Sevenoaks

23°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 14° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, United Kingdom

91 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour26
• Violence & sexual offences20
• Other theft10
• Shoplifting10

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

237 reported road collisions (2024)

60 killed or seriously injured · 332 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

230 food businesses within 2 miles

• 191 rated 4–5 ★ (163 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sevenoaks (1.0 km)
• 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£1,803 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,262
• 2 bed £1,574
• 3 bed £1,920

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

13.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.4 times median annual pay (14.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (11.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Bradbourne Car Park, Sevenoaks (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms5
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Wheelie bin roadshows come to town!· 10 Sept 2026
• Chairman raises the flag in honour of Emergency Services Day· 9 Sept 2026
• Fly-tipper prosecuted· 3 Sept 2026
• Community and voluntary groups urged to apply for funding· 2 Sept 2026
• Council Reaffirms Position on Future of The Stag Community Arts Centre· 1 Sept 2026

Source: Sevenoaks Council

120,511 residents in Sevenoaks · 326/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 253 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,522 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 52,640)

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

65 schools · 17,192 pupils

42 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

48inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sevenoaks

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
• 114 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

266 applications decided

89.5% granted · 238 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Laura Trott

Conservative

Sevenoaks

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 26
• LD 14
• Grn 4
• Ref 2
• Oth 8

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

724 jobs advertised · £40,304 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - Bromley, Superflex Roadside Technician, Roadside Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£39,738 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,205 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Imports 33% · Solar 12% · Gas 11%

63 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in TN13

• Amherst Medical Practice
• Town Medical Centre
• St John'S Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sevenoaks:

• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need539 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership359 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s341 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office321 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test318 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Knole Academy · 0.3 km

  Knole Academy is a secondary school in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, with a grammar band and Sixth-Form. Knole opened in September 2010 as a result of the amalgamation of the Wildernesse secondary school in Sevenoaks, Ken…

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  Sevenoaks railway accident · 0.5 km

  The Sevenoaks railway accident occurred on 24 August 1927 between Dunton Green railway station and Sevenoaks railway station. The Southern Railway's afternoon express from Cannon Street to Deal left London at 5 pm, ha…

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  Sevenoaks Gravel Pits · 0.7 km

  Sevenoaks Gravel Pits is a 73.7-hectare (182-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Sevenoaks in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust as the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve…

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  Riverhead, Kent · 0.7 km

  Riverhead is a northern village part of the urban area of Sevenoaks in the district of the same name in Kent, England and is also a civil parish. The parish had a population in 2001 of 1821, increasing to 2,634 at the…

• Trinity School, Sevenoaks · 0.9 km

  Trinity School is a coeducational Christian secondary school and sixth form based in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. The school opened in September 2013 at the Wildernesse School site under the Free School initiative set fo…

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  Sevenoaks · 0.9 km

  Sevenoaks is a town and civil parish in Kent, England. Situated 21 miles (34 km) south-east of Charing Cross, Sevenoaks is served by the South Eastern Main Line commuter railway into London. It is the principal town o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)