Dover

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• Today: 24° / 14° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:18

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sangatte, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

196 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 11 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Eythorne (2.5 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£276,234 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,029 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £734
• 2 bed £959
• 3 bed £1,175

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.9p · BP (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.9p · BP (10.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Sholden Fields (5.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,413 residents in Dover · 369/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 107 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 55,880)

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

63 schools · 16,687 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

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
• 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

175 applications decided

85.7% granted · 150 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 13
• Oth 6

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,370 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

577 jobs advertised · £39,872 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£767 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,830 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,033 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases596 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership505 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership427 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

• 
  Tilmanstone · 0.3 km

  Tilmanstone is a small village and civil parish in Kent, in the South East of England, near Eastry, a much bigger and more developed area. Tilmanstone no longer has a village school; however, the independent Northbour…

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  Kent Coalfield · 0.7 km

  The Kent Coalfield is a coalfield in the eastern part of the English county of Kent. The Coalfields Trust defines the Kent Coalfield as the wards of Barham Downs and Marshside in the Canterbury district, and the wards…

• West Studdal · 1.4 km

  West Studdal is a village near Dover in Kent, England. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Sutton. Studdal derives from the Old English Stōd-weald; the wood where the horses were kept.

• Knowlton railway station · 1.5 km

  Knowlton was a halt on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 as Tilmanstone Village but was renamed the following year. It closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. After…

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  Tilmanstone Colliery Halt railway station · 1.7 km

  Tilmanstone Colliery Halt was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and was renamed Elvington in 1925. It closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. The stati…

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  Elvington, Kent · 2.3 km

  Elvington is a small pit village on a ridge in between Canterbury and Dover in the county of Kent in Southeast England. Located near Eythorne, Elvington was mostly built in the early 20th century to serve the nearby c…

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