Groombridge

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:32

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Frant and Withyham · Sussex

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

194 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Groombridge (0.5 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£452,845 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Tunbridge Wells · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,533 average monthly rent▲ 4.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,056
• 2 bed £1,405
• 3 bed £1,702

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

11.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.5 times median annual pay (11.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,537 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

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 148.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Langton Green Village Hall (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

115,313 residents in Tunbridge Wells · 348/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,576
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,899
• Net moves+677

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 212 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,446 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 52,890)

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

54 schools · 23,110 pupils

32 primary · 8 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 13 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tunbridge Wells

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

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

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

278 applications decided

94.2% granted · 262 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 7
• LD 26
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,975 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£871 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,689 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,408 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in TN3

• Groombridge And Hartfield Medical Group
• Lamberhurst
• Dermatology Pct

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sussex Weald:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks297 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients237 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death236 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND231 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK198 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Groombridge · 0.4 km

  Groombridge is a village of about 1,600 people. It straddles the border between Kent and East Sussex, in England. The nearest large town is Royal Tunbridge Wells, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) away by road.

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  Groombridge railway station · 0.5 km

  Groombridge railway station is a station on the Spa Valley Railway (SVR) in Groombridge, East Sussex, England. Once a busy station serving four directions, it closed in 1985 to British Rail services. A new station the…

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  Groombridge Place · 0.6 km

  Groombridge Place is a moated manor house in the village of Groombridge near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. It has become a tourist attraction, noted for its formal gardens and vineyards. The manor house has an assoc…

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  Arun Valley line · 1.5 km

  The Arun Valley line, also known as the Mid Sussex line, is part of the Southern- and Thameslink-operated railway services. For the initial part of the route trains follow the Brighton Main Line, and at a junction sou…

• Stone Cross, Tunbridge Wells · 1.7 km

  Stone Cross is a hamlet in the civil parish of Speldhurst, in the Tunbridge Wells district, in the county of Kent, England. It is on the A264 road east of Ashurst. There are few houses and no shops. Burrswood, a build…

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  River Grom · 1.7 km

  The River Grom is a short tributary of the River Medway near Tunbridge Wells in south-east England. Flowing westwards through High Rocks and Groombridge, it forms the Kent-East Sussex border for part of its length. A…

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