Knockholt Pound

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 18° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:18

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

12 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount · Kent

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

558 reported road collisions (2024)

83 killed or seriously injured · 655 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

• 26 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Knockholt (3.0 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£518,235 average▼ 1.4% YoY

Across Bromley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,681 average monthly rent▲ 2.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,309
• 2 bed £1,638
• 3 bed £1,986

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

12.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.1 times median annual pay (12.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Jet (9.8 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Toby Carvery Badgers Mount (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Open House Festival returns with an exciting programme celebrating heritage across Bromley· 11 Sept 2026
• Diagrama Foundation appointed to deliver Day Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs in Bromley· 9 Sept 2026
• Have your say on Bromley's future Air Quality Action Plan· 7 Sept 2026
• Dog control order renewal following consultation· 4 Sept 2026
• Know Your Blood Pressure Numbers and Give Your Heart Some Support· 3 Sept 2026

Source: Bromley Council

329,994 residents in Bromley · 2,198/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 230 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,140 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 143,430)

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

120 schools · 57,429 pupils

76 primary · 19 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 40 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (98%)

100inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bromley

321 CQC-registered services

• Care homes53
• GP practices59
• Dentists91
• Homecare agencies88
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bromley

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

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

522 applications decided

75.7% granted · 395 granted, 127 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Laura Trott

Conservative

Sevenoaks

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 8
• Con 35
• LD 6
• Ref 6
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,030 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£965 median full-time weekly pay

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

£34,389 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 · 148,193 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

18% low-carbon electricity

Gas 76% · Nuclear 8% · Wind 7% · Imports 6%

305 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67.7 women · 67.5 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

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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  Halstead, Kent · 1.6 km

  Halstead is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 4.7 miles south east of Orpington and & 6.1 miles north west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with Greater Lond…

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  Fort Halstead · 1.7 km

  Fort Halstead was a research site of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence. It is situated on the crest of the Kentish North Downs, overlooking the tow…

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  St Margaret's Church, Halstead · 1.8 km

  St Margaret's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Halstead and the Sevenoaks deanery, although the church also serves the village of Badgers Mount. St Katharine's and St Margaret's came together in 1…

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  Knockholt · 1.9 km

  Knockholt is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent. It is located 5 mi (8 km) north west of Sevenoaks and 5.7 mi (9.2 km) south of Orpington, and is adjacent to the Kent border with Greater Lond…

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  St Katharine's Church, Knockholt · 1.9 km

  St Katharine's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Knockholt and the Sevenoaks deanery. St Katharine's and St Margaret's came together in 1983 as a United Benefice under one parish priest. The patter…

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  Chevening · 2.3 km

  Chevening House is a large country house in the parish of Chevening in Kent, England. Built between 1617 and 1630 to a design reputedly by Inigo Jones and greatly extended after 1717, it is a Grade I listed building.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)