St Margaret's at Cliffe

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 9° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:50Sunset 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

16 reported · August 2026▲ 60% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour8
• Violence & sexual offences7
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe · 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)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Martin Mill (3.2 km)
• 5 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

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Shell Guston Road (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• 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

• In a conservation area (St Margaret's Bay)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 24 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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés5

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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  White Cliffs, St Margaret's Bay · 0.5 km

  White Cliffs is a complex of beach cottages at St Margaret's Bay, in the county of Kent, England. The property was the home of Noël Coward from 1946 until 1951. Coward's lease was taken up by the author Ian Fleming, w…

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  St Margaret's at Cliffe · 0.7 km

  St Margaret's at Cliffe is a three-part village situated just off the coast road between Deal and Dover in Kent, England. The centre of the village is about ¾ mile (1 km) from the sea, with the residential area of Nel…

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  Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs · 0.9 km

  Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs is a 207.7-hectare (513-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which runs along the Kent coast between Dover and Kingsdown. It is a Geological Conservation Review…

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  South Foreland · 1.0 km

  South Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and offers views across the Strait of Dover. It is centred 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Dover and 15 mil…

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  Dover Patrol · 1.0 km

  The Dover Patrol and later known as the Dover Patrol Force was a Royal Navy command of the First World War, notable for its involvement in the Zeebrugge Raid on 22 April 1918. The Dover Patrol formed a discrete unit o…

• St Margaret's Bay Windmill · 1.0 km

  St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill on South Foreland, the southeasternmost point of England. It was built in 1929 to generate electricity for the attached house, high on the White Cliffs of Dover.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)