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The Grove, Westgate-On-Sea

MyStreetCheck free street report: The Grove, Westgate-On-Sea · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/westgate-on-sea/the-grove/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CT8 8BE, CT8 8AS.

Average price (last 12 months)
£105,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2017)
£135,421
33 sales
Price range
£55k – £1.13m
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
26 Jan 2026
CT8 8BE

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At a glance

House prices£135k averageSince 2017 (few recent sales) CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 3 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station4 min walkWestgate-on-Sea station Schools4 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold97% leaseholdAcross 37 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

33 property sales on The Grove, Westgate-On-Sea have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2017. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £105,000. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £104,497. 8 homes here have sold more than once since 2017; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 97% flat, 3% detached. Recorded sale prices on The Grove range from £55,000 to £1,125,000. 3% of homes sold here were freehold and 97% leasehold.

House prices on The Grove compared

CT8 postcode area£303,760
Westgate-On-Sea£303,760
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. The Grove has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all CT8 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2017: £103,716 (9 sales)2017£104k2018: £130,236 (4 sales)2018£130k2019: £102,875 (4 sales)2019£103k2021: £101,500 (2 sales)2021£102k2022: £364,750 (4 sales)2022£365k2023: £107,000 (5 sales)2023£107k2024: £55,000 (1 sales)2024£55k2025: £82,000 (3 sales)2025£82k2026: £105,000 (1 sales)2026£105k

Tenure: 3% freehold and 97% leasehold across 37 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Flat32£104,49726 Jan 2026
Detached1£1,125,00021 Mar 2022

Sold prices on The Grove

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
Flat 3, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 26 Jan 2026£105,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 10, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 1 May 2025£100,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 7, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 26 Mar 2025£61,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 7, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 26 Mar 2025£75,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 29, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 31 Jan 2025£85,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 8, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 12 Jul 2024£55,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 16, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 10 Nov 2023£90,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 11, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 17 Oct 2023£85,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 25, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 3 Aug 2023£105,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 19, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 21 Jul 2023£165,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 32, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 30 Jun 2023£75,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 4, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 19 May 2023£90,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 21, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 16 Dec 2022£79,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 9, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 21 Oct 2022£66,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 5, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 27 May 2022£94,999 FlatLeasehold
3, The Grove CT8 8AS 21 Mar 2022£1,125,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 23, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 25 Feb 2022£160,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 17, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 29 Oct 2021£105,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 14, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 27 Jan 2021£98,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 23, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 13 Dec 2019£140,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 34, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 28 Jun 2019£78,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 1, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 25 Apr 2019£98,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 25, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 29 Jan 2019£95,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 2, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 29 Nov 2018£149,995 FlatLeasehold
Flat 15, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 27 Sep 2018£149,950 FlatLeasehold
Flat 10, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 20 Apr 2018£128,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 5, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 2 Feb 2018£93,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 24, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 11 Dec 2017£85,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 11, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 6 Dec 2017£89,950 FlatLeasehold
Flat 1, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 10 Nov 2017£100,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 3, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 27 Oct 2017£89,995 FlatLeasehold
Flat 30, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 18 Aug 2017£97,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 20, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 31 Jul 2017£85,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 27, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 13 Apr 2017£152,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 5, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 22 Feb 2017£82,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 15, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 20 Feb 2017£152,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 28, Read Court, The Grove CT8 8BE 22 Jan 2016£86,000 FlatLeasehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
Flat 3, Read Court, The Grove £89,995 (Oct 2017) → £105,000 (Jan 2026) +17%
over 8 yrs
Flat 10, Read Court, The Grove £128,000 (Apr 2018) → £100,000 (May 2025) -22%
over 7 yrs
Flat 11, Read Court, The Grove £89,950 (Dec 2017) → £85,000 (Oct 2023) -6%
over 6 yrs
Flat 25, Read Court, The Grove £95,000 (Jan 2019) → £105,000 (Aug 2023) +11%
over 5 yrs
Flat 5, Read Court, The Grove £82,000 (Feb 2017) → £93,000 (Feb 2018) → £94,999 (May 2022) +16%
over 5 yrs
Flat 23, Read Court, The Grove £140,000 (Dec 2019) → £160,000 (Feb 2022) +14%
over 2 yrs
Flat 1, Read Court, The Grove £100,000 (Nov 2017) → £98,500 (Apr 2019) -2%
over 1 yr
Flat 15, Read Court, The Grove £152,000 (Feb 2017) → £149,950 (Sep 2018) -1%
over 2 yrs

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Schools near The Grove

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
St Crispin's Infant School 193 pupils Primary 4–7 Report 0.4 mi
St Saviour's Church of England Junior School 351 pupils Primary Church of England 7–11 Report 0.4 mi
Ursuline College 949 pupils Secondary Roman Catholic 11–18 Good Report 0.7 mi
Garlinge Primary School and Nursery 726 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.9 mi
King Ethelbert School 845 pupils Secondary 11–18 Good Report 0.9 mi
Hartsdown Academy 868 pupils Secondary 11–18 Good Report 1.1 mi
Maple Haven Ltd 10 pupils Other independent special school 4–18 Report 1.5 mi
The Llewellyn School and Nursery 35 pupils Other independent special school 2–25 Report 1.6 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Westgate-on-Sea station 0.2 mi · 4 min walk
  • Margate station 1.3 mi · 26 min walk
  • Birchington-on-Sea station 1.8 mi · 36 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Walmer Castle (opp, Canterbury Road) 1 min walk
  • Walmer Castle (adj, Canterbury Road) 1 min walk
  • Library (opp, Canterbury Road) 3 min walk
  • Streete Court Road (adj, Minster Road) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Westgate Surgery
    60 Westgate Bay Avenue, Westgate-On-Sea · 0.3 mi
  • Birchington Medical Centre
    Minnis Road, Birchington · 2.0 mi
  • The Limes Medical Centre
    Trinity Square, Margate · 2.0 mi
  • Northdown & Dashwood Surgery
    Northdown Park Road, Margate · 2.8 mi

Supermarkets

  • The Co-operative Food Co-op Westgate-On-Sea · 0.1 mi
  • Marks and Spencer BP M&S Garlinge Margate BP · 0.5 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Margate Canterbury Rd Express · 1.0 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Birchington The Square · 1.6 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.3 mi
  • Paydens Pharmacy · 0.3 mi
  • Baxters Pharmacy · 0.5 mi

Dentists

  • Mydentist · 0.3 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.9 mi
  • Station Road Dental Surgery · 1.7 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income3 of 10
Employment2 of 10
Education and skills4 of 10
Health and disability2 of 10
Crime2 of 10
Access to housing and services4 of 10
Living environment4 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned47.6%62.5%
Private rented49.2%20.3%
Social rented3.2%17.1%
Households1,010

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1511.8%17.4%
Aged 15–6460.4%64.1%
Aged 65+27.9%18.6%
Residents1,903

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks88%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks91%92%

Share of homes across Thanet with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around The Grove

Ethnic group

HereThanet
White93.8%93%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%2.4%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%2.3%
Other ethnic group1.4%1.2%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%1%

Religion

HereThanet
Christian47%46.7%
No religion44.2%44.1%
Not answered5.4%5.8%
Muslim1.6%1.5%
Other religion0.9%0.6%
Buddhist0.3%0.4%
Hindu0.2%0.6%
Jewish0.2%0.2%

Country of birth

HereThanet
Born in the UK90.8%90.2%
Born outside the UK9.2%9.8%

Highest qualification

HereThanet
Level 4 qualifications and above28%26.3%
No qualifications23.5%21.7%
Level 3 qualifications14.6%16.7%
Level 2 qualifications13.4%14.4%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%11.6%
Apprenticeship6.7%6.2%
Other qualifications3.5%3.1%

General health

HereThanet
Very good health38.8%42%
Good health34.5%35%
Fair health18%15.8%
Bad health6.4%5.6%
Very bad health2.4%1.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereThanet
1 car or van in household50.9%43.1%
No cars or vans in household30.9%26.1%
2 cars or vans in household13.5%22.9%
3 or more cars or vans in household4.7%8%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Thanet.

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Estate agents near The Grove

  • Miles & Barr 0.2 mi
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  • Henderson Setterfield 1.5 mi
  • Lovetts Estate Agents 1.6 mi
  • Wards 1.6 mi

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