Dungeness

19°CSunny

• Today: 21° / 15° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:19

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

162 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dungeness (1.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£1,176 average monthly rent▲ 11.1% YoY

• 1 bed £804
• 2 bed £1,030
• 3 bed £1,283

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Esso (8.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: New Romney Caravan Park (7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 84 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

166 applications decided

82.5% granted · 137 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £96,678 avg

e.g. Decommissioning Operative, Project Manager - Central Government

Source: Adzuna

£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

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Folkestone and Hythe:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases487 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership397 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance278 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Dungeness nuclear power stations · 0.5 km

  The Dungeness nuclear power stations are a pair of non-operational nuclear power stations located on the Dungeness headland in the south of Kent, England.

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  Dungeness · 0.8 km

  Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Dungeness spans Dungeness Nuclear P…

• RSPB Dungeness · 0.8 km

  RSPB Dungeness is a nature reserve owned and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

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  Dungeness railway station (South Eastern Railway) · 0.9 km

  Dungeness was a railway station which served the Dungeness headland in Kent, England. Opened in 1883 by the Lydd Railway Company, it closed to passengers in 1937. Part of the line which served the station is converted…

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  Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay · 1.0 km

  Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay is a 10,172.9-hectare (25,138-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from New Romney in Kent to Winchelsea in East Sussex. An area of 5,…

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  Dungeness railway station · 1.0 km

  Dungeness railway station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway on Romney Marsh in Kent.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)