CT3Canterbury, Dover, England

House prices in CT3, Canterbury

Homes in CT3 sold for a median of £310,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 596 standard sales.

That puts it in the middle third of the 21 CT postcode districts with at least 100 sales.

Median sale price£310,000596 standard sales
Middle half of prices£260,000 to £423,000
Against the Dover council area6% aboveDover median £293,500

Prices by property type

Standard sales in CT3, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached200£485,000£395,000 to £650,000Too few
Semi-detached204£295,000£267,000 to £340,000Too few
Terraced173£260,000£238,000 to £295,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes19£156,000£99,000 to £184,000Too few

Only 22 sales here are linked to an energy certificate with a floor area, so treat the per m² figures as a rough guide.

Semi-detached houses and detached houses sold in similar numbers here, at 34% and 34% of sales.

The gap between types is wide: detached houses sold for 3.1 times the median for flats, so compare an asking price with the same type of home.

Flats here sold for a median of £156,000, 16% less than the £185,000 typical of the 6 nearest districts with enough flat sales.

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See where an asking price sits among homes of the same type sold in CT3. Add the floor area from the home's energy certificate to compare its price per m² too.

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Where prices are higher in CT3

Of the postcode sectors with at least 20 standard sales, prices were highest in CT3 1, around Wingham and Littlebourne, with a median of £410,000, and lowest in CT3 3, around Aylesham, at £280,000. Dashed outlines on the map show roughly where the two sectors are.

Each dot is a postcode in CT3 with at least 3 standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026, shaded by the median price of those sales. Select a dot for its median and a link to its sales, or use the list below the map.

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Each dot sits at the centre of its postcode, so it marks a street or part of one, not a single home. Medians mix all types of home, so a street of flats looks cheaper than a street of houses.
List the 64 postcodes on the map, dearest first
Median price of standard sales by postcode in CT3, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first
PostcodeMedian priceStandard sales
CT3 4FZ£900,0003
CT3 1LE£800,0003
CT3 1FG£657,5004
CT3 1BU£650,0005
CT3 3JJ£625,0003
CT3 1LN£622,5004
CT3 1DA£500,0003
CT3 4GW£500,0007
CT3 1NJ£491,0003
CT3 2DF£485,0003
CT3 4FJ£480,00010
CT3 4GU£435,0003
CT3 2HL£425,0004
CT3 3GW£410,0003
CT3 1TP£402,5003
CT3 2AA£380,0006
CT3 1JA£377,5005
CT3 3GU£365,0003
CT3 1DE£350,0003
CT3 3FT£350,0005
CT3 4DN£350,0003
CT3 3JW£330,0003
CT3 1BT£325,0003
CT3 1SA£325,0003
CT3 3FP£325,0003
CT3 3FS£324,00010
CT3 3FH£315,0003
CT3 3NE£315,0007
CT3 4GE£309,0004
CT3 1SS£301,5004
CT3 3NS£300,00036
CT3 3NF£297,5004
CT3 2AF£292,0006
CT3 3FF£290,0005
CT3 3AX£289,5004
CT3 3FN£285,0005
CT3 3NB£285,0009
CT3 3NN£282,5006
CT3 1TZ£280,0003
CT3 3NL£275,00022
CT3 4DL£275,0003
CT3 1UY£272,5004
CT3 1TE£270,0003
CT3 3BP£270,0003
CT3 3HH£270,0005
CT3 2BH£268,5004
CT3 3BJ£265,0003
CT3 3AT£264,0003
CT3 4HR£261,0004
CT3 1BP£260,0003
CT3 3AZ£260,0003
CT3 3LP£260,0007
CT3 3LQ£260,0005
CT3 4DA£260,0003
CT3 3GT£255,0008
CT3 1UG£249,0006
CT3 3NP£242,0009
CT3 1DQ£237,5003
CT3 3AF£237,5004
CT3 3HZ£235,0004
CT3 3BW£232,5007
CT3 4EZ£210,0003
CT3 4GB£157,0003
CT3 3GH£65,0003

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £225,000
  2. 2017: £247,000
  3. 2018: £259,000
  4. 2019: £290,000
  5. 2020: £273,000
  6. 2021: £295,000
  7. 2022: £383,500
  8. 2023: £370,000
  9. 2024: £311,500
  10. 2025: £315,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £295,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 40%, from £225,000 in 2016 to £315,000 in 2025, more than the 29% rise for a typical district in the South East.

Sales picked up in 2025: 359 standard sales in CT3, 25% more than the 288 in 2024.

Postcode districts in the Dover council area

Median sale price of the 6 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. CT3 is the third most expensive.

  1. CT15 Dover£347,500
  2. CT13 Sandwich£335,000
  3. CT3 Canterbury, this district£310,000
  4. CT14 Deal£310,000
  5. CT16 Dover£275,000
  6. CT17 Dover£215,000

When the homes were built

Construction age band of homes put up for sale in CT3, as estimated by the assessor on the same certificates
BuiltHomesShare
Before 19009620.7%, England and Wales 9.3%
1900 to 1929235.0%, England and Wales 14.8%
1930 to 19498819.0%, England and Wales 13.9%
1950 to 19668117.5%, England and Wales 15.8%
1967 to 19826113.2%, England and Wales 18.5%
1983 to 1995408.6%, England and Wales 10.1%
1996 to 2011469.9%, England and Wales 11.9%
2012 or later286.0%, England and Wales 5.7%

With 21% built before 1900, ask early whether a home is listed or in a conservation area, which limits the work you can do: see buying a listed building and buying in a conservation area.

Recent sales

The 10 latest sales ran from £150,000 for a flat on Orchard Close to £380,000 for a detached house on Winder Place.

The latest standard sales recorded in CT3. Sales take 2 weeks to 2 months to appear (how to find out what a house sold for). Select an address to check that home, or a postcode for every sale there.

  1. 5 Edmund StreetSold for £320,000CT3 1BTSold on 16 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  2. 30 Newman RoadSold for £245,000CT3 3BYSold on 4 Sep 2026Terraced
  3. 12 Pit Head DriveSold for £315,000CT3 3FTSold on 28 Aug 2026Terraced
  4. 1 Orchard CloseSold for £150,000CT3 1APSold on 26 Aug 2026Flat
  5. 117 The AvenueSold for £220,000CT3 4GFSold on 24 Aug 2026Terraced
  6. 12 East ViewSold for £275,000CT3 4HHSold on 21 Aug 2026Semi-detached
  7. 79 Winder PlaceSold for £380,000CT3 3FSSold on 20 Aug 2026Detached
  8. 24 Corminster AvenueSold for £260,000CT3 3FHSold on 20 Aug 2026Terraced
  9. The Quantocks The GlenSold for £225,000CT3 4DLSold on 18 Aug 2026Detached
  10. 23 Clarendon RoadSold for £290,000CT3 3AQSold on 17 Aug 2026Semi-detached

Streets with the most standard sales, with their median price, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Stonecote Road, Aylesham£300,00036 sales
  • Central Boulevard, Aylesham£282,50022 sales
  • Orchard Place, Aylesham£275,00022 sales
  • High Street, Wingham£451,00014 sales
  • The Street, Adisham£355,00012 sales

Living in CT3

Crime

49 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Lower than 72 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of postcode districts are between 47 and 93.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

Across its postcodes, an average of 57% of homes can get it

Lower than 88 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.

Radon

53% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all postcode districts.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,462 a year in Dover for 2026 to 2027

Near the middle of all council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Prices by council ward

Median price in the council wards that cover most of CT3, from the sales in CT3, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:

  1. Little Stour & Ashstone 188 sales£397,500
  2. Little Stour & Adisham 71 sales£375,000
  3. Sturry 68 sales£362,500
  4. Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell 259 sales£275,000

Fewer than 30 sales, so no median: Reculver.

Coal mining

94% of the 791 live postcodes in CT3 are in the Mining Remediation Authority's coal mining reporting area. The free check shows whether a given postcode is (what a mining report covers).

Energy ratings of homes for sale

Energy certificates made for homes put up for sale in CT3, lodged 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2026
RatingHomesShare
A40.9%, England and Wales 0.4%
B163.5%, England and Wales 4.8%
C20043.2%, England and Wales 46.9%
D17136.9%, England and Wales 38.1%
E429.1%, England and Wales 7.3%
F255.4%, England and Wales 1.9%
G51.1%, England and Wales 0.6%

About these figures

The figures come from 596 standard sales in CT3, the latest on 28 August 2026 (what counts as a standard sale). Of these, 18% were new builds and fewer than 1 in 10 were flats.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.