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Great Mongeham

Great Mongeham is a village in Kent, England, with a population of around 2,000. It has 16 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Walmer, 1.9 km away, one GP or clinic, and one pharmacy. In June 2026, there were 28 recorded street crimes, 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 Great Mongeham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dover area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 116,413 residents at roughly 369 people per km².

Council
Dover
County
Kent
Constituency
Dover
Police force
Kent
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 200th of 294 English council areas — better than 32% of them.

Low crime36
Home affordability58
Affordable rents63
Good schools35
Life expectancy40
Low deprivation26
Employment48
Low council tax43

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 9° / 7° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:21

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

43 reported · August 2026▲ 26% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance motorcycles.
  • Road safety issues.

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

Road safety

199 reported road collisions (2025)

63 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 17.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

174 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 142 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Walmer (1.9 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Walmer (1.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£282,945 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-08

Detached£485,456
Semi-detached£303,284
Terraced£238,587
Flat£148,781

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,021 average monthly rent▲ 8.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £728
  • 2 bed £952
  • 3 bed £1,166

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

Affordability

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

Property sales

1,641 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (10.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Sholden Fields (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

116,413 residents in Dover · 369/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,465
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,039
  • Net moves+1,426

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 78 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 55,880)

A £1,641
B £1,915
C £2,188
D £2,462
E £3,009
F £3,556
G £4,103
H £4,923

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

Schools

63 schools · 16,687 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Duke of York's Royal Military SchoolGood
  • Sir Roger Manwood's SchoolGood
  • St Edmund's Catholic SchoolGood
  • Astor Secondary SchoolRequires improvement
  • Dover Christ Church AcademyRequires improvement
  • Sandwich Technology SchoolInadequate
  • Dover Grammar School for Boys
  • Dover Grammar School for Girls
  • Goodwin Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 64 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

178 applications decided

92.1% granted · 164 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 12
  • Con 13
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

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

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in CT14

  • Balmoral Surgery
  • St Richards Road Surgery
  • The Cedars Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Great Mongeham · 0.2 km

    Great Mongeham is a village and civil parish in the Dover District of east Kent, England, on the outskirts of Deal. Its name is derived from Mundelingham or village of Mundel.

  • Sholden · 1.3 km

    Sholden is a small village adjacent to the seaside town of Deal, lying on the road towards Sandwich in Kent, South East England.

  • Mill Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery · 1.6 km

    Mill Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial located close to the town of Deal in Kent, South-East England. Belonging to the Middle Anglo-Saxon period, it was part of the much wider tradition of burial in Early…

  • Northbourne, Kent · 1.7 km

    Northbourne is a village and civil parish near Deal in Kent, England. It has a public house, The Hare and Hounds, a primary school and is the home of the current, and prior, Baron Northbourne. It should not be confuse…

  • New Mill, Northbourne · 1.8 km

    New Mill is a Grade II listed smock mill in Northbourne, Kent, England that was built in 1848 and which has been converted to residential accommodation.

  • Ripple, Kent · 1.9 km

    Ripple, also known as Ripple Vale, is a village and civil parish of Saxon origin Dover District of Kent, England and is the second smallest village in Kent.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Great Mongeham?
Great Mongeham is a town in Kent, England, in the Dover local authority.
How deprived is Great Mongeham?
The Dover local authority, which includes Great Mongeham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.