Pittswood

21°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 14° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Bourne · 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)

59 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tonbridge (4.7 km)
• 2 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: 154.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · ESSO (12 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: BP Three Elm Service Station (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses2

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 21 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

Tom Tugendhat

Conservative

Tonbridge

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

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

44% low-carbon electricity

Imports 38% · Solar 23% · Wind 18% · Gas 18%

90 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 Tonbridge:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership385 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office327 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test290 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Hadlow Rural Community School · 1.1 km

  Hadlow Rural Community School is a coeducational secondary school located in Hadlow in the English county of Kent.

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  Hadlow College · 1.2 km

  Hadlow College is a further and higher education college in Hadlow, Kent, England. The curriculum primarily covers land-based subjects including Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Wildlife Management, Animal…

• Thomas Delarue School · 1.6 km

  Thomas Delarue was a co-educational special secondary boarding school in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1955 and closed in 1989. It was run by The Spastics Society and catered for pupils with cerebra…

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  Hadlow Castle · 1.9 km

  Hadlow Castle was an 18th-century country house in Hadlow, Kent, England, built in the fashionable Strawberry Hill 'Gothic' style. The house was gradually enlarged and extended during the 19th century and finally demo…

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  St Mary's Church, Hadlow · 1.9 km

  St Mary's Church is the parish church in Hadlow, Kent, United Kingdom. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Hadlow · 2.1 km

  Hadlow is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is situated in the Medway valley, north-east of Tonbridge and south-west of Maidstone.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)