Peters Village

14°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 14° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:21

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

80 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour31
• Violence & sexual offences19
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Other theft7

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Aylesford North & North Downs · Kent

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

239 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 314 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 82 rated 4–5 ★ (73 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Snodland (1.4 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£405,932 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Tonbridge and Malling · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,484 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,029
• 2 bed £1,329
• 3 bed £1,620

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

12.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.0 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (3.6 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Buckmore Park Kart Circuit (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,201 residents in Tonbridge and Malling · 551/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 236 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 57,230)

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

69 schools · 25,026 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 25 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

59inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tonbridge and Malling

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
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

164 applications decided

97.6% granted · 160 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tristan Osborne

Labour

Chatham and Aylesford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 21
• LD 11
• Grn 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens51
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£821 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,480 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,525 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

26% low-carbon electricity

Gas 71% · Wind 12% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 5%

287 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chatham and Aylesford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s395 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test380 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases361 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office331 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

• 
  Peter's Pit · 0.7 km

  Peter's Pit is a 28.7-hectare (71-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Snodland in Kent. It is a Special Area of Conservation

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  Holborough Marshes · 0.8 km

  Holborough Marshes is a 35-hectare (86-acre) nature reserve on the outskirts of Snodland, south-west of Chatham in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of Holborough to Burham Marshes Site of Special…

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  Wouldham · 0.9 km

  Wouldham is a village on the bank of the River Medway in Kent, England. In 2011 its population was approximately 1500, which has increased since 2017, with substantial housing development to the south of the village.…

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  St Mary's Church, Burham · 1.2 km

  St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Burham, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the…

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  Halling railway station · 1.4 km

  Halling railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, and lies a little to the north of the village of Halling. It is 35 miles 18 chains (56.7 km) down the line from London Charing Cross via Strood an…

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  All Saints Church, Snodland · 1.4 km

  All Saints’ Church is the parish church of Snodland in Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)