Skip to content
Your places. Your possibilities.
AREA GUIDES

Your guide to DA1 2RT.

Dartford · South East

A clearer picture of local life, the housing market and the things that shape your day.

Explore the area ↓
DA1 2RTChange
Heading here?

Plan a Tube journey to this area, with walking and changes explained.

How to get here on the Tube
OVERVIEW

The local picture.

DA1 2RT is in the Dartford local authority area. The nearest listed railway station is Dartford, about 0.8 miles from this location. Explore local services and travel connections below, alongside housing and planning records.

House price trend-2.0%Dartford · Jul 2026Recent planningChecking planning…This information is updatingNearest train stationDartford0.8 milesImmediate neighbourhood population1,759Small statistical area · 2024
Local lifeShops, places to eat, vets and everyday services →Getting aroundRail, buses, road connections and travel tools →
WEATHER

Weather this week

Forecast for DA1 2RT.

Mon · 14 Sep
17°high
Cloudy17° low
7-day forecast
Tue21°14° lowLight showers15 Sep
Wed19°11° lowFair16 Sep
Thu18°12° lowCloudy17 Sep
Fri17°11° lowLight showers18 Sep
Sat22°16° lowCloudy19 Sep
Sun18°11° lowPartly cloudy20 Sep
HOUSING MARKET

Housing market

Completed property sales and the wider area price trend.

Explore house prices →
Median recorded sold price£360,000DA1 postcode district

15 Sep 2025 – 29 Jul 2026

497 recorded sales · HM Land Registry
Official average house price£347,773Dartford

July 2026

UK House Price Index · wider-area benchmark
Official annual price change-2.0%Dartford

July 2026 compared with a year earlier

UK House Price Index · same area, year on year

The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.

What could that cost each month?

Take a recorded price into the mortgage calculator. Adjust the property price, deposit, rate and term for the home you have in mind.

Use sold-price median: £360,000 Use area average: £347,773
Find an exact home's sale history →Compare this area →
PLANNING

Planning

Recent nearby applications and a route to the full planning view.

View all planning →
Checking recent planning…This section will update when the latest local records are ready.
Place Keys MarketplaceA LITTLE TOWARDS CHRISTMAS

Make room for Christmas.

Sell the things you no longer use in Dartford.

Start selling for freeExplore your local Marketplace
Free to list · You choose the priceLooking for something? Post a wanted advert →
Hands photographing clothes laid out on a bed, using a smartphone.
LOCAL LIFE

What’s around here?

A lighter snapshot of useful local places, showing only the results available in each section.

View all local life

Some unclaimed business pages use category illustrations until the business adds its own photographs.

Food hygiene data: Food Standards Agency / local authorities, OGL. Place and available business details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
LIVING HERE

Living here

Schools, population, reported crime and employment.

Schools
  1. Oakfield Primary AcademyPrimary · Ages 2–110.2 mi
  2. Dartford Science & Technology CollegeSecondary · Ages 11–180.3 mi
  3. North Kent College16 plus · Ages 16–990.4 mi
  4. Westgate Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 4–110.4 mi
Immediate neighbourhood1,759 residents

Population of the small statistical area surrounding DA1 2RT—not the whole town. 2024.

0–15 · 25.6%16–64 · 62.9%65+ · 11.4%
What area does this cover?

Dartford 009B (LSOA) is a defined statistical boundary, not a mileage radius.

Reported crime314

Reports within about one mile in the latest mapped month · 2026-07.

Violence & sexual offences · 91Anti-social behaviour · 64Shoplifting · 55
Employment3.4%

Unemployment estimate for Dartford · Latest available period.

REPRESENTATION

Who represents this area?

Current representation and recent general-election history for Dartford.

Local councilDartfordLocal authority for DA1 2RT
Latest general election · 2024Labour34.6% vote share
How this area has votedWinning party, vote share and turnout at recent general elections.
2024Labour34.6% of votes59.0% turnout
2019Conservative61.1% of votes64.5% turnout
2017Conservative57.6% of votes69.1% turnout
2015Conservative49.0% of votes69.7% turnout
2010Conservative48.8% of votes65.7% turnout

Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older results may not cover exactly the same streets.

GETTING AROUND

Getting around

Roads, rail, nearby car parks, EV charging, driving charges and airports.

How to get here on the Tube
Nearest motorway / major roadA20.5 miles
Clean air & driving chargesDartford Crossing2.8 miles from the postcode point
EV CHARGING

Nearby EV charging

Nearest public charging locations with useful charger details where available.

View all →

No reliable nearby EV-charger result is available right now.

NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT

London City Airport

About 8.1 miles away. Distance alone does not show whether a property is under a flight path.

No strategic aircraft-noise band is shown for this postcode. That does not guarantee aircraft will never be heard.

View airport map & nearby parking →
NEARBY PLACES & OUTDOORS

Nearby places & outdoors

Useful nearby places, green space and walking routes.

Useful nearby places

Nearest prison
HMP/YOI Isis6.4 miles away

Green space and walks

Green space
  1. Darenth1.7 mi
  2. Beacon Wood3.2 mi
  3. Swanscombe Skull Site3.8 mi
Walks & trails
  1. North Downs Way8.2 mi
  2. Thames Path8.4 mi

Distance is to the nearest mapped point; it does not guarantee immediate access to the route from this postcode.

From Vet Reviews

Vets near this area

Explore practice profiles, owner reviews and contact details around DA1 2RT.

Published practices within 10 miles, ordered by approximate straight-line distance from the map point. Some practice locations use postcode centres. This is not a quality ranking or a complete directory.

Find and compare vets near DA1 2RT
Mobile coverage
Coverage at a glanceIndoor and outdoor coverage around DA1 2RT
EE
Indoor: LikelyOutdoor: Likely
Three
Indoor: LikelyOutdoor: Likely
O2
Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
Vodafone
Indoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
UTILITIES & BROADBAND

Utilities & broadband

Electricity networkVaries by exact addressThe exact distribution network depends on the property address.Check exact network →
BIN DAYS

Collection dates are address-specific

Use the postcode, then choose the exact household before Place Keys shows collection dates.

Check bin days →
Data, sources and limitationsSources, refresh dates and important context
Key sources

Weather: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Mobile coverage and broadband: Ofcom. Population: ONS via Nomis. Property sales: HM Land Registry. Local places may include Food Standards Agency and OpenStreetMap data. Elections use published constituency results and current representative data.

How to read the figures

Small-area population is a defined statistical geography, not a town total or mileage radius. Distances are approximate straight-line or mapped distances unless a module states otherwise. Older election results may use pre-2024 constituency boundaries.

Dataset dates
  • Weather: 14 Sep 2026, 23:00
  • Sold prices: most recent displayed sale 29 Jul 2026
  • Reported crime: 2026-07
Analytics settings

Checking your analytics preference.