Egerton

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 14° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:22

12h 58m 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

1 reported · July 2026

• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Weald North · Kent

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

261 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 348 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pluckley (4.4 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£344,332 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Ashford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,246 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £893
• 2 bed £1,140
• 3 bed £1,404

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

10.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.2 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: BP Pulse Lenham SF Connect (5.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,747 residents in Ashford · 229/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 152 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,410 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 59,330)

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

62 schools · 23,045 pupils

43 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

54inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashford

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
• 77 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

207 applications decided

89.4% granted · 185 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Katie Lam

Conservative

Weald of Kent

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 17
• Grn 12
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,500 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

79 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Handyman (Self-Employed), Online Chinese Tutoring Job in Egerton (Manchester) – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£743 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,868 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 62,944 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 40% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 6%

186 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Weald of Kent:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership553 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office337 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test290 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s278 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Egerton, Kent · 0.1 km

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• Stonebridge Green · 0.7 km

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