Burham

18°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 16° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:19

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

22 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Burglary1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Aylesford North & North Downs · Kent

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

239 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 314 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

132 food businesses within 2 miles

• 114 rated 4–5 ★ (98 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Snodland (2.1 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£405,932 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Tonbridge and Malling · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,484 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,029
• 2 bed £1,329
• 3 bed £1,620

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

12.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.0 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (6.7 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Buckmore Park Kart Circuit (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,201 residents in Tonbridge and Malling · 551/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 236 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 57,230)

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

69 schools · 25,026 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 25 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

59inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tonbridge and Malling

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
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

164 applications decided

97.6% granted · 160 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tristan Osborne

Labour

Chatham and Aylesford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 21
• LD 11
• Grn 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £54,836 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Burham – Flexible Schedule, Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£821 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,480 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,525 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 73% · Gas 14% · Wind 12% · Hydro 1%

125 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chatham and Aylesford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s395 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test380 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases361 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office331 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Chatham and Aylesford · 0.4 km

  Chatham and Aylesford is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Tris Osborne of the Labour Party.

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  Burham · 0.4 km

  Burham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,251, decreasing to 1,195 at the 2011 Census. The village is near th…

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  Burham Down · 0.8 km

  Burham Down is a 110-hectare (270-acre) nature reserve between Maidstone and Chatham in Kent. It is managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Wouldham to Detling Escarpment Site of Special Scientific Inter…

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  St Mary's Church, Burham · 1.1 km

  St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Burham, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the…

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  Peter's Pit · 1.1 km

  Peter's Pit is a 28.7-hectare (71-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Snodland in Kent. It is a Special Area of Conservation

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  Burham Marsh · 1.5 km

  Burham Marsh nature reserve is an 11 hectare tidal Reed bed on the River Medway 5 miles northwest of Maidstone. It is just east of Snodland but being on the east bank of the river it is accessed via Burham. It is part…

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