Marlpit Hill

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

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

10US 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

73 reported · August 2026▲ 52% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences32
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Drugs4

5 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Edenbridge North and East · 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)

61 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, 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: 156.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 35 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

Conservative (minority)

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in TN8

• Edenbridge Med Practice
• Day Lewis Edenbridge Opticians

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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  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.

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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)