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Eastry

Eastry is a village in Kent, England, with a population of around 2,492. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, with 22 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Sandwich, 3.7 km away. There were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Eastry area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dover area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 116,413 residents at roughly 369 people per km².

Council
Dover
County
Kent
Constituency
Dover
Police force
Kent
43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 197th of 294 English council areas — better than 33% of them.

Low crime35
Home affordability58
Affordable rents61
Good schools36
Life expectancy43
Low deprivation34
Employment48
Low council tax43

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 24° / 14° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:18

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

7 reported · July 2026 53% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Burglary1
  • Other theft1

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Eastry Rural · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Road safety issues.
  • Nuisance motorcycles.

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

Road safety

196 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

19 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sandwich (3.7 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sandwich (3.7 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£276,234 average 4.5% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-06

Detached£473,281
Semi-detached£297,881
Terraced£232,204
Flat£144,380

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,029 average monthly rent 9.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £734
  • 2 bed £959
  • 3 bed £1,175

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (7.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Cattle Market Car Park (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

116,413 residents in Dover · 369/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 107 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 55,880)

A £1,641
B £1,915
C £2,188
D £2,462
E £3,009
F £3,556
G £4,103
H £4,923

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

Schools

63 schools · 16,687 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Duke of York's Royal Military SchoolGood
  • Sir Roger Manwood's SchoolGood
  • St Edmund's Catholic SchoolGood
  • Astor Secondary SchoolRequires improvement
  • Dover Christ Church AcademyRequires improvement
  • Sandwich Technology SchoolInadequate
  • Dover Grammar School for Boys
  • Dover Grammar School for Girls
  • Goodwin Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

175 applications decided

85.7% granted · 150 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mike Tapp

Labour

Dover and Deal

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 12
  • Con 13
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens14
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,370 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £38,210 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Computer science Tutor - Part Time, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£767 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,830 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,033 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 33% · Imports 28% · Wind 17% · Solar 14%

149 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Eastry · 0.2 km

    Eastry is a village and civil parish in the Dover district, in Kent, England, around 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005". The parish includes the hamlets of Heronden…

  • Eastry railway station · 0.5 km

    Eastry railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. It was the station before the Richboro…

  • Upper Mill, Eastry · 0.6 km

    Upper Mill is a Grade II listed house converted smock mill in Eastry, Kent, England. It was built in the mid eighteenth century.

  • Eastry South railway station · 0.8 km

    Eastry South railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 13 April 1925 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. The station served the village of…

  • Poison Cross railway station · 0.8 km

    Poison Cross railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened in May 1925 and closed to passenger traffic on 1 November 1928. There was a passing loop and a siding.

  • Updown early medieval cemetery · 1.1 km

    Updown early medieval cemetery in Eastry, Kent, United Kingdom, was used as a burial place in the 7th century. Eastry was an important administrative centre in the Kingdom of Kent. Updown was one of four cemeteries in…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Eastry?
Eastry is a town in Kent, England, in the Dover local authority.
What is the population of Eastry?
Eastry has an approximate settlement population of 2,492.
How deprived is Eastry?
The Dover local authority, which includes Eastry, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.