Kingsdown

22°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 15° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:17

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sangatte, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

3 reported · July 2026▼ 73% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · Kent

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

196 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

67 food businesses within 2 miles

• 52 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Walmer (2.3 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£276,234 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,029 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £734
• 2 bed £959
• 3 bed £1,175

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.9p · BP (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.9p · BP (9.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Deal Mermorial Gardens (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,413 residents in Dover · 369/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 107 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 55,880)

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

63 schools · 16,687 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

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 (Kingsdown)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

175 applications decided

85.7% granted · 150 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mike Tapp

Labour

Dover and Deal

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 13
• Oth 6

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

• Schools4
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,370 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £29,320 avg

e.g. Sous Chef, Property End of Tenancy Cleaners, Domestic End of Tenancy Cleaning Specialist

Source: Adzuna

£767 median full-time weekly pay

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

£24,830 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,033 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Imports 36% · Wind 29% · Solar 25% · Gas 6%

43 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases596 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership505 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership427 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Kingsdown, Dover · 0.2 km

  Kingsdown is a village on the English Channel coast of Kent. Parts of the village are built on or behind the shingle beach that runs north to Deal and beyond, while other parts are on the cliffs and hills inland. The…

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  Kingsdown Lifeboat Station · 0.5 km

  Kingsdown Lifeboat Station was located on the shore off Wellington Parade in Kingsdown, a village situated at the north end of the White Cliffs of Dover, Kent.

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  Ringwould with Kingsdown · 1.1 km

  Ringwould with Kingsdown is a coastal civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. The parish contains the villages of Ringwould and Kingsdown. In 2011 it had a population of 2030.

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  East Kent Sudbury School · 1.4 km

  East Kent Sudbury was a part-time, self-directed, fee-paying democratic setting for home-educated children aged 5–18 located in Deal, Kent in the United Kingdom. Students direct their own learning in an environment th…

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  Ripple Mill, Ringwould · 1.6 km

  Ripple Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in Ringwould, Kent, England, that was built in Drellingore and moved to Ringwould in the early nineteenth century. Having been stripped of machinery and used as a televi…

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  St Nicholas Church, Ringwould · 1.6 km

  St Nicholas Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Ringwould in east Kent. A Grade I listed building, it was constructed in the 12th century, with alterations in the 14th century, restorations…

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