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ChathamWayfield & Weeds Wood

Wayfield & Weeds Wood

ME5 0 / ME5 9

Family-friendly

A residential area to the south of Chatham built mainly through the 20th century, incorporating the local nature reserve of Weeds Wood as a green asset. Wayfield itself runs with a parade of shops serving everyday needs. Housing is a mix of terraces and semis on roads laid out in a planned suburban grid. Families are the core community here, drawn partly by decent school options and partly by the relative affordability compared with more central Medway. Weeds Wood gives the area a green character unusual for Chatham, making it more family-friendly than its utilitarian name might imply.

Chatham1.8 mi
£311kmedian house
Top 10%primary KS2
Below averagesafety
Wayfield & Weeds Wood

Flat

£171k

Terraced

£270k

Semi-detached

£318k

Detached

£433k

68% homeowners11% private rented21% social rented

Fastest travel times

London Bridge42 min
King's Cross44 min
Victoria48 min
Waterloo53 min
Canary Wharf53 min
Liverpool Street54 min

Nearest stations

Chatham1.8 mi
Rochester2.2 mi
Gillingham (Kent)2.4 mi
SafetyBelow average

Breakdown of reported crime

Violence and sexual offences
36%
Anti-social behaviour
35%
Criminal damage and arson
9%
Other theft
4%
Public order
4%
Other crime
3%
Vehicle crime
3%
AffluenceBelow average

Ethnicity

White
87.7%
White British83.2%
Other White3.4%
Irish0.5%
Irish Traveller0.5%
Gypsy / Roma0.1%
Mixed
2.2%
White & Black Caribbean0.7%
White & Black African0.5%
White & Asian0.5%
Other Mixed0.5%
Asian
2.9%
Indian1.3%
Other Asian0.7%
Pakistani0.4%
Bangladeshi0.3%
Chinese0.2%
Black
6.2%
African4.6%
Other Black0.9%
Caribbean0.7%
Other
0.8%

State primary

Tunbury Primary School
Good
Wayfield Primary School
Maundene School
Good

State secondary

Walderslade School
InadequateNon-selective
Greenacre School
InadequateNon-selective
Holcombe Grammar School
Selective🏆 Exceptional results

Independent

Blue Skies School
Green spaces64 nearby
Podkin Meadow
Millennium Green
Capstone Farm Country Park
Chestnut Ave Open Space

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