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The Old Fairground, High Street, Wingham, CT3

Land size
1.2 acres
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3

Description

2 The Old Fairground, is an attractive spacious four double bedroomed detached home with three reception room, three bathrooms triple garaging and sits in grounds of 1.2acres.

Construction is timber framed with attractive brick facades, triple glazed windows and French doors, pitched framed entrance porch with composite entry door, under tiled roof.
This eco-friendly cutting-edge home has the latest technology which reduces carbon footprint providing benefits for the environment.
The property, designed by specialist experts Target Timber Systems, was commissioned for the current owners and comes in 2016.

The high-quality internal fixtures and fittings includes under floor heating to the ground floor, complemented by radiators to the first floor and wood burning stove in the sitting room.
There’s a beautiful fitted kitchen/ breakfast room, and utility room, luxury contemporary bathrooms suites, stylish flooring, coved ceiling, attractive wooden internal doors with matching architrave and skirting boards. Other benefits include a security intercom and surround sound music systems, air source heat pump with solar panels which provides a generous return, perfect for the energy saving ecofriendly modern-day family living.

OUTSIDE
The beautiful gardens and grounds extend to just shy of 1.2 acres, and is located at the end of a private lane. The property is approached via electronic gates onto a vast gravel and block paved drive, which provides ample parking, ornamental wall and wrought iron fencing and gates, giving access to the gardens which sweep around the property and are mainly laid to lawn, complemented with well stocked flower borders, mature trees and shrubs that includes a variety of apple, pear and plum trees, vegetable beds, raised fish pond, pergola, sun terraces, one with electric sun shade, perfect for entertaining and BBQs.
Also, within the grounds is a summer house with hot tub, triple garaging, various storage sheds, all enclosed with fencing and mixed hedge boundaries, also off the paddock is a five-bar gate which gives separate access into the grounds.

FEATURES

• Entrance hall, spacious hallway with central staircase leading to the galleried landing, understairs storage cupboard and attractive wood style tiled flooring.
• Sitting room, triple aspect, to include French doors opening onto sun terrace, central stone feature fireplace and wood burner.
• Study, double aspect room.
• Dining room, glazed paneled sliding doors into partitioning, and opens through to the kitchen.
• Kitchen/breakfast/family room, range of base and wall mounted cabinets with integrated appliance to include dishwasher, double butler sink, Rangemaster cooker with matching extractor hood, central island complemented with marble work surface and tiled attractive flooring.
• Utility room, matching units, space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer, space for American style fridge/freezer, tiled flooring.
• Shower room/WC, shower cubicle, chrome fittings, hand basin and WC set into vanity unit, wall vanity cupboards, all attractively tiled.
• First floor, double aspect, galleried landing with study area, airing cupboard.
• Master bedroom, double aspect, with walk-in wardrobe.
• En-suite bathroom, contemporary modern bath, separate shower cubicle, WC, hand basin set into vanity unit beautifully tiled.
• Bedroom 2. double aspect, with access to loft which is boarded, with ladder and light.
• Bedroom 3 & 4 are both double bedrooms which are double aspect.
• Family Bathroom, luxury family bathroom suite with jacuzzi bath, separate shower cubicle with chrome fittings and large rain head, curved hand basin set into vanity unit WC, all attractively tiled.
• Gardens and grounds, extends to just shy of 1.2 acres.
• Triple Garage/Workshop, one with automatic roller doors power and light.
• Summer House with hot tub, power and light.
• Village location.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
Services: Mains water, electricity, and drainage.
Air source heat pump heating and solar panels
Local Authority: Dover District Council
Council Tax Band: F.

SITUATION
2 The Old Fairground is tucked away at the end of a private lane just off the High Street set in the much sought after and very popular pretty village of Wingham, which offers a wide variety of local amenities such as a village store, Post Office, bakery, doctor’s surgery, and dental practice. Wingham also has a very good primary school, public houses/restaurants and the beautiful 13th Century St Mary’s the Virgin Grade I Listed church.

Recreation and sports facilities include Wingham Wildlife Park, Howletts Zoo, a good selection of golf courses including Royal St George’s at Sandwich, Polo Farm Sports Complex at Littlebourne, and sports centre and swimming pools can be found in Canterbury, Deal, and Dover and the nearby and popular cinque port town of Sandwich with its popular marina.

The historical city of Canterbury also offers an excellent shopping centre, along with numerous restaurants, wine bars and cafés, the Marlow Theatre and many other cultural interests.
There is also a good selection of schools in both the private and state sectors to include girls and boys Grammar schools, colleges and universities.

Transport connections are also good, with two mainline railway stations running from Canterbury with Canterbury West offering the high-speed service to London St Pancras. The A2, which connects into the M2 and M20, is within easy reach, as is the Port of Dover and the Channel Tunnel terminal at Cheriton, offering cross channel services to the Continent.
There is also s a very good bus service which operates into Canterbury and neighbouring towns and villages.

DIRECTIONS
Head out of Canterbury via A257 towards Sandwich, passing through the village of Littlebourne. Continue following signs for Sandwich and on entering the village of Wingham, at the junction by the Dog Inn, keep left and head down the High Street passing through the pelican traffic lights, then take second left into the private lane of The Old Fairground (which is 50 metres just past Oakfield House retirement home).
2 The Old Fairground is situated at the end of the private lane on the left-hand side.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
F
Date Posted
2026-08-05

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,854 Homes with Land listings in South East England (1+ acres).

This Property£833,333 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £303,406 / acre
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
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Garden
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Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Wingham Primary School581 metresOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    204
    Type
    Community school
  • Wickhambreaux Church of England Primary School1.4 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Littlebourne Church of England Primary School2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    102
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Preston Primary School2 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    129
    Type
    Community school
  • Goodnestone Church of England Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    48
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Orion Spires3.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    620
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Barton Manor School4.9 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    596
    Type
    Free schools
  • St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,116
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School5.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,258
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Gender
    Girls
  • Barton Court Grammar School5.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    995
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Ash - Canterbury, Ash, Kent, CT32.8 miles
Co-op Aylesham, Aylesham3.5 miles
Co-op Sturry - Island Road, Sturry4.3 miles

GP surgery

Ash Surgery2.9 miles

Pharmacy

Boots2.8 miles

Hospital

St Martins Hospital4.6 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces201 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Adisham Rail Station2.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

The Paddock225 metres

Typical drive times

Deal19 min · 11 miles
Fordwich11 min · 6.6 miles
Sandwich10 min · 6 miles
Canterbury (city)16 min · 7.1 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 2Medium risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

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  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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