New Romney

21°CSunny

• Today: 21° / 15° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:19

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

43 reported · July 2026▼ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft4

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: New Romney · Kent

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

162 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

71 food businesses within 2 miles

• 62 rated 4–5 ★ (51 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: New Romney (0.7 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,176 average monthly rent▲ 11.1% YoY

• 1 bed £804
• 2 bed £1,030
• 3 bed £1,283

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

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (9.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Esso (0.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Esso (0.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Church Road Car Park 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

109,759 residents in Folkestone and Hythe · 308/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 84 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,539 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 53,780)

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

48 schools · 15,076 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Folkestone and Hythe

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

• In a conservation area (New Romney, High Street)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 60 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

166 applications decided

82.5% granted · 137 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tony Vaughan

Labour

Folkestone and Hythe

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 5
• LD 2
• Grn 11
• Ref 1
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

66 jobs advertised · £37,106 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Process Operator, Concrete Finisher

Source: Adzuna

£755 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,977 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,831 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Wind 27% · Solar 25% · Gas 6%

45 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Folkestone and Hythe:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases487 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership397 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance278 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  The Marsh Academy · 0.2 km

  The Marsh Academy, formerly Southlands Community Comprehensive School, is a non-selective secondary school in New Romney, Kent, England. The school is supported by the Skinners’ Company.

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  St Nicholas Church, New Romney · 0.3 km

  St Nicholas Church is an Anglican church in New Romney, Kent, England, and in the Diocese of Canterbury. It is a Grade I listed building. The earliest parts of the church date from the 12th century.

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  New Romney Priory · 0.3 km

  New Romney Priory, or the Priory of St John the Baptist was a 13th-century monastic grange in New Romney, Kent, England. Remains of the priory survive in the town.

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  New Romney · 0.3 km

  New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Port…

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  New Romney Town Hall · 0.4 km

  New Romney Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, New Romney, Kent, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of New Romney Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea railway station · 0.7 km

  New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea was a railway station which lay in between the villages of New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea in Kent, England. The station opened in 1884 and closed in 1967.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)