Eccles (Tonbridge and Malling)

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 9° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:28

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

21 reported · August 2026▲ 62% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour9
• Violence & sexual offences7
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Other theft2

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Aylesford North & North Downs · Kent

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

227 reported road collisions (2025)

60 killed or seriously injured · 300 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

146 food businesses within 2 miles

• 122 rated 4–5 ★ (110 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: New Hythe (2.1 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£405,507 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Tonbridge and Malling · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,489 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,032
• 2 bed £1,333
• 3 bed £1,626

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

12.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.0 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,779 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: 157.9p · Esso (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.4 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: SHELL RECHARGE BLUEBELL HILL (497) (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,201 residents in Tonbridge and Malling · 551/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,519
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,436
• Net moves+1,083

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 235 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 57,230)

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

69 schools · 25,026 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 25 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tonbridge and Malling

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
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

235 applications decided

94.5% granted · 222 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tristan Osborne

Labour

Chatham and Aylesford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 21
• LD 11
• Grn 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£821 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,480 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,525 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Gas 34% · Imports 13% · Solar 9%

143 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

7 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in ME20

• Aylesford Medical Centre
• Thornhills Medical Practice
• Heart Of Kent Hospice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chatham and Aylesford:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent695 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death374 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases362 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth283 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND211 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Eccles, Kent · 0.2 km

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  Aylesford Pit · 1.2 km

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  Burham · 1.2 km

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  Battle of Aylesford · 1.2 km

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