Canterbury

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• Today: 10° / 6° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:22

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

244 reported · August 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences90
• Anti-social behaviour52
• Shoplifting33
• Criminal damage & arson24

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Northgate · Kent

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

284 reported road collisions (2025)

81 killed or seriously injured · 357 casualties · 18 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 426 rated 4–5 ★ (352 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Sturry (1.7 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£336,427 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Canterbury · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,280 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £876
• 2 bed £1,132
• 3 bed £1,368

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,981 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (3.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (3.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: MFG Lakeside (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

157,429 residents in Canterbury · 510/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK14,325
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,447
• Net moves−122

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 149 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,419 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 71,860)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

64 schools · 25,120 pupils

35 primary · 10 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

47 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Canterbury

1,676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes503
• GP practices222
• Dentists360
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 20 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

• Not in the Green Belt
• 103 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

218 applications decided

93.1% granted · 203 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour (minority)

• Lab 18
• Con 8
• LD 8
• Grn 4
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,865 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

580 jobs advertised · £44,354 avg

e.g. Seasonal Team Member, Production Line Leader, SEN Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£735 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,464 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,894 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Canterbury:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent808 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks400 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases317 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND283 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills159 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Chequer's Wood and Old Park · 0.6 km

  Chequer's Wood and Old Park is a 106.9-hectare (264-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the eastern outskirts of Canterbury in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

• Beverley Ground · 0.7 km

  The Beverley Ground was a cricket ground in Canterbury in Kent. It was in use in the mid-19th century, with recorded matches taking place between 1839 and 1846. It was the home ground of Beverley Cricket Club and was…

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  Howe Barracks · 1.1 km

  Howe Barracks was a military installation in Canterbury in Kent.

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  Canterbury Law Courts · 1.2 km

  Canterbury Law Courts, also known as Canterbury Combined Court Centre, is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Chaucer Road, Canterbur…

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  St Martin's Hospital, Canterbury · 1.3 km

  St Martin's Hospital is a mental health facility on Littlebourne Road in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is managed by the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.

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  St Augustine's Conduit House · 1.3 km

  St Augustine's Conduit House is an archaeological site in Canterbury, Kent, England, a medieval conduit house built to serve St Augustine's Abbey a short distance away. It is an English Heritage site, and a scheduled…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)