Shoreham

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 6° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:27

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

35US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

4 reported · August 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Otford and Shoreham · Kent

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

265 reported road collisions (2025)

85 killed or seriously injured · 347 casualties · 22 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

• 34 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shoreham (0.8 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£535,810 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Sevenoaks · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,809 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,266
• 2 bed £1,579
• 3 bed £1,926

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

13.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.4 times median annual pay (14.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,443 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (8.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Maidenhead Aquatics Polhill (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Councillors propose parking charge freeze· 2 Oct 2026
• Countdown begins to new wheelie bin collections, including glass recycling!· 1 Oct 2026
• Public Space Protection Order at The Vine to be extended· 23 Sept 2026
• Silver Sevenoaks District!· 22 Sept 2026
• Bradbourne Lakes restoration moves to next stage· 17 Sept 2026

Source: Sevenoaks Council

120,511 residents in Sevenoaks · 326/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,946
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,124
• Net moves+822

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 206 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,522 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 52,640)

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

65 schools · 17,192 pupils

42 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sevenoaks

1,676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes503
• GP practices222
• Dentists360
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 20 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

• In a conservation area (Shoreham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

287 applications decided

85.7% granted · 246 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Laura Trott

Conservative

Sevenoaks

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 27
• LD 14
• Grn 4
• Ref 2
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £69,680 avg

e.g. 12AB Traffic Management Foreman, 12AB Traffic Management Foreman with IPV

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£39,738 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,205 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 32% · Imports 18% · Nuclear 6%

150 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in TN14

• Otford Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sevenoaks:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules476 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent307 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission242 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND213 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence205 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Shoreham Aircraft Museum · 0.1 km

  The Shoreham Aircraft Museum is located in the village of Shoreham near Sevenoaks in Kent, England, on the south-east edge of Greater London. It was founded by volunteers in 1978 and is dedicated to the airmen who fou…

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  Shoreham, Kent · 0.3 km

  Shoreham is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 5.2 miles north of Sevenoaks.

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  Shoreham Memorial Cross · 0.5 km

  The Shoreham Memorial Cross is a Christian cross hill figure carved into a chalk escarpment above the village of Shoreham, Kent. The concept of the cross was the idea of a Shoreham man, Samuel Cheeseman, two of whose…

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  Shoreham railway station · 0.8 km

  Shoreham railway station serves Shoreham in Kent, England. It is 22 miles 52 chains (36.5 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Eynsford and Otford. Train services are provided by Thameslink.

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  AFC Walcountians · 0.8 km

  AFC Walcountians is a football club based in Woodmansterne in Surrey, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at Walcountians Sports Club.

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  1934 London, Scottish & Provincial Airways Airspeed Courier crash · 1.0 km

  On 29 September 1934, an Airspeed Courier of London, Scottish & Provincial Airways Ltd crashed just north of Shoreham, Kent. The aircraft was on a scheduled international passenger flight from Heston Aerodrome west of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)