Ightham

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 7° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:31

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

16 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Vehicle crime2

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Pilgrims with Ightham · Kent

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

265 reported road collisions (2025)

85 killed or seriously injured · 347 casualties · 22 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

66 food businesses within 2 miles

• 55 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Borough Green & Wrotham (1.5 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£535,810 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Sevenoaks · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,809 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,266
• 2 bed £1,579
• 3 bed £1,926

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

13.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.4 times median annual pay (14.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,443 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: 171.9p · ESSO (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · ESSO (10.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: The Moat Wrotham LTD (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Councillors propose parking charge freeze· 2 Oct 2026
• Countdown begins to new wheelie bin collections, including glass recycling!· 1 Oct 2026
• Public Space Protection Order at The Vine to be extended· 23 Sept 2026
• Silver Sevenoaks District!· 22 Sept 2026
• Bradbourne Lakes restoration moves to next stage· 17 Sept 2026

Source: Sevenoaks Council

120,511 residents in Sevenoaks · 326/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,946
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,124
• Net moves+822

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 206 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,522 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 52,640)

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

65 schools · 17,192 pupils

42 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sevenoaks

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

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

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

287 applications decided

85.7% granted · 246 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tom Tugendhat

Conservative

Tonbridge

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 27
• LD 14
• Grn 4
• Ref 2
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £37,752 avg

e.g. Labourer, Vehicle Mechanic, CNC Turner Setter

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£39,738 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,205 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

122 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TN15

• Borough Green Medical Practice
• Community Ent
• Dermatology Ad Sevenoaks

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tonbridge:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent469 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND302 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death288 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks250 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills162 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Ightham · 0.3 km

  Ightham is a parish and village in Kent, England, located approximately four miles east of Sevenoaks and six miles north of Tonbridge. The parish includes the hamlet of Ivy Hatch.

• The Old House, Ightham Common · 0.9 km

  The Old House is a Grade II listed public house at Redwell Lane, Ightham Common, Kent TN15 9EE.

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  Oldbury rock shelters · 1.2 km

  The Oldbury rock shelters are a complex of Middle Palaeolithic sites situated on the slopes of Oldbury hillfort near Ightham in the English county of Kent.

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  Borough Green · 1.5 km

  Borough Green is a civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The central area is situated on the A25 road between Maidstone and Sevenoaks, with the M26 motorway running through the centre…

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  Borough Green & Wrotham railway station · 1.5 km

  Borough Green & Wrotham railway station is located in Borough Green in Kent, England. It is 29 miles 46 chains (47.6 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services are provided by Southeastern.

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  Basted, Kent · 1.6 km

  Basted is a hamlet in the Tonbridge and Malling district, in the county of Kent, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)