Forstal

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 55m 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

52 reported · July 2026▼ 28% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour26
• Violence & sexual offences10
• Other theft4
• Vehicle crime4

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Aylesford North & North Downs · Kent

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

305 reported road collisions (2024)

92 killed or seriously injured · 406 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

181 food businesses within 2 miles

• 159 rated 4–5 ★ (140 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Aylesford (1.8 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£352,191 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Maidstone · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,293 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £917
• 2 bed £1,190
• 3 bed £1,456

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

10.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.1 times median annual pay (10.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (10 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bailey Bridge East 1 (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,782 residents in Maidstone · 447/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 188 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 78,560)

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

73 schools · 32,020 pupils

49 primary · 12 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 28 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Maidstone

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
• 76 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

244 applications decided

85.2% granted · 208 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tristan Osborne

Labour

Chatham and Aylesford

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 13
• LD 11
• Grn 12
• Ref 3
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

17 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Drawing Tutor - Part Time, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Forstal – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Forstal – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£774 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,404 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 · 85,101 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Wind 30% · Solar 23% · Gas 4%

37 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chatham and Aylesford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s395 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test380 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases361 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office331 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Forstal · 0.2 km

  Forstal is a settlement in Aylesford parish in Kent, England.

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  Aylesford · 0.9 km

  Aylesford is a village and civil parish on the River Medway in Kent, England, 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Maidstone.

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  Allington Quarry Waste Management Facility · 1.0 km

  The Allington Quarry Waste Management Facility is an integrated waste management centre in Allington, Kent. It is the site of the Allington Energy from Waste (EfW) Incinerator. The incinerator is owned by FCC Environm…

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  Aylesford Pit · 1.1 km

  Aylesford Pit is a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Maidstone in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  Sandling, Maidstone · 1.1 km

  Sandling is a hamlet to the north of the town of Maidstone, Kent, England, at the foot of the North Downs. It falls within the parish of Boxley.

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  Kent Life · 1.1 km

  Kent Life is a farm park located at Sandling near Maidstone, next to Allington Locks on the east bank of the River Medway. It once operated as an open-air museum, before rebranding as a heritage farm park. It was rena…

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