Cowden

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:29

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Fiveways Sidcup Rd A20, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Other theft1

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Cowden and Hever · Kent

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

343 reported road collisions (2024)

122 killed or seriously injured · 517 casualties · 21.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cowden (1.7 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£386,787 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Wealden · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,266 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £900
• 2 bed £1,147
• 3 bed £1,432

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

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (10.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Chequer Mead Car Park, East Grinstead (7.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Wealden Community Sports Hub provides opportunities for women, girls and grassroots sport· 9 Sept 2026
• Unsafe farm buildings at Knights Farm West to be demolished· 9 Sept 2026
• Reaction to Local Government Reorganisation pause· 8 Sept 2026
• Home Office to seek planning permission for continued use of Crowborough Army Camp· 2 Sept 2026
• Long term investment in Wealden’s leisure centres supports summer visitor numbers· 26 Aug 2026

Source: Wealden Council

160,151 residents in Wealden · 192/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 254 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,728 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,220)

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

71 schools · 21,298 pupils

51 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 17 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wealden

703 CQC-registered services

• Care homes298
• GP practices80
• Dentists142
• Homecare agencies108
• Hospitals & hospices24

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Sussex

• Within the Green Belt
• 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

296 applications decided

84.5% granted · 250 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tom Tugendhat

Conservative

Tonbridge

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 9
• LD 11
• Grn 11
• Ref 2
• Oth 10

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

9,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£866 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,270 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 75,732 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

22% low-carbon electricity

Imports 71% · Wind 10% · Solar 9% · Gas 7%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• 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 Tonbridge:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership385 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office327 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test290 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Cowden · 0.0 km

  Cowden is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the northern slopes of the Weald, south-west of Tonbridge, and lies close to the borders of both East Sussex an…

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  St Mary Magdalene, Cowden · 0.1 km

  The Church of St Mary Magdalene is a parish church in the village of Cowden, in the district of Sevenoaks, Kent, England. It is part of the Church of England and falls within the Diocese of Chichester, the only parish…

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  London to Lewes Way · 0.9 km

  The London to Lewes Way is a 71 kilometres (44 mi) - long Roman road between Watling Street at Peckham and Lewes in Sussex. The road passes through Beckenham and West Wickham, then crosses the North Downs above Titsey…

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  Cowden rail crash · 1.7 km

  The Cowden rail crash occurred on 15 October 1994, near Cowden Station in Kent (UK), when two trains collided head-on, killing five and injuring 13, after one of them had passed a signal at danger and entered a single…

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  Cowden railway station · 1.7 km

  Cowden railway station is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line in southern England and serves Cowden in Kent. It is 29 miles 26 chains from London Bridge. The station is managed by Southern.

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  Cowden Meadow · 1.8 km

  Cowden Meadow is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Cowden in Kent.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)