Eythorne

20°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 17° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:16

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

27 reported · July 2026▲ 69% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell · Kent

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

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)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Eythorne (0.3 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£276,234 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 139.9p · BP (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.9p · BP (9.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Holiday Inn-Dover (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,413 residents in Dover · 369/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

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
• 40 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

175 applications decided

85.7% granted · 150 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mike Tapp

Labour

Dover and Deal

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 13
• Oth 6

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,370 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

8 jobs advertised · £38,959 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£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

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

9% low-carbon electricity

Imports 66% · Gas 25% · Wind 6% · Solar 2%

161 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

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

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  Eythorne · 0.1 km

  Eythorne is a civil parish and small village located 7.3 miles north-northwest of Dover in Kent, with a combined population of approximately 2,500 residents including nearby villages Barfrestone and Elvington. Althoug…

• Eythorne Baptist Church · 0.1 km

  Eythorne Baptist Church originated in the meetings of early 16th century Baptists who had crossed the English Channel from the Low Countries to Kent to escape persecution. Nineteenth-century Baptist writer J. J. Goa…

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  Eythorne railway station · 0.3 km

  Eythorne railway station is a station on the East Kent Railway. Originally a station on the East Kent Light Railway, It opened on 16 October 1916 but closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948…

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  Waldershare · 0.9 km

  Waldershare is a village in the civil parish of Tilmanstone, in the Dover district, in Kent, England, near Dover. It has a church called All Saints Church.

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  East Kent Railway (heritage) · 1.0 km

  The East Kent Railway (EKR) is a heritage railway in Kent, England. It is located at Shepherdswell station on the London and Chatham to Dover mainline. The line was constructed between 1911 and 1917 to serve the Kent…

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  Tilmanstone Colliery Halt railway station · 1.2 km

  Tilmanstone Colliery Halt was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and was renamed Elvington in 1925. It closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. The stati…

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