Cuxton

15°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 55m 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 · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

22 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Drugs1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cuxton, Halling and Riverside · Kent

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

446 reported road collisions (2024)

116 killed or seriously injured · 570 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

125 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cuxton (0.4 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,182 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Medway · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,236 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £899
• 2 bed £1,141
• 3 bed £1,340

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

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (9.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (3.1 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Diggerland (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Creativity and culture helping to build healthier, happier and more connected communities· 10 Sept 2026
• Rochester Castle lit green in support of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder awareness day· 10 Sept 2026
• Leader's statement following Government's announcement on Local Government Reorganisation· 7 Sept 2026
• Residents wanted to help decide how £60million is spent in three Medway neighbourhoods· 4 Sept 2026
• Are you prepared for school to begin?· 1 Sept 2026

Source: Medway Council

279,773 residents in Medway · 1,444/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 98 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,329 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 121,600)

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

115 schools · 52,482 pupils

76 primary · 19 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 37 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

103inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Medway

298 CQC-registered services

• Care homes65
• GP practices42
• Dentists48
• Homecare agencies113
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 73% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Medway

• Not in the Green Belt
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

188 applications decided

91% granted · 171 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lauren Edwards

Labour

Rochester and Strood

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 18
• Ref 3
• Oth 7

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised · £37,551 avg

e.g. Drive with Uber, Open Driver Account With Uber - Drive And Earn When And Where You Want, Senior Care Assistant - Care Home

Source: Adzuna

£773 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,115 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 · 129,982 certificates

11.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

36% low-carbon electricity

Imports 52% · Wind 30% · Gas 13% · Nuclear 4%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.2 women · 59 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rochester and Strood:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership411 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s401 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test393 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases375 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Cuxton railway station · 0.4 km

  Cuxton railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, and lies well to the east of the village of Cuxton. It is 33 miles 36 chains (53.8 km) down the line from London Charing Cross via Strood and is si…

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  Cuxton · 0.5 km

  Cuxton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Medway, Kent in south-east England. It lies on the left bank of the River Medway in the North Downs. It is served by the A228, and Cuxton railway statio…

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  Ranscombe Farm · 1.0 km

  Ranscombe Farm is a Plantlife Nature Reserve and working farm in Cuxton, Kent, England. The site is a botanically significant area, with parts included in the Cobham Woods Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a…

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  Medway Viaducts · 1.3 km

  The Medway Viaducts are three bridges or viaducts that cross the River Medway between Cuxton and Borstal in north Kent, England. The two road bridges carry the M2 motorway carriageways. The other viaduct carries the H…

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  Upper Bush · 1.6 km

  Upper Bush is a hamlet in the parish of Cuxton, in the unitary authority of Medway, in Kent, England.

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  Baty's Marsh · 1.9 km

  Baty's Marsh is a 10.4-hectare (26-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Rochester in Kent. It is owned and managed by Medway Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)