Hartley

17°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 15° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:23

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Other theft4
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden · Kent

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

173 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 226 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£445,133 average▼ 3% YoY

Across Tunbridge Wells · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,529 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,053
• 2 bed £1,401
• 3 bed £1,697

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (4.5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Berkeley Homes-Farmstead (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches3
• 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 273 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 23,443 pupils

32 primary · 8 secondary · 14 other

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

44inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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

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

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

266 applications decided

89.8% granted · 239 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Katie Lam

Conservative

Weald of Kent

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 7
• LD 25
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

43 jobs advertised · £35,755 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Teaching Assistant, Contracts Manager (Asbestos Removal)

Source: Adzuna

£871 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

87% low-carbon electricity

Solar 87% · Imports 12% · Gas 1% · Nuclear 0%

12 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 80.8 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Weald of Kent:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership553 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office337 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test290 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s278 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Hartley, Tunbridge Wells · 0.0 km

  Hartley is a village one mile southwest of Cranbrook, in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, in the Tunbridge Wells district, in Kent, England. The only retailer in the area is a local farmshop, which has…

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  Cranbrook railway station (Kent) · 0.5 km

  Cranbrook railway station is a disused English station which was on the closed Hawkhurst Branch in Kent, England.

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  Robins Wood · 1.3 km

  Robins Wood is a 47.7-hectare (118-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Tunbridge Wells and Ashford in Kent, England.

• Swattenden · 1.4 km

  Swattenden is a small settlement in the parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst in England.

• Chilworth, Cranbrook · 1.8 km

  Chilworth is a historic building in Cranbrook, Kent, England. Standing on High Street, it was built in the early 19th century. In 1986, it became a Grade II listed building.

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  Crane Valley · 1.8 km

  Crane Valley is a 0.8-hectare (2.0-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Cranbrook in Kent. It is owned and managed by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)