Broad Oak (Canterbury)

12°CLight rain shower

• Today: 12° / 9° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:50Sunset 16:27

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, 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

80 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Shoplifting25
• Anti-social behaviour21
• Violence & sexual offences17
• Criminal damage & arson4

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sturry · 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)

178 food businesses within 2 miles

• 157 rated 4–5 ★ (130 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sturry (1.1 km)
• 3 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 (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (4.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Motorline Canterbury-Hyundai (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 67 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

Sir Roger Gale

Conservative

Herne Bay and Sandwich

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,865 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £23,134 avg

e.g. Ranger, Personal Trainer/Fitness Coach - Canterbury Sturry Road, Admin

Source: Adzuna

£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

67% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 8% · Solar 7%

134 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CT2

• Sturry Surgery
• University Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Herne Bay and Sandwich:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent935 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases328 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND308 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects236 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth196 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Broad Oak, Kent · 0.7 km

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  Sturry Pit · 0.8 km

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  Sturry railway station · 1.1 km

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  St Nicholas' Church, Sturry · 1.1 km

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