Halfway Houses

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 9° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:28

9h 37m 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 · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

59 reported · August 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Other theft6
• Criminal damage & arson5

7 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Queenborough and Halfway · Kent

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

277 reported road collisions (2025)

76 killed or seriously injured · 379 casualties · 18.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

218 food businesses within 2 miles

• 194 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Queenborough (2.0 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,578 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Swale · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,114 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £779
• 2 bed £1,029
• 3 bed £1,244

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,057 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: 172.9p · Asda (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (8.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

151,677 residents in Swale · 406/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,640
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,950
• Net moves+1,690

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 59 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 67,440)

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

71 schools · 24,238 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Swale

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
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

155 applications decided

89% granted · 138 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Kevin McKenna

Labour

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 10
• LD 5
• Grn 2
• Ref 4
• Oth 11

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£761 median full-time weekly pay

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

£24,338 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,235 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 27% · Solar 14% · Imports 12%

117 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

11 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in ME12

• Sheerness Health Centre
• St Georges Medical Centre
• The Om Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sittingbourne and Sheppey:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent2,678 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth313 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases311 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND256 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence184 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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  Halfway Houses, Kent · 0.1 km

  Halfway Houses is a village on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in England. It derives its name from the pub in the village centre, with the same name, which was so named because it is halfway between…

• Leigh Academy Minster · 0.5 km

  Leigh Academy Minster is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Minster-on‑Sea, Kent, England. Opened 1 September 2024, it replaced Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey and is sponsored by the Leigh Academies Trust.

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  Sheppey United F.C. · 0.5 km

  Sheppey United F.C. is a football club based on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The club are members of the Isthmian League South East Division and play at the Sharrocks-The Insurance People Stadium, formerly known as Ho…

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  Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey · 0.6 km

  Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey was a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located over two sites in Minster-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey in the English county of Kent. It is currently man…

• Sheerness East railway station · 0.6 km

  Sheerness East is a disused railway station serving Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey. It opened in 1901 and closed in 1950. The site of the station is now covered by housing.

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  Sheppey Sports F.C. · 0.7 km

  Sheppey Sports Football Club is a football club based on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. They are currently members of the Southern Counties East League Division One and play at Holm Park.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)