Herne

23°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 14° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:19

12h 55m 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 · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

47 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Burglary1

4 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Herne & Broomfield · Kent

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

276 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 375 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

272 food businesses within 2 miles

• 207 rated 4–5 ★ (184 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Herne Bay (1.9 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£338,030 average▲ 3.3% YoY

Across Canterbury · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,281 average monthly rent▲ 5.7% YoY

• 1 bed £876
• 2 bed £1,133
• 3 bed £1,369

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

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 143.9p · BP (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 149.9p · BP (10.6 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Sainsburys - Herne Bay (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

157,429 residents in Canterbury · 510/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 185 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,419 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 71,860)

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

64 schools · 25,120 pupils

35 primary · 10 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Canterbury

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

• In a conservation area (The Herne Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 41 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

220 applications decided

97.7% granted · 215 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Roger Gale

Conservative

Herne Bay and Sandwich

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 18
• Con 8
• LD 8
• Grn 4
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens60
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

93 jobs advertised · £27,825 avg

e.g. Amazon Now E-Bike Delivery Partner - Earn £13 - £15 per hour*, Cleaner, Delivery Driver in London wanted - Moped

Source: Adzuna

£735 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,464 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 · 78,894 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Solar 22% · Gas 18% · Wind 18%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Herne Bay and Sandwich:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership979 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership431 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office415 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test356 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases325 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

• Herne and Broomfield · 0.1 km

  Herne and Broomfield is a civil parish and electoral ward within the City of Canterbury. The parish is situated to the north of Canterbury in Kent. The seaside town of Herne Bay is the other side of the A299 road, Tha…

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  Herne, Kent · 0.1 km

  Herne is a village in the civil parish of Herne and Broomfield, in Canterbury district, in the county of Kent, England. It is divided by the Thanet Way from the seaside resort of Herne Bay. Between Herne and Broomfiel…

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  Herne Windmill · 0.7 km

  Herne Windmill is a Grade I listed smock mill in Herne, Kent, England, that was built in 1789.

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  Curtis Wood · 0.7 km

  Curtis Wood is a 5.3-hectare (13-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Herne in Kent. It is owned and managed by Canterbury City Council.

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  Eddington, Kent · 1.4 km

  Eddington was a village in Kent, South East England to the south-east of Herne Bay, to the west of Beltinge and to the north of Herne. It is now a suburb of Herne Bay, in Greenhill and Eddington Ward, one of the five…

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  East Blean Woods · 1.6 km

  East Blean Woods is a 151.4-hectare (374-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Herne Bay in Kent. It is also a National Nature Reserve a Special Area of Conservation and a Nature Conservation R…

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