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Golden Green

Golden Green is a town or village in Kent, England. There are 2 bus stops in the area, and the nearest railway station is Beltring, located 3.8 km away. There were around 7 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Golden Green area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tonbridge and Malling area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 132,201 residents at roughly 551 people per km².

Council
Tonbridge and Malling
County
Kent
Constituency
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 135th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Low crime66
Home affordability11
Affordable rents12
Good schools39
Life expectancy83
Low deprivation74
Employment72
Low council tax39

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

19°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 86% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:19

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

Crime

6 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Public order1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Bourne · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Criminal damage.
  • Nuisance motorcycles.

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

Road safety

239 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 314 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

37 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 31 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Beltring (4.2 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Beltring (4.2 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£405,932 average 2.6% YoY

Across Tonbridge and Malling · to 2026-06

Detached£691,497
Semi-detached£423,412
Terraced£342,154
Flat£223,053

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,484 average monthly rent 3.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,029
  • 2 bed £1,329
  • 3 bed £1,620

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (11.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: BP Three Elm Service Station (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 236 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,648
B £1,923
C £2,197
D £2,472
E £3,021
F £3,570
G £4,120
H £4,944

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

Schools

69 schools · 25,026 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 13 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Tonbridge Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Leigh Academy TonbridgeGood
  • The Malling SchoolGood
  • Hadlow Rural Community SchoolRequires improvement
  • Leigh Academy Hugh ChristieRequires improvement
  • Aylesford School
  • Hillview School for Girls
  • The Holmesdale School
  • The Judd School
  • Weald of Kent Grammar School
  • Wrotham School

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

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
  • 92 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

164 applications decided

97.6% granted · 160 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Tom Tugendhat

Conservative

Tonbridge

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Italian Tutoring Job in Golden Green – Flexible Schedule, Online Italian Tutor - Part Time, Become a Italian Tutor in Golden Green – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 68% · Gas 20% · Wind 7% · Solar 4%

143 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tonbridge:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Golden Green · 0.0 km

    Golden Green is a village in the Medway valley near Tonbridge in Kent, England. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) from the larger village of Hadlow and 4 miles (6 km) from the town of Tonbridge.

  • Hartlake disaster · 1.4 km

    The Hartlake disaster was an accident in Kent, England, that resulted in the death of 30 hop-pickers on 20 October 1853.

  • St Mary's Church, Hadlow · 1.4 km

    St Mary's Church is the parish church in Hadlow, Kent, United Kingdom. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Hadlow Castle · 1.4 km

    Hadlow Castle was an 18th-century country house in Hadlow, Kent, England, built in the fashionable Strawberry Hill 'Gothic' style. The house was gradually enlarged and extended during the 19th century and finally demo…

  • Hadlow Rural Community School · 1.8 km

    Hadlow Rural Community School is a coeducational secondary school located in Hadlow in the English county of Kent.

  • Hadlow College · 1.9 km

    Hadlow College is a further and higher education college in Hadlow, Kent, England. The curriculum primarily covers land-based subjects including Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Wildlife Management, Animal…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Golden Green?
Golden Green is a town in Kent, England, in the Tonbridge and Malling local authority.
How deprived is Golden Green?
The Tonbridge and Malling local authority, which includes Golden Green, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.