Harvel

18°CMist

• Today: 20° / 16° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:19

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Drugs1
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Meopham South & Vigo · Kent

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

198 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sole Street (4.3 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,369 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Gravesham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,331 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £906
• 2 bed £1,196
• 3 bed £1,458

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (9.9 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Meopham Village Hall (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Kent councils' response to Local Government Reorganisation review· 7 Sept 2026
• Gravesham joins the call to rescue your recyclables for Recycling Week 2026· 7 Sept 2026
• Unlawful storage site in Gravesham must be cleared after appeal dismissed· 26 Aug 2026
• Have your say about our housing services· 25 Aug 2026
• We need your feedback on Summer Fun 2026· 20 Aug 2026

Source: Gravesham Council

106,900 residents in Gravesham · 1,080/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 119 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 45,060)

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

44 schools · 21,357 pupils

27 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 14 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gravesham

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

137 applications decided

75.9% granted · 104 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority

• Lab 22
• Con 12
• Ref 5

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

• Parks & greens8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,555 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£859 median full-time weekly pay

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

£24,984 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,366 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gravesham:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s370 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test328 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office318 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Harvel · 0.2 km

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• Dode, Kent · 1.7 km

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  Meopham air disaster · 1.9 km

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  Meopham · 2.3 km

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  Killick's Mill, Meopham · 2.3 km

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  Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment · 2.3 km

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