Saltwood

18°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 18° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:16

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

62 reported · July 2026▲ 41% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Shoplifting5
• Other theft4

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hythe · 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)

121 food businesses within 2 miles

• 99 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hythe (1.1 km)
• 28 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: 159.9p · Esso (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (0.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Military Road Car Park (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches47
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 122 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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £32,600 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

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

28% low-carbon electricity

Imports 61% · Wind 24% · Gas 10% · Nuclear 4%

83 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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  Saltwood Miniature Railway · 0.1 km

  Saltwood Miniature Railway was a 7+1⁄4 in gauge miniature railway which first opened in Sheffield, but subsequently relocated to Saltwood in Kent, England. It closed in 1987.

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  Saltwood · 0.1 km

  Saltwood is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe District of Kent, England. Within the parish are the small hamlets of Pedlinge and Sandling.

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  Saltwood Castle · 0.4 km

  Saltwood Castle is a castle in Saltwood village, one mile (2 km) north of Hythe, Kent, England. Of 11th century origin, the castle was expanded in the 13th and 14th centuries. After the Norman Conquest, the castle was…

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  Brockhill Park Performing Arts College · 0.8 km

  Brockhill Park Performing Arts College (BPPAC) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Saltwood, Kent near the coastal town of Hythe. The school is located next to Brockhill Country Park and incl…

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  St Leonard's Church, Hythe · 0.8 km

  St Leonard's Church is a Church of England parish church in Hythe, Kent. It was originally built in the late 11th century and is a Grade I listed building.

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  Centuries, Hythe · 0.9 km

  Centuries is a house in Hythe, Kent, built in the 13th century, possibly earlier. It is the birthplace of Hamo Hethe, b.1275, who became the Bishop of Rochester in 1319. In 1685 it became St. Bartholomew's Hospital, f…

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