Monkton (Thanet)

22°CSunny

• Today: 24° / 14° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

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

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

12 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Vehicle crime2
• Other crime2
• Criminal damage & arson1

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

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)

41 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Minster (2.9 km)
• 8 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 (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (5.9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Holiday Inn Express Ramsgate (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• 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
• 26 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

Sir Roger Gale

Conservative

Herne Bay and Sandwich

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 33% · Imports 28% · Wind 17% · Solar 14%

149 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

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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  Monkton, Kent · 0.1 km

  Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The village is located at the south-west edge of the Isle of Thanet and is situated mainly along the B2047 road, leading off the A253 road…

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  Herne Bay and Sandwich · 0.6 km

  Herne Bay and Sandwich is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was contested for the first time at the 20…

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  Thanet Earth · 2.0 km

  Thanet Earth is a large industrial agriculture and plant factory project consortium on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England. It is the largest greenhouse complex in the UK, covering 90 hectares, or 220 acres (0.89 km2)…

• Wantsum Channel · 2.0 km

  The Wantsum Channel was a strait separating the Isle of Thanet from the north-eastern extremity of the English county of Kent and connecting the English Channel and the Thames Estuary. It was a major shipping route w…

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  Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery · 2.2 km

  Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used in the sixth and seventh centuries CE.

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  Plucks Gutter · 2.3 km

  Plucks Gutter is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stourmouth, Kent, England. The hamlet is situated where the Little Stour and Great Stour rivers meet.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)