Knockholt

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 9° · 44% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:30

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Fiveways Sidcup Rd A20, 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

7 reported · August 2026▲ 75% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount · 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)

18 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Knockholt (4.5 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: 158.9p · BP (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Toby Carvery Badgers Mount (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• 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

• Within the Green Belt
• 16 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

Laura Trott

Conservative

Sevenoaks

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

8 jobs advertised · £34,900 avg

e.g. Sales Executive, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Head Chef

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Imports 31% · Wind 29% · Gas 29% · Solar 7%

141 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in TN14

• Otford Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sevenoaks:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules476 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent307 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission242 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND213 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence205 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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  Knockholt · 0.2 km

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