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St Nicholas at Wade

St Nicholas at Wade is a village in Kent, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 11 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Birchington-on-Sea, 4.4 km away. In June 2026, there were around 5 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the St Nicholas at Wade area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Thanet area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 140,587 residents at roughly 1,357 people per km².

Council
Thanet
County
Kent
Constituency
North Thanet
Police force
Kent
34/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 266th of 294 English council areas — better than 10% of them.

Low crime17
Home affordability49
Affordable rents40
Good schools79
Life expectancy30
Low deprivation11
Employment12
Low council tax35

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 24° / 17° · 40% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:14

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 40% YoY

  • Vehicle crime2
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Thanet Villages · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Road safety issues.
  • Fly tipping.

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

Road safety

243 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 311 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

15 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 14 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Birchington-on-Sea (4.4 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Birchington-On-Sea (4.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£268,760 average 0.9% YoY

Across Thanet · to 2026-06

Detached£480,932
Semi-detached£327,968
Terraced£259,984
Flat£158,518

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,114 average monthly rent 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £770
  • 2 bed £1,000
  • 3 bed £1,223

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

Affordability

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: MFG Birchington (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

140,587 residents in Thanet · 1,357/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 34 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (29% of 69,980)

A £1,661
B £1,937
C £2,214
D £2,491
E £3,044
F £3,598
G £4,152
H £4,982

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

Schools

58 schools · 20,123 pupils

31 primary · 7 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

44inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Dane Court Grammar SchoolGood
  • Hartsdown AcademyGood
  • King Ethelbert SchoolGood
  • The Charles Dickens SchoolGood
  • Ursuline CollegeGood
  • The Royal Harbour AcademyRequires improvement
  • Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Thanet

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

159 applications decided

91.8% granted · 146 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Roger Gale

Conservative

Herne Bay and Sandwich

Recent votes:

  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 29
  • Con 13
  • Grn 7
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,410 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£721 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,665 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,604 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

18% low-carbon electricity

Gas 76% · Nuclear 8% · Wind 7% · Imports 6%

305 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Herne Bay and Sandwich:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Nicholas-at-Wade · 0.1 km

    St Nicholas-at-Wade is both a village and a civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The parish had a recorded population of 782 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 852 at the 2011 census. The village of Sa…

  • All Saints' Church, Shuart · 1.5 km

    All Saints' Church, Shuart, in the north-west of the Isle of Thanet, Kent, in the south-east of England, was established in the Anglo-Saxon period as a chapel of ease for the parish of St Mary's Church, Reculver, whic…

  • Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery · 1.6 km

    Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used in the sixth and seventh centuries CE.

  • Sarre Windmill · 1.6 km

    Sarre Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in Sarre, Kent, England, that was built in 1820. Formerly restored and working commercially, the mill is now closed.

  • Sarre, Kent · 1.8 km

    Sarre is a village and civil parish in Thanet District in Kent, England. The village is a part of St. Nicholas-at-Wade ecclesiastical parish, after having lost the local church of St. Giles in Elizabethan times; the e…

  • Herne Bay and Sandwich · 2.1 km

    Herne Bay and Sandwich is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was contested for the first time at the 20…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is St Nicholas at Wade?
St Nicholas at Wade is a town in Kent, England, in the Thanet local authority.
How deprived is St Nicholas at Wade?
The Thanet local authority, which includes St Nicholas at Wade, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.