Minster (Swale)

20°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 18° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 18° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:18

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

124 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour42
• Violence & sexual offences41
• Vehicle crime10
• Criminal damage & arson6

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Minster Cliffs · Kent

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

274 reported road collisions (2024)

85 killed or seriously injured · 368 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

102 food businesses within 2 miles

• 95 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sheerness-on-Sea (3.8 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£298,394 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Swale · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,103 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

• 1 bed £771
• 2 bed £1,019
• 3 bed £1,231

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (9.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools25
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

151,677 residents in Swale · 406/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 69 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 67,440)

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

71 schools · 24,238 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Swale

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
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

154 applications decided

88.3% granted · 136 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Kevin McKenna

Labour

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 10
• LD 5
• Grn 2
• Ref 4
• Oth 11

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£761 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,338 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,235 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

14% low-carbon electricity

Imports 65% · Gas 21% · Solar 7% · Wind 7%

144 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sittingbourne and Sheppey:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test464 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office421 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s407 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership379 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth313 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Minster, Swale · 0.4 km

  Minster is a town on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, south-east England. It is in the Swale administrative district, and within that, in the parish of Minster-on-Sea. According to the 2021 Census, the…

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  East Minster railway station · 0.4 km

  East Minster is a disused railway station serving Minster on the Isle of Sheppey. It opened in 1902 and closed in 1950.

• Minster on Sea railway station · 0.6 km

  Minster on Sea is a disused railway station that served Minster on the Isle of Sheppey. It opened in 1901 and closed in 1950.

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  Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey · 1.3 km

  Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey was a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located over two sites in Minster-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey in the English county of Kent. It is currently man…

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  Minster-on-Sea · 1.3 km

  Minster-on-Sea is a civil parish in the English county of Kent. It is on the Isle of Sheppey and thus forms part of the borough of Swale. It was created on 1 April 2003. In 2021 it had a population of 17,392.

• Leigh Academy Minster · 1.4 km

  Leigh Academy Minster is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Minster-on‑Sea, Kent, England. Opened 1 September 2024, it replaced Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey and is sponsored by the Leigh Academies Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)