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Lordswood & WaldersladeLordswood & Walderslade

Lordswood & Walderslade

ME5 8 / ME5 9 / ME7 3

Family-friendly

Lordswood and Walderslade are two halves of the same suburban story, joined by the local shopping parade on Walderslade Avenue that serves as the closest thing either area has to a village centre. The housing covers a useful range: 1930s semis, some 1970s cul-de-sac developments, and a scattering of larger executive-style houses toward the edges, which means you can find both terraced starter homes and more spacious options within the same neighbourhood. The Lordswood side tends to feel slightly more established, while newer Walderslade has a cleaner layout but less character. For commuters, proximity to the M2 matters more than proximity to a station, though Chatham station is only a few miles away and gets you to London Bridge in under an hour.

Chatham2.7 mi
£312kmedian house
Top 10%primary KS2
Below averagesafety
Lordswood & Walderslade

Flat

£154k

Terraced

£276k

Semi-detached

£327k

Detached

£443k

75% homeowners13% private rented12% social rented

Fastest travel times

London Bridge45 min
King's Cross48 min
Victoria51 min
Waterloo56 min
Canary Wharf57 min
Liverpool Street58 min

Nearest stations

Chatham2.7 mi
Gillingham (Kent)2.9 mi
SafetyBelow average

Breakdown of reported crime

Violence and sexual offences
40%
Anti-social behaviour
22%
Criminal damage and arson
11%
Other theft
7%
Vehicle crime
4%
Public order
4%
Other crime
3%
Burglary
2%
AffluenceTop half

Ethnicity

White
90.6%
White British86.8%
Other White2.9%
Irish0.5%
Irish Traveller0.3%
Gypsy / Roma0.1%
Mixed
2%
White & Black Caribbean0.6%
White & Asian0.6%
White & Black African0.4%
Other Mixed0.4%
Asian
2.5%
Indian1.2%
Pakistani0.5%
Other Asian0.4%
Bangladeshi0.2%
Chinese0.2%
Black
4%
African3.2%
Caribbean0.4%
Other Black0.4%
Other
0.8%

State primary

Lordswood School
🏆 Strong results🤝 Strong SEN support
Hempstead Infant School
😊 Happy school🤝 Strong SEN support
Hempstead Junior School

State secondary

Greenacre School
InadequateNon-selective
Walderslade School
InadequateNon-selective
Rainham School for Girls
Non-selective
Green spaces68 nearby
Wigmore Park
Podkin Meadow
Capstone Farm Country Park
Rainham Park

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Kent

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Greener area

Chatham (Luton)

Kent

£254k (£58k less)

Safety: less · Green: stronger · Affluence: less

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Worth a look

Princes Park

Kent

£294k (£18k less)

Safety: less · Green: stronger · Affluence: same

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