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.
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 197th of 294 English council areas — better than 33% of them.
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
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Sandwich (3.7 km)
- 22 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Sandwich (3.7 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£276,234 average▲ 4.5% YoY
Across Dover · to 2026-06
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)
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:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases596 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership505 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership427 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Eastry · 0.2 kmEastry 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)
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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.