Sandwich) 11 miles
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Data sources
Every CT2 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.