Barham

17°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 17° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:16

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 71% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Nailbourne · Kent

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

276 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 375 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Snowdown (4.1 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£338,030 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Canterbury · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,281 average monthly rent▲ 5.7% YoY

• 1 bed £876
• 2 bed £1,133
• 3 bed £1,369

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

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (10 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: EVC Broome Park (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

157,429 residents in Canterbury · 510/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 185 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,419 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 71,860)

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

64 schools · 25,120 pupils

35 primary · 10 secondary · 19 other

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

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Canterbury

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
• 63 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

220 applications decided

97.7% granted · 215 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Rosie Duffield

Independent

Canterbury

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 18
• Con 8
• LD 8
• Grn 4
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £39,650 avg

e.g. Become a Graphic Design Tutor in Barham – Flexible & Remote, Mechanical Engineer, Personal Tax Senior

Source: Adzuna

£735 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,464 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,894 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

14% low-carbon electricity

Imports 71% · Gas 14% · Wind 13% · Nuclear 1%

123 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

5 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CT4

• Hawkinge And Elham
• Canterbury Medical Practice
• Old School Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Canterbury:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership2,058 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership493 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s353 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases317 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset311 local signatures · 30,175 nationwide

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

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  Barham railway station · 0.2 km

  Barham was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1887 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.

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  Barham, Kent · 0.3 km

  Barham BARR-əm is a village and civil parish in the City of Canterbury district of Kent, England. Barham village is approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-east from Canterbury and 8 miles (13 km) north from Folkestone.

• Heart's Delight, City of Canterbury · 0.7 km

  Heart's Delight is a settlement located near Barham in Kent, England.There is a similarly-known settlement near Sittingbourne in the Swale district of Kent.

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  Black Mill, Barham · 1.4 km

  Black Mill or Barham Downs Mill was a smock mill at Barham, Kent, England which was accidentally burnt down in 1970 while under restoration.

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  Kingston, Kent · 1.8 km

  Kingston is a village and civil parish between Canterbury and Dover in Kent, South East England. The parish contains the hamlet of Marley.

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  Jumping Downs · 1.9 km

  Jumping Downs is a 5.7-hectare (14-acre) Local Nature Reserve near Aylesham, between Canterbury and Dover in Kent. It is owned by the Jumping Downs Trust and managed by the Trust and the Kentish Stour Community Partne…

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