Thanet

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 16° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:15

12h 51m 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

6 reported · July 2026▼ 57% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Burglary1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Thanet Villages · Kent

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

243 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 311 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

233 food businesses within 2 miles

• 227 rated 4–5 ★ (222 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thanet Parkway (2.9 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£268,760 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Thanet · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,114 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £770
• 2 bed £1,000
• 3 bed £1,223

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

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (5.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Sainsbury's Thanet Westwood Cross (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Advice against bathing at Thanet beaches· 8 Sept 2026
• Event for Thanet’s residential landlords and property agents· 2 Sept 2026
• Have your say: Council seeks views on proposed dog control measures· 28 Aug 2026
• Have your say on the future of Thanet: council launches new Local Plan consultation· 27 Aug 2026
• Buyer withdraws from Pierremont depot sale· 24 Aug 2026

Source: Thanet Council

140,587 residents in Thanet · 1,357/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 34 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (29% of 69,980)

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

58 schools · 20,123 pupils

31 primary · 7 secondary · 20 other

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

44inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Thanet

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
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

159 applications decided

91.8% granted · 146 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority

• Lab 29
• Con 13
• Grn 7
• Ref 5
• Oth 2

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

• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,410 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£721 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,665 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,604 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Herne Bay and Sandwich:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership979 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership431 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office415 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test356 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases325 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Flete · 0.9 km

  Flete is a hamlet 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Margate in Kent, United Kingdom. It is in the Thanet local government district. At the 2011 census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Manston.

• Manston arrivals and processing centre · 1.1 km

  Manston arrivals and processing centre is a centre used for the processing of migrants who have crossed the English Channel, located on the former site of RAF Manston in Manston, Kent, United Kingdom. Opened in Februa…

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  Thanet West · 1.1 km

  Thanet West was a British parliamentary constituency in the Isle of Thanet, in Kent.

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  Manston, Kent · 1.3 km

  Manston is a village and civil parish in the Thanet district of Kent, England. The village is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Ramsgate. The parish includes four hamlets and the former Manston Airport.

• RAF Manston · 1.3 km

  Royal Air Force Manston or more simply RAF Manston is a former Royal Air Force station located in the north-east of Kent, at grid reference TR334663 on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996. The site was split betwe…

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  Defence Fire Training and Development Centre · 1.3 km

  The Defence Fire Training and Development Centre was the site of the Ministry of Defence's firefighter training. It occupied part of a former Royal Air Force base near the village of Manston in the southeast corner of…

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