Broadstairs

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 10° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:21

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sangatte, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• 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

120 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour39
• Violence & sexual offences34
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Other theft12

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Viking · Kent

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

273 reported road collisions (2025)

82 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

429 food businesses within 2 miles

• 417 rated 4–5 ★ (403 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Broadstairs (0.6 km)
• 53 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£268,549 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Thanet · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,118 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £773
• 2 bed £1,004
• 3 bed £1,229

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

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,962 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: 151.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt McDonald's Westwood Road (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools22
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Leader’s response to government decision to grant the Development Consent Order for the Sea Link development· 31 Oct 2026
• Advice issued against bathing at seven of Thanet’s beaches· 19 Oct 2026
• £3.6m investment unveiled to restore historic Margate Museum and Old Town Hall· 15 Oct 2026
• A ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ for community-led vision at Jackey Bakers in Ramsgate· 14 Oct 2026
• Updated statement: Proposals for Pierremont Park to be considered by the Cabinet· 12 Oct 2026

Source: Thanet Council

140,587 residents in Thanet · 1,357/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,293
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,512
• Net moves+1,781

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 32 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (29% of 69,980)

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

57 schools · 19,849 pupils

31 primary · 7 secondary · 19 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Thanet

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 (Broadstairs Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 99 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

175 applications decided

94.9% granted · 166 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ms Polly Billington

Labour

East Thanet

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 30
• Con 13
• Grn 6
• Ref 5
• Oth 2

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés63

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,560 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

76 jobs advertised · £37,778 avg

e.g. Transition Mentor, Pharmacist, .NET Developer

Source: Adzuna

£721 median full-time weekly pay

5.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,665 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,604 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

188 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

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

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

8 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in CT10

• St Peter'S Surgery
• Mocketts Wood Surgery
• Broadstairs Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Thanet:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent410 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects344 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND310 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks272 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases271 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Dickens House Museum, Broadstairs · 0.0 km

  The Dickens House Museum is a literary museum exploring the life and works of Charles Dickens, concentrating on the time he spent in Broadstairs and the works he wrote there. It is housed in a late-Georgian cottage si…

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  Shrine of Our Lady, Bradstowe · 0.2 km

  The Shrine of Our Ladye Star of the Sea was an old chapel on the cliffs at Broadstairs. Dating back at least to the 1350s, the two towers of the chapel were a major landmark for sailors in the area. Given the venerati…

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  Broadstairs · 0.2 km

  Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about 80 miles (130 km) east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St…

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  Mary White (lifeboat) · 0.2 km

  Mary White was a lifeboat based in Broadstairs, Kent, England, named in 1851 after the completion of an heroic rescue of a brig, the Mary White.

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  Palace Cinema, Broadstairs · 0.2 km

  The Palace Cinema is an independent single-screen cinema in Broadstairs, Kent, England. Housed in a converted commercial building, it opened in 1965 as the Windsor Cinema, and was renamed the Palace in 2006. It now sh…

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  Broadstairs Lifeboat Station · 0.3 km

  Broadstairs Lifeboat Station was a former lifeboat station in Kent, England. It was rather unusual, as it never had a boathouse, although a building was provided by the Harbour Commissioners in which to store all the…

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