Sissinghurst

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• Today: 10° / 6° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:27

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden · Kent

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

194 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Staplehurst (6.8 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£452,845 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Tunbridge Wells · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,533 average monthly rent▲ 4.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,056
• 2 bed £1,405
• 3 bed £1,702

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

11.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.5 times median annual pay (11.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,537 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 · Esso (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (10.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Sissinghurst Castle Garden - National Trust (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

115,313 residents in Tunbridge Wells · 348/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,576
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,899
• Net moves+677

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 212 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,446 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 52,890)

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

54 schools · 23,110 pupils

32 primary · 8 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 13 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tunbridge Wells

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
• 99 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

278 applications decided

94.2% granted · 262 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Katie Lam

Conservative

Weald of Kent

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 7
• LD 26
• Oth 3

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,975 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

20 jobs advertised · £46,946 avg

e.g. Installer, Head Of Procurement, Solar PV Electrician

Source: Adzuna

£871 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,689 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,408 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 27% · Imports 10% · Nuclear 5%

215 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 80.8 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 worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in TN17

• Old Parsonage Surgery
• Old School Surgery
• Orchard End

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Weald of Kent:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent354 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death318 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks252 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND233 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence203 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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  Sissinghurst · 0.6 km

  Sissinghurst is a small village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. Originally called Milkhouse Street, Sissinghurst changed its name in the 1850s, possibly to avoid association with the smuggling and…

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  Swifts Park · 1.1 km

  Swifts Park is a former country estate and manor house 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of the town of Cranbrook in the English county of Kent. Through its history, the estate has been variously known by the names Swifts, G…

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  Sissinghurst Park Wood · 1.6 km

  Sissinghurst Park Wood is a 31.1-hectare (77-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Sissinghurst Kent.

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  Dulwich Cranbrook · 1.7 km

  Dulwich Cranbrook is a co-educational independent school for children aged 2–16 at Coursehorn, near Cranbrook, Kent. Since September 2023, the Head has been Sophie Bradshaw.

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  School Field, Cranbrook · 1.7 km

  School Field Ground is a sports ground owned by Cranbrook School located in the town of Cranbrook, Kent, England. It is known by the school as Big Side Playing Field. The field, which is 4.63 hectares in size, and loc…

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  Sissinghurst Castle Garden · 1.8 km

  Sissinghurst Castle Garden, at Sissinghurst in the Weald of Kent in England, was created by Vita Sackville-West, a poet and writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, an author and diplomat. It is among the most famous…

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