Sibertswold

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 9° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 16:25

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

57US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

20 reported · August 2026▲ 82% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Aylesham, Eythorne & Shepherdswell · Kent

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

199 reported road collisions (2025)

63 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 17.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shepherdswell (0.7 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,945 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,021 average monthly rent▲ 8.6% YoY

• 1 bed £728
• 2 bed £952
• 3 bed £1,166

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,641 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

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: EVC Broome Park (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,413 residents in Dover · 369/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,465
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,039
• Net moves+1,426

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 78 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 55,880)

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

63 schools · 16,687 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

92.1% granted · 164 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mike Tapp

Labour

Dover and Deal

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 13
• Grn 1
• Oth 6

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

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£767 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,830 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 · 60,033 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

216 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

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

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

2 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in CT15

• Lydden Surgery
• Total Health Excellence East Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases600 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent462 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND242 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth213 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks208 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Shepherdswell · 0.6 km

  Shepherdswell is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shepherdswell with Coldred, in the Dover district of Kent, England. In 2011 it had a population of 1630.

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  Shepherds Well railway station · 0.7 km

  Shepherds Well railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Shepherdswell, Kent. It is 71 miles 60 chains (115.5 km) down the line from London Victoria and is s…

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  Shepherdswell railway station (EKLR) · 0.7 km

  Shepherdswell railway station is a station on the East Kent Railway. The southern terminus of the East Kent Light Railway, It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 Octobe…

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  Shepherdswell with Coldred · 0.8 km

  Shepherdswell with Coldred is a civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. The parish contains the villages of Shepherdswell and Coldred, 1 mile (1.6 km) apart, and the hamlet of Coxhill just south-west of S…

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  Coldred · 1.0 km

  Coldred is a settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shepherdswell with Coldred, in the Dover district of Kent, England. The main part of the village is Coldred Street which lies 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) to…

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  East Kent Railway (heritage) · 1.5 km

  The East Kent Railway (EKR) is a heritage railway in Kent, England. It is located at Shepherdswell station on the London and Chatham to Dover mainline. The line was constructed between 1911 and 1917 to serve the Kent…

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