Ramsgate

18°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 24° / 14° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · 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

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

414 reported · July 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences160
• Anti-social behaviour114
• Criminal damage & arson33
• Shoplifting28

38 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Eastcliff · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 487 rated 4–5 ★ (472 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Ramsgate (1.1 km)
• 58 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 (5.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (5.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Ramsgate (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches56
• Playgrounds11

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

• In a conservation area (Ramsgate Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 438 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

Ms Polly Billington

Labour

East Thanet

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens28
• Restaurants & cafés64

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,410 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

194 jobs advertised · £33,540 avg

e.g. Dental Nurse (Hiring Immediately), Sen Teaching Assistant, Maintenance Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 17% · Imports 14% · Nuclear 8%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 East Thanet:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership650 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership463 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s385 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office354 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects327 local signatures · 14,312 nationwide

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

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  Ramsgate · 0.1 km

  Ramsgate is a seaside port town and civil parish in the district of Thanet in eastern Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2021 it had a population of 42,027. Ramsgate's…

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  Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School · 0.2 km

  Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school in Ramsgate, Kent, England, formed as a result of the merger of the boys-only Chatham House Grammar School and girls-only Clarendon House Grammar S…

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  Tunnel Railway · 0.2 km

  The Tunnel Railway was a 2 ft narrow-gauge underground railway in Ramsgate, Kent, England.

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  Ramsgate Town railway station · 0.5 km

  Ramsgate Town railway station is a former railway station in Ramsgate, in the Thanet district of Kent, England. It was the seaside resort's first station, but was closed in 1926 when a new, more direct railway line by…

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  Sundowner (yacht) · 0.5 km

  Sundowner is a motor yacht formerly owned by Charles Lightoller, former second officer of the RMS Titanic.

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  ST Cervia · 0.5 km

  ST Cervia was built in 1946 as a seagoing tug for use as a fleet auxiliary by Alexandra Hall & Company Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland. Today she is a floating Museum undergoing maintenance and restoration in Ramsgate, Kent.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)