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Marlpit Hill

Marlpit Hill is a town or village in Kent, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has around 4 restaurants and cafés, 20 bus stops, and Edenbridge railway station is 0.3 km away. There were around 53 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Marlpit Hill area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Sevenoaks area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 120,511 residents at roughly 326 people per km².

Council
Sevenoaks
County
Kent
Constituency
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 89th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime73
Home affordability6
Affordable rents5
Good schools80
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation80
Employment82
Low council tax27

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CMist

  • Today: 22° / 13° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:23

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Fiveways Sidcup Rd A20, United Kingdom

Crime

68 reported · July 2026 26% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour22
  • Violence & sexual offences17
  • Shoplifting7
  • Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Edenbridge North and East · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance vehicles.
  • Nuisance antisocial behaviour.

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

Road safety

237 reported road collisions (2024)

60 killed or seriously injured · 332 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

58 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 50 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Edenbridge (0.3 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Edenbridge (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£543,081 average 3.2% YoY

Across Sevenoaks · to 2026-06

Detached£1,017,388
Semi-detached£542,756
Terraced£429,801
Flat£283,224

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,803 average monthly rent 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,262
  • 2 bed £1,574
  • 3 bed £1,920

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Jet (10.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 237 kW
  • Nearest: Lingfield Railway Station (6.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

120,511 residents in Sevenoaks · 326/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 253 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,522 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,682
B £1,962
C £2,242
D £2,522
E £3,083
F £3,643
G £4,204
H £5,045

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

Schools

65 schools · 17,192 pupils

42 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Knole Academy
  • Orchards Academy
  • Trinity School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sevenoaks

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

266 applications decided

89.5% granted · 238 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Con 26
  • LD 14
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tonbridge:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Edenbridge railway station · 0.3 km

    Edenbridge railway station is one of two stations serving Edenbridge in Kent, England. It is 33 miles 3 chains measured from London Charing Cross via Redhill. Train services are operated by Southern.

  • Jaques of London · 0.3 km

    Jaques of London, formerly known as John Jaques of London and Jaques and Son of London, is a long-established British family company that manufactures sports and game equipment.

  • Edenbridge Town railway station · 1.1 km

    Edenbridge Town railway station is one of two stations serving Edenbridge in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southern, and it is on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted line, 25 mile…

  • Edenbridge, Kent · 1.4 km

    Edenbridge is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. Its name derives from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge. It is located on the border of Kent and Surrey, on the upper floodplain of the River…

  • Eden Valley Museum · 1.5 km

    The Eden Valley Museum is a local history museum in the market town of Edenbridge, Kent in England. The museum is housed within a Grade II* listed medieval farmhouse. The museum holds notable collections demonstrating…

  • Church of St Peter and St Paul, Edenbridge · 1.5 km

    The Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul in Edenbridge, Kent, England was built in the late 11th or early 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Marlpit Hill?
Marlpit Hill is a town in Kent, England, in the Sevenoaks local authority.
How deprived is Marlpit Hill?
The Sevenoaks local authority, which includes Marlpit Hill, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.