Sole Street

18°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 18° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:19

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Istead Rise, Cobham & Luddesdown · Kent

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

198 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

68 food businesses within 2 miles

• 64 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sole Street (0.3 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,369 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Gravesham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,331 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £906
• 2 bed £1,196
• 3 bed £1,458

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (9.6 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Meopham Village Hall (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Kent councils' response to Local Government Reorganisation review· 7 Sept 2026
• Gravesham joins the call to rescue your recyclables for Recycling Week 2026· 7 Sept 2026
• Unlawful storage site in Gravesham must be cleared after appeal dismissed· 26 Aug 2026
• Have your say about our housing services· 25 Aug 2026
• We need your feedback on Summer Fun 2026· 20 Aug 2026

Source: Gravesham Council

106,900 residents in Gravesham · 1,080/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 119 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 45,060)

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

44 schools · 21,357 pupils

27 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 14 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gravesham

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
• 48 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

137 applications decided

75.9% granted · 104 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Lauren Sullivan

Labour

Gravesham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 22
• Con 12
• Ref 5

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,555 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

8 jobs advertised · £73,147 avg

e.g. Online Biology Tutoring Job in Sole Street – Flexible Schedule, CAD Manager, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Sole Street – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£859 median full-time weekly pay

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

£24,984 disposable income per head (2024)

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

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,366 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

17% low-carbon electricity

Imports 59% · Gas 24% · Wind 17% · Hydro 1%

125 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gravesham:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s370 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test328 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office318 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Sole Street railway station · 0.3 km

  Sole Street railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Sole Street, near Cobham, Kent. It is 26 miles 71 chains (43.3 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between…

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  Camer Park · 1.2 km

  Camer Park is a 40 acres (16 ha)-country park near Meopham, in Kent, England. A former country house estate with ancient landscaped parkland, grassland and woodland, Camer is situated in the Kent Downs National Landsc…

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  Owletts · 1.2 km

  Owletts is a country house 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the northwest of the village of Cobham in Kent, England.

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  Cobham College · 1.4 km

  Cobham College in the village of Cobham in Kent, England, was a chantry employing a college of five priests founded by in 1362 by John Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham, of nearby Cobham Hall, lord of the manor of Cobham, for…

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  Meopham railway station · 1.5 km

  Meopham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Meopham, Kent. It is 25 miles 76 chains (41.8 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Longfield and Sole St…

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  Cobham, Kent · 1.6 km

  Cobham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The village is located 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Gravesend, and just south of Watling Street, the Roman road from Dover to London.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)