Lympne

18°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 17° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:19

12h 54m 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 · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026

• Vehicle crime1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Hythe Rural · Kent

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

162 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Westenhanger (2.1 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,176 average monthly rent▲ 11.1% YoY

• 1 bed £804
• 2 bed £1,030
• 3 bed £1,283

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

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (9.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (3.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: South East Farmer (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

109,759 residents in Folkestone and Hythe · 308/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 84 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,539 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 53,780)

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

48 schools · 15,076 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

44inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Folkestone and Hythe

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

166 applications decided

82.5% granted · 137 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tony Vaughan

Labour

Folkestone and Hythe

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 5
• LD 2
• Grn 11
• Ref 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £32,550 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Become a Maths Tutor in Lympne – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£755 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,977 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 · 62,831 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

28% low-carbon electricity

Imports 61% · Wind 24% · Gas 10% · Nuclear 4%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Folkestone and Hythe:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases487 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership397 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance278 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Lympne · 0.1 km

  Lympne, formerly Lymne, is a village on the former shallow-gradient sea cliffs above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh in Kent, England. The settlement forms an L shape stretching from Port Lympne Zoo v…

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  Lympne Castle · 0.6 km

  Lympne Castle is a medieval castle in England that is located in the village of Lympne in Kent, above Romney Marsh. It is 18,862 square feet (1,752.3 m2) in size and is a Grade I listed property, described as a fortif…

• Lympne light aircraft trials · 0.8 km

  The Lympne Light Aircraft Trials were held to encourage the development of practical light aircraft for private ownership, with a strong but not exclusive emphasis on fuel economy. They were held in 1923, 1924 and 19…

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  Lympne Escarpment · 0.8 km

  Lympne Escarpment is a 140.2-hectare (346-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hythe in Kent, England. Part of it is the remains of a Saxon Shore fort now called Stutfall Castle, which is a Sch…

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  Newingreen · 0.9 km

  Newingreen is a village in the civil parish of Stanford, in the Folkestone and Hythe district, in Kent, England, near Folkestone. It is situated on the junction of the A20 and the historic Stone Street between Lympne…

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  RAF Lympne · 1.0 km

  Royal Air Force Lympne or more simply RAF Lympne is a former Royal Air Force satellite station in Kent used during the First and Second World Wars. It was opened in 1916 by the Royal Flying Corps as an acceptance poin…

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