Minster (Thanet)

15°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 14° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:18

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sangatte, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

12 reported · July 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Thanet Villages · Kent

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

243 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 311 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

52 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thanet Parkway (2.0 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£268,760 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Thanet · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,114 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £770
• 2 bed £1,000
• 3 bed £1,223

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

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (3.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Premier Inn (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Advice against bathing at Thanet beaches· 8 Sept 2026
• Event for Thanet’s residential landlords and property agents· 2 Sept 2026
• Have your say: Council seeks views on proposed dog control measures· 28 Aug 2026
• Have your say on the future of Thanet: council launches new Local Plan consultation· 27 Aug 2026
• Buyer withdraws from Pierremont depot sale· 24 Aug 2026

Source: Thanet Council

140,587 residents in Thanet · 1,357/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 34 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (29% of 69,980)

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

58 schools · 20,123 pupils

31 primary · 7 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Thanet

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
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

159 applications decided

91.8% granted · 146 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority

• Lab 29
• Con 13
• Grn 7
• Ref 5
• Oth 2

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

• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,410 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£721 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,665 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,604 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Herne Bay and Sandwich:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership979 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership431 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office415 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test356 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases325 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Manston Airport · 0.4 km

  Manston Airport is a closed international airport in England. Originally operated as RAF Manston, from 1916, it has also operated as a commercial airport and was known as Kent International Airport and, briefly, Londo…

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  Defence Fire Training and Development Centre · 0.8 km

  The Defence Fire Training and Development Centre was the site of the Ministry of Defence's firefighter training. It occupied part of a former Royal Air Force base near the village of Manston in the southeast corner of…

• RAF Manston · 0.8 km

  Royal Air Force Manston or more simply RAF Manston is a former Royal Air Force station located in the north-east of Kent, at grid reference TR334663 on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996. The site was split betwe…

• Manston arrivals and processing centre · 1.0 km

  Manston arrivals and processing centre is a centre used for the processing of migrants who have crossed the English Channel, located on the former site of RAF Manston in Manston, Kent, United Kingdom. Opened in Februa…

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  Sevenscore · 1.5 km

  Sevenscore is a hamlet on the B2048 secondary road about one mile (1.6 km) east of Minster-in-Thanet in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Minster-in-Thanet.

• Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt railway station · 1.9 km

  Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt railway station served the hamlet of Ebbsfleet, Thanet, Kent, England from 1908 to 1933 on the Kent Coast Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)