Halling

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:25

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

59 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft5

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Cuxton, Halling and Riverside · Kent

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

460 reported road collisions (2025)

121 killed or seriously injured · 570 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

87 food businesses within 2 miles

• 77 rated 4–5 ★ (69 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Halling (0.3 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£297,757 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Medway · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,232 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £896
• 2 bed £1,137
• 3 bed £1,336

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

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (9.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,266 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: 157.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.6 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Buckmore Park Kart Circuit (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Love Gillingham: Civic Square project commences· 4 Nov 2026
• SGN set to undertake improvement works on Lower Rainham Road· 4 Nov 2026
• Youth work helping Medway's young people build brighter futures· 2 Nov 2026
• Child-Friendly Medway celebrates five years of putting young people’s voices first· 2 Nov 2026
• Remembrance events in Medway· 30 Oct 2026

Source: Medway Council

279,773 residents in Medway · 1,444/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,878
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,899
• Net moves−1,021

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 91 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,329 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 121,600)

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

115 schools · 50,953 pupils

76 primary · 19 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 35 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Medway

294 CQC-registered services

• Care homes66
• GP practices42
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies108
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 74% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Medway

• In a conservation area (Halling)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

239 applications decided

92.5% granted · 221 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lauren Edwards

Labour

Rochester and Strood

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 17
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens44
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,850 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Shift Leader

Source: Adzuna

£773 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,115 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 · 129,982 certificates

11.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 41% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 7%

171 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.2 women · 59 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

10 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in ME2

• Riverside Medical Practice
• Court View Surgery
• Apex Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rochester and Strood:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent449 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases376 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth307 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death269 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND262 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Halling railway station · 0.2 km

  Halling railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, and lies a little to the north of the village of Halling. It is 35 miles 18 chains (56.7 km) down the line from London Charing Cross via Strood an…

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  Halling, Kent · 0.4 km

  Halling is a village on the North Downs in the northern part of Kent, England. Consisting of Lower Halling, Upper Halling and North Halling, it is scattered over some 3 miles (5 km) along the River Medway parallel to…

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  Wouldham · 0.9 km

  Wouldham is a village on the bank of the River Medway in Kent, England. In 2011 its population was approximately 1500, which has increased since 2017, with substantial housing development to the south of the village.…

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  Holborough Marshes · 1.4 km

  Holborough Marshes is a 35-hectare (86-acre) nature reserve on the outskirts of Snodland, south-west of Chatham in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of Holborough to Burham Marshes Site of Special…

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  Houlder and Monarch Hill Pits, Upper Halling · 1.6 km

  Houlder and Monarch Hill Pits is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Upper Halling in Kent, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  Peter's Pit · 1.9 km

  Peter's Pit is a 28.7-hectare (71-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Snodland in Kent. It is a Special Area of Conservation

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)