The UK Postcode Database

CT9 2BU

a postcode in Kent

Introduced in January 1980
CT9 2BU Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with CT9 2BU

Grotto Hill - 43 properties, USRN 40300599

Brockley Road - 2 properties, USRN 40300166

Clifton Gardens - 1 property, USRN 40300294

Grotto Gardens - 1 property, USRN 40300598

Grotto Road - 1 property, USRN 40300600

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3882 / 51°23'17"N

Longitude: 1.3896 / 1°23'22"E

UTM Reference: 31U 387946 5694231

OS Easting: 635926

OS Northing: 170919

OS Grid: TR359709

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR WZS.XT7

Mapcode Global: VHMCP.1CGM

Open Location Code: 9F3399QQ+7R

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01qj63

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 6b2

  • Baseline UK
  • Legacy Industrial and Coastal Communities
  • Traditional Terraces

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 2620 / 32844

  • 1st decile
  • most deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for CT9 2BU on Sunday 30 August 2026

Astromomical twilight begins (full darkness ends) 03:58
Nautical twilight begins (First light) 04:46
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 05:29
Sunrise 06:04
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:55
Sunset 19:45
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 20:20
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 21:03
Astromomical twilight ends (full darkness starts) 21:51
Hours of daylight today05:34 to 20:15
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
20:15 to 05:35
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 07:39
Moon Rises 19:13

For a full sun and moon calendar for CT9 2BU, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in CT9 2BU

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
21 June 2024 18 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Semi-detached Freehold £330,000
25 November 2021 23 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £140,000
30 September 2021 21 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £265,000
1 May 2020 7 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £250,000
24 January 2020 27 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Semi-detached Freehold £205,000
5 October 2018 19 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £229,995
6 September 2018 8 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £192,000
30 October 2017 16 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Semi-detached Freehold £219,950
28 July 2017 7 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £194,000
20 July 2017 15 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Detached Freehold £154,000
2 December 2016 5 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £147,000
14 July 2016 5 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £156,000
31 March 2016 21 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £160,000
3 November 2015 8 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £157,500
28 October 2015 17 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Detached Freehold £172,500
30 April 2015 Basement Flat, 3 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £149,000
17 October 2014 14 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £162,500
31 May 2013 14 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £124,500
5 February 2008 15 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Detached Freehold £115,000
3 April 2007 18 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Semi-detached Freehold £147,000
14 February 2007 20 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
22 December 2004 1 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £180,000
27 February 2004 7 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £121,000
8 July 2003 1 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £122,000
21 March 2003 25 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £89,900
6 September 2002 21 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £84,950
18 March 2002 27 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Semi-detached Freehold £28,000
23 November 2001 14 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £64,500
22 August 2001 15 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Detached Freehold £53,000
21 July 2000 9 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £45,000
16 October 1998 1 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £53,000
8 October 1998 7 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £48,000
19 December 1997 20 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Semi-detached Freehold £41,000
23 June 1997 7 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £31,000
5 August 1996 35 Grotto Hill, Margate CT9 2BU Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £26,500

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for CT9 2BU

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

East Thanet

MP

Polly Billington Labour

Kent County Council
County council electoral division

Margate

Councillor

Jamie Henderson Reform UK

Thanet District Council
District council ward

Cliftonville West

Councillors

Alan Currie Labour

Heather Keen Labour

Harry Scobie Labour

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for CT9 2BU

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00125175 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01024661 Thanet 004A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02005135 Thanet 004 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05005088 Cliftonville West Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E07000114 Thanet Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000016 Kent Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000008 South East Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001216 East Thanet Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000032 Kent Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000241 Margate and Ramsgate Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33043393 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000056 South East Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000237 NHS Kent and Medway ICB - 91Q Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E40000005 South East NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2018 ODS
E43000241 Thanet, unparished area Non-Civil Parished Areas Census 1 April 2015 ONS
E54000032 NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E56000011 Kent and Medway Cancer Alliances Health 1 September 2016 NHS England
E58000724 Margate ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 4 May 2017 DLUHC
E63012241 Margate Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

All public sector data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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