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Guide Price£400,000

Church Road, Sittingbourne

Land size
163.51 acres

Key Features

  • Nature Reserve comprising 163.51 acres of SSSI wetland
  • Home to a wide variety of wildfowl
  • Comprising expansive flooded clay pits and disused oyster ponds

Description

Little Murston Nature Reserve comprises 163.51 acres (66.17 hectares) of SSSI wetland attracting a wide variety of wildfowl, located between the Swale and Sittingbourne.

VAT: The vendors are VAT registered so VAT is payable in addition to the agreed sale price.

METHOD OF SALE: The land is offered for sale by Private Treaty. If demand dictates, the agent may set a deadline for Best and Final Offers in the event that significant interest is received.

ACCESS: The property is accessed via a private entrance off Church Road.

VIEWING: Strictly by appointment only.  Please contact Will Jex or Alan Mummery at Paddock Wood Office:  01892 832325 Option 3.

TENURE:  The property is sold freehold and subject to a 10 year lease until March 2032 to the Kent Wildfowling and Conservation Association, further details of which are available on request.

SERVICES:  Applicants should rely on their own investigations as to the availability of service connections.

LOCAL AUTHORITY:  Swale Borough Council.  www.swale.gov.uk.

To download the full particulars please see the attached links below.  Should you wish to have a copy of the brochure posted to you or discuss details further please don't hesitate to contact Will Jex on the numbers provided.

https://www.lambertandfoster.co.uk/property/lf003827/

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 21 land-only listings in South East England (100+ acres).

This Property£2,446 / acre
Regional Average (100+ acres) £9,149 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 8% of premises

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

  • Sunny Bank Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    236
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Lansdowne Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    415
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Canterbury Road Primary School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    209
    Type
    Community school
  • Kemsley Primary Academy1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    217
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Milton Court Primary Academy1.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    251
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

Secondary

  • The Sittingbourne School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,556
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Borden Grammar School1.6 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    938
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Boys
  • Highsted Grammar School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    793
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls
  • Fulston Manor School1.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,314
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Westlands School2.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,690
    Type
    Academy converter

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

Asda Sittingbourne Superstore, Sittingbourne0.9 miles
Co-op Murston, Sittingbourne0.9 miles
Co-op Bapchild - Stones Farm, Sittingbourne1.1 miles

GP surgery

Green Porch Medical Partnership1 mile

Pharmacy

H 2 H Pharmacy Limited778 metres

Hospital

Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital1.7 miles

Green space

Playing Field370 metres

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

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Kemsley Rail Station1.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Mulberry Way965 metres

Typical drive times

Minster12 min · 7.9 miles
Sheerness15 min · 8.6 miles
Queenborough10 min · 6.4 miles
Sittingbourne6 min · 2.2 miles
Canterbury (city)29 min · 17 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 3Higher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • 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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77 Commercial Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6DS

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