Dymchurch

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 9° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:25

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

• 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

20 reported · August 2026▲ 43% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Other theft5
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Romney Marsh · 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)

50 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dymchurch (0.2 km)
• 9 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 (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Dymchurch Village Hall 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds3

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
• 20 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

Tony Vaughan

Labour

Folkestone and Hythe

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
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,485 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £41,026 avg

e.g. Support worker, Clinical Lead, Registered Manager

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

237 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in TN29

• Martello Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Folkestone and Hythe:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases489 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent374 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects252 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks220 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Dymchurch Martello Tower · 0.2 km

  Dymchurch Martello Tower is a Martello tower in Dymchurch, Kent England. It stands immediately behind the sea wall.

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  Dymchurch railway station · 0.2 km

  Dymchurch railway station is on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is five miles south of Hythe, and surrounded by flat countryside.

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  Dymchurch · 0.5 km

  Dymchurch is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The village is located on the coast five miles (8 km) south-west of Hythe, and on the Romney Marsh.

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  Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway · 1.0 km

  The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a 15 in gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives. The 13+1⁄2-mile (21.7 km) line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe v…

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  Burmarsh Road railway station · 1.4 km

  Burmarsh Road railway station is a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is four miles south of Hythe.

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  Golden Sands Halt railway station · 1.5 km

  Golden Sands Halt railway station was a private station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in St Mary's Bay, Kent, England. In the 1990s it was briefly renamed Reunion Halt.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)