South Darenth and Sutton at Hone

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

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

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

• 8.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

40 reported · August 2026▲ 38% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Shoplifting4
• Other theft3

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley · Kent

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

292 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 398 casualties · 25 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

50 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Farningham Road (0.5 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£342,167 average▼ 4.9% YoY

Across Dartford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,575 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,092
• 2 bed £1,419
• 3 bed £1,709

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

10.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.1 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,473 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 (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (6.5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

53 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: 4003050 (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• More than £10m investment to deliver new Greenhithe Medical Centre· 4 Nov 2026
• Dartford commemorates Remembrance Sunday· 2 Nov 2026
• Upcoming road closures· 2 Nov 2026
• Delivering a greener future for Fairfield Leisure· 28 Oct 2026
• Dartford Business Awards return for 2026· 8 Oct 2026

Source: Dartford Council

116,753 residents in Dartford · 1,605/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,315
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,695
• Net moves+620

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 163 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,375 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 50,530)

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

43 schools · 24,771 pupils

29 primary · 11 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dartford

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
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

155 applications decided

74.2% granted · 115 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Laura Trott

Conservative

Sevenoaks

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 10
• Con 28
• Ref 2
• Oth 2

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£832 median full-time weekly pay

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

£25,680 disposable income per head (2024)

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

57% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,048 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Wind 33% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

228 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.1 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in DA4

• River Darent Medical Group

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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  St John's Jerusalem · 0.3 km

  St John's Jerusalem or Sutton-at-Hone Preceptory is a National Trust property at Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, England which includes the 13th century chapel of the Knights Hospitaller and a garden moated by the River Darent.…

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  Sutton-at-Hone · 0.4 km

  Sutton-at-Hone is a village in the civil parish of Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located 3.5 miles south of Dartford & 3.6 miles north east of Swanley.

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  Farningham Road railway station · 0.5 km

  Farningham Road railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the villages of Farningham, Sutton-at-Hone, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Kent. It is 20 miles 41 chains (33.0 km) down the line from L…

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  South Darenth · 0.6 km

  South Darenth is a village in the civil parish of Horton Kirby and South Darenth in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 4.2 miles (6.8 km) east of Swanley and 4.4 miles (7.1 km) south of Dartford.

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  Horton Kirby and South Darenth · 1.1 km

  Horton Kirby and South Darenth, formerly just Horton Kirby is a civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. The parish is located in the River Darent valley between Sevenoaks town and Dartford: it consist…

• Horton Kirby Boys Home railway station · 1.1 km

  Horton Kirby Boys Home also known as Home for Little Boys was a private railway station opened in 1870 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway to serve "Home for Little Boys", a cottage homes village in Horton Kirby,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)