Sellindge

16°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 16° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Mist

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

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft2
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: North Downs West · Kent

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

261 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 348 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Westenhanger (2.5 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£344,332 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Ashford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,246 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £893
• 2 bed £1,140
• 3 bed £1,404

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

10.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.2 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Holiday Extras-Hythe (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,747 residents in Ashford · 229/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 152 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,410 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 59,330)

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

62 schools · 23,045 pupils

43 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

54inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashford

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
• 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

207 applications decided

89.4% granted · 185 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sojan Joseph

Labour

Ashford

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 17
• Grn 12
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,500 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £27,861 avg

e.g. Customer Team Leader, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Female Wake Night Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£743 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,868 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 62,944 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Gas 16% · Imports 14% · Solar 8%

76 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership431 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s372 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test346 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office341 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership309 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

• Barrowhill · 0.8 km

  Barrowhill is a village in Kent, England, between Ashford and Folkestone.

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  Gibbin's Brook · 1.2 km

  Gibbin's Brook is a 16.8-hectare (42-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sellindge in Kent.

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  Sellindge · 1.2 km

  Sellindge is a civil parish and village on the A20 road between Ashford and Folkestone in Kent, South East England. Sellindge is part of North Downs West Ward of Folkestone and Hythe District Council but part of the E…

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  Otterpool Quarry · 1.8 km

  Otterpool Quarry is a 10.2-hectare (25-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hythe in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  Westenhanger Castle · 2.0 km

  Westenhanger Castle is a fortified manor house once owned by royalty, located next to Westenhanger railway station and the grandstand of Folkestone Racecourse in Kent. The castle has endured a period of steady decline…

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  Monks Horton · 2.2 km

  Monks Horton is a small civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. It is located 3 miles (5 km) north of Hythe. Within the civil parish are the hamlets of Horton and Broad Street. The parish i…

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