Canterbury

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• Today: 23° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:21

12h 59m 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

322 reported · July 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences112
• Shoplifting59
• Anti-social behaviour46
• Criminal damage & arson34

22 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Northgate · Kent

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

276 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 375 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 428 rated 4–5 ★ (357 top)
• 6 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

£338,030 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Canterbury · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,281 average monthly rent▲ 5.7% YoY

• 1 bed £876
• 2 bed £1,133
• 3 bed £1,369

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 143.9p · BP (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 149.9p · BP (9.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 185 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Canterbury

1,672 CQC-registered services

• Care homes501
• GP practices221
• Dentists362
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

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

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

220 applications decided

97.7% granted · 215 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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 & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,311 jobs advertised · £40,501 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£735 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

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:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership2,058 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership493 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s353 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases317 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset311 local signatures · 30,175 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)