Joyden's Wood

8°CSunny

• Today: 12° / 8° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:31

9h 37m 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

• 8.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

42 reported · August 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour17
• Violence & sexual offences12
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Public order3

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Joyden's Wood · Kent

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

380 reported road collisions (2025)

82 killed or seriously injured · 467 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

305 food businesses within 2 miles

• 259 rated 4–5 ★ (210 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bexley (2.0 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£414,833 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Bexley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,537 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,229
• 2 bed £1,526
• 3 bed £1,865

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

12.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.2 times median annual pay (12.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,534 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (2.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (2.5 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

105 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Longley Road (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

246,472 residents in Bexley · 4,071/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,887
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK18,935
• Net moves−1,048

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 200 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,366 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 101,740)

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

92 schools · 42,669 pupils

60 primary · 15 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 30 of 36 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bexley

206 CQC-registered services

• Care homes31
• GP practices29
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies70
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bexley

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

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

327 applications decided

89% granted · 291 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jim Dickson

Labour

Dartford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 28
• Ref 7
• Oth 1

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

• Schools5
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,820 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,538 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 108,827 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Gas 28% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 9%

120 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.1 women · 61.9 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DA5

• Plas Meddyg Surgery
• Bhnc Enhanced Access Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dartford:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND268 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth256 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases164 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence157 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death144 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Joyden's Wood · 0.7 km

  Joyden's Wood is an area of ancient woodland that straddles the border between the London Borough of Bexley in South East London and the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north wes…

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  Maypole, Dartford · 0.9 km

  Maypole is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located north of Joyden's Wood and south-west of the town of Dartford. In the 2021 census, Maypole had a population of 1,960.

• Bowmans, Kent · 0.9 km

  Bowmans is a part of the town of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located to the south-west of the town centre.

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  Bexley Hospital · 1.0 km

  Bexley Hospital was a psychiatric hospital at Old Bexley Lane, Dartford Heath, Bexley, in the County of Kent. It operated between 19 September 1898 and 2001.

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  Coldblow · 1.1 km

  Coldblow is a village in South East London within the London Borough of Bexley. It is located south east of Bexleyheath and south west of Dartford, adjacent to the Greater London boundary with the county of Kent.

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  Wilmington, Kent · 1.5 km

  Wilmington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located 2.7 miles south of Dartford, 3.5 miles north of Swanley and 4.3 miles south east of Bexleyheath, adjacent to the Kent…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)