Birken Road
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 40/100; transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 39/100. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 60/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 40/100; family indicators 65/100; green-space proximity 39/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100; market proxy 60/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: liquidity proxy 50/100; market proxy 60/100. Recorded median sale price: £282,000 from 13 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transaction activity 50%, Market 50%; no return forecast. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: area-safety proxy 40/100; green-space proximity 39/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 40/100. Recorded median sale price: £282,000 from 13 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
Check the official flood map for your propertyThings You Should Know
Score 40/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
Score 39/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.
How Life Works Here
Birken Road is located in Tunbridge Wells, near Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The associated LSOA area has 162 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 12 of the 12 selected months. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. No nearby amenity records are available in this extract. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Orchard Close) is 52m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £282,000. Based on 13 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,980; owner-occupied homes 21.8%; social housing 20.8%; retired population 13.7%; average household size 2.3. There are 7 schools within 2 km, 6 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 155m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 58/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 55/100. Its recorded district percentile is 81. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
Property Market
Semi-Detached | Freehold | Transactions: Some recorded transactions
Source release: 2026-08-28; registrations received through 2026-07-31. Earlier periods can be revised by late registrations. Standard and additional transactions are included, so property mix can affect the median.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Median comparisons use two full calendar years five years apart, with at least five sales in each. Different properties may have sold; this is not a house-price index or a prediction of returns.
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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Birken Road, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (3)
- Chimera Climbing 911m · 11 min walk
- Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing 1236m · 16 min walk
- PureGym 1591m · 20 min walk
hospitals (3)
- Tunbridge Wells Nuffield Hospital 1607m · 20 min walk
- Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury 1737m · 22 min walk
- Atman Clinic 1969m · 25 min walk
libraries (3)
- Sherwood Library 310m · 4 min walk
- Southborough Library 1766m · 22 min walk
- Tunbridge Wells Library 1925m · 24 min walk
parks & green spaces (4)
- Grosvenor Recreation Ground 604m · 8 min walk
- Dunorlan Park 1567m · 20 min walk
- St John's Recreation Ground 1892m · 24 min walk
- Calverley Park 1954m · 24 min walk
schools (5)
- Skinners' Temple Grove 156m · 2 min walk
- Skinners' Kent Academy 885m · 11 min walk
- Skinners' Kent Primary School 1185m · 15 min walk
- St Matthew's High Brooms Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1215m · 15 min walk
- St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1355m · 17 min walk
Transport Links
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Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees. Limited data available for this street — interpret scores with caution.
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