Bredgar

19°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:20

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5

Neighbourhood team: West Downs · Kent

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

274 reported road collisions (2024)

85 killed or seriously injured · 368 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Warren Wood (2.1 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£298,394 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Swale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,103 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

• 1 bed £771
• 2 bed £1,019
• 3 bed £1,231

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (5.2 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: EVC Kent Science Park - Holding Car Park (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

151,677 residents in Swale · 406/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 69 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 67,440)

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

71 schools · 24,238 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Swale

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
• 60 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

154 applications decided

88.3% granted · 136 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Helen Whately

Conservative

Faversham and Mid Kent

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 10
• LD 5
• Grn 2
• Ref 4
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning

Source: Adzuna

£761 median full-time weekly pay

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

£24,338 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 · 68,235 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Solar 22% · Gas 18% · Wind 18%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Faversham and Mid Kent:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership471 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership387 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test377 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office327 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Bredgar · 0.2 km

  Bredgar is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swale, Kent, England.

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  Bredgar Hoard · 0.2 km

  The Bredgar Hoard is a Roman coin hoard found in Bredgar, Kent in 1957. It consisted of 34 gold aurei, the latest of which were from 41 to 42 AD. The coins are in the British Museum.

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  Stiff Street · 1.0 km

  Stiff Street is a hamlet almost on the M2 motorway, near the village of Bredgar, in the Swale District, in the English county of Kent. The nearest town is Sittingbourne.

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  Bexon · 1.4 km

  Bexon is a hamlet in Kent, England, situated North of the parishes of Frinsted and Bicknor, just south of the M2 motorway.

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  Oad Street · 1.9 km

  Oad Street is a small hamlet in the English county of Kent. It forms part of the civil parish of Borden which, in turn, is part of Swale district. Oad Street is located close to Junction 5 of the M2 motorway where it…

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  Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway · 2.0 km

  The Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway (BWLR) is located near the villages of Wormshill and Bredgar in Kent, just south of Sittingbourne. It is a 2 ft narrow gauge railway about three-quarters mile (1.2 km) in length.

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