Bidborough

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:28

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

8 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Drugs1
• Vehicle crime1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Southborough & Bidborough · Kent

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

194 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

94 food businesses within 2 miles

• 85 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tonbridge (3.3 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£452,845 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Tunbridge Wells · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,533 average monthly rent▲ 4.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,056
• 2 bed £1,405
• 3 bed £1,702

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

11.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.5 times median annual pay (11.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,537 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: 154.9p · Esso (5.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (5.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Yew Tree Car Park (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

115,313 residents in Tunbridge Wells · 348/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,576
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,899
• Net moves+677

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 212 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,446 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 52,890)

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

54 schools · 23,110 pupils

32 primary · 8 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 13 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tunbridge Wells

1,676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes503
• GP practices222
• Dentists360
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 20 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

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

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

278 applications decided

94.2% granted · 262 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mike Martin

Liberal Democrat

Tunbridge Wells

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 7
• LD 26
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,975 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £40,000 avg

e.g. Sous Chef

Source: Adzuna

£871 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,689 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,408 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 3%

241 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in TN3

• Groombridge And Hartfield Medical Group
• Lamberhurst
• Dermatology Pct

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tunbridge Wells:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND418 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent316 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks315 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately171 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence170 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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  Bidborough · 0.1 km

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  Bidborough Windmill · 0.5 km

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  Salomons Museum · 1.8 km

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  Royal Victoria Hall, Southborough · 2.0 km

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  Southborough, Kent · 2.1 km

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