Densole

11°CCloudy

• Today: 13° / 10° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 16:26

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

25 reported · August 2026▲ 150% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Other theft2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: North Downs East · Kent

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

205 reported road collisions (2025)

59 killed or seriously injured · 260 casualties · 18.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Folkestone West (5.0 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,178 average monthly rent▲ 10.6% YoY

• 1 bed £805
• 2 bed £1,031
• 3 bed £1,285

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

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (9.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,609 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: 192.9p · Esso (4.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Hawkinge Community Centre (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

109,759 residents in Folkestone and Hythe · 308/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,215
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,647
• Net moves+568

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 66 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,539 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 53,780)

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

48 schools · 15,076 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Folkestone and Hythe

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
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

159 applications decided

84.3% granted · 134 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sojan Joseph

Labour

Ashford

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 5
• LD 2
• Grn 11
• Ref 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens244

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,485 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£755 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,977 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,831 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 30% · Imports 9% · Nuclear 5%

219 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

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

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in CT18

• Church Road
• New Lyminge Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashford:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent492 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases246 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND245 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth233 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks168 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Hawkinge · 1.5 km

  Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile due east of the present village centre; the village of Hawk…

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  Acrise · 1.7 km

  Acrise is an ecclesiastical and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England, located between Elham and Densole and about six miles north of Folkestone. The settlement derives its name from Old Eng…

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  St Martin's Church, Acrise · 1.7 km

  St Martin's Church is an Anglican church in the village and parish of Acrise in Kent, England. The church dates back to the Norman era, and was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966.

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  Acrise Place · 1.8 km

  Acrise Place is a mainly 18th-century house located about 6 miles (9.6 km) north of Folkestone in the village of Acrise, Kent, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Kent Battle of Britain Museum · 1.9 km

  The Kent Battle of Britain Museum is an aviation museum located in Hawkinge, Kent, focused on the Allied and Axis men of the Battle of Britain. The Spirit of the Few Monument is in the grounds of the museum.

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  RAF Hawkinge · 1.9 km

  Royal Air Force Hawkinge or more simply RAF Hawkinge is a former Royal Air Force station located 13.23 miles (21.29 km) east of Ashford, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) north of Folkestone, Kent and 7.1 miles (11.4 km) west of Dov…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)