Bishopsbourne

8°CClear

• Today: 11° / 8° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:24

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Nailbourne · Kent

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

284 reported road collisions (2025)

81 killed or seriously injured · 357 casualties · 18 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bekesbourne (3.6 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£336,427 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Canterbury · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,280 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £876
• 2 bed £1,132
• 3 bed £1,368

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

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

1,981 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: 159.9p · Esso (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (6.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: The Pig-At Bridge Place (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches5
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK14,325
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,447
• Net moves−122

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 149 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Canterbury

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

• In a conservation area (BISHOPSBOURNE)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 37 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

218 applications decided

93.1% granted · 203 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,865 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£735 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

138 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

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

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent808 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks400 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases317 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND283 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills159 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Bishopsbourne · 0.2 km

  Bishopsbourne is a mostly rural and wooded village and civil parish in Kent, England. It has two short developed sections of streets at the foot of the Nailbourne valley 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Canterbury and cen…

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  Bishopsbourne railway station · 0.5 km

  Bishopsbourne was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1889 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.

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  Bishopsbourne Paddock · 1.0 km

  Bishopsbourne Paddock was a cricket venue located within the grounds of Bourne Park House, the seat of Sir Horatio Mann, at Bishopsbourne in Kent. It is around 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Canterbury.

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  Bourne Park House · 1.1 km

  Bourne Park House is a Queen Anne style country house on Bourne Park Road, between Bishopsbourne and Bridge near Canterbury in Kent. Built in 1701, it has been listed Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for E…

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  Higham Park · 1.4 km

  Higham Park is a Grade II* listed neoclassical style house and gardens, located at Bridge, Kent, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Canterbury.

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  Kingston, Kent · 1.4 km

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

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)