Snodland

15°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:21

12h 55m 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 · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

95 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour27
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Other theft8

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Snodland East & Ham Hill · Kent

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

446 reported road collisions (2024)

116 killed or seriously injured · 570 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

111 food businesses within 2 miles

• 96 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Snodland (0.4 km)
• 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,182 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Medway · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,236 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £899
• 2 bed £1,141
• 3 bed £1,340

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

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (9.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (7.7 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Aylesford Lunsford Park (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Creativity and culture helping to build healthier, happier and more connected communities· 10 Sept 2026
• Rochester Castle lit green in support of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder awareness day· 10 Sept 2026
• Leader's statement following Government's announcement on Local Government Reorganisation· 7 Sept 2026
• Residents wanted to help decide how £60million is spent in three Medway neighbourhoods· 4 Sept 2026
• Are you prepared for school to begin?· 1 Sept 2026

Source: Medway Council

279,773 residents in Medway · 1,444/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 98 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,329 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 121,600)

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

115 schools · 52,482 pupils

76 primary · 19 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 37 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

103inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Medway

298 CQC-registered services

• Care homes65
• GP practices42
• Dentists48
• Homecare agencies113
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 73% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Medway

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

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

188 applications decided

91% granted · 171 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tristan Osborne

Labour

Chatham and Aylesford

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 18
• Ref 3
• Oth 7

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

95 jobs advertised · £49,461 avg

e.g. Manufacturing Engineer – Estimator, Hardware Team Leader, Senior Systems Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£773 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,115 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,982 certificates

11.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

36% low-carbon electricity

Imports 48% · Wind 31% · Gas 16% · Nuclear 4%

90 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.2 women · 59 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chatham and Aylesford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s395 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test380 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases361 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office331 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Snodland · 0.3 km

  Snodland is a town in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It lies on the River Medway, between Rochester and Maidstone, and 34 miles (55 km) from central London. At the 2011 Census, it had a populat…

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  Snodland railway station · 0.3 km

  Snodland railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England. It serves the town of Snodland, which lies some way to the west. The station is 36 miles 59 chains (59.1 km) down the line from London Charing Cr…

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  All Saints Church, Snodland · 0.5 km

  All Saints’ Church is the parish church of Snodland in Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  The Holmesdale School · 0.8 km

  The Holmesdale School is a coeducational high school and sixth form located in Snodland, Kent.

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  Snodland Town F.C. · 0.8 km

  Snodland Town F.C. is an English football club based in Snodland, Kent. They play in the Southern Counties East League Premier Division, at level 9 of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to the…

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  Holborough Marshes · 0.9 km

  Holborough Marshes is a 35-hectare (86-acre) nature reserve on the outskirts of Snodland, south-west of Chatham in Kent. It is managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It is part of Holborough to Burham Marshes Site of Special…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)