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Sturry

Sturry is a town in Kent, England, with a population of around 7,386. It has 1 pharmacy and 2 restaurants and cafés, 15 bus stops, there were around 61 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences, and the nearest railway station is Sturry, 0.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sturry area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Canterbury area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 157,429 residents at roughly 510 people per km².

Council
Canterbury
County
Kent
Constituency
Canterbury
Police force
Kent
48/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 159th of 294 English council areas — better than 46% of them.

Low crime32
Home affordability34
Affordable rents28
Good schools79
Life expectancy53
Low deprivation58
Employment48
Low council tax55

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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 10% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:19

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

88 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Shoplifting24
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Criminal damage & arson9

3 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Sturry · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Road safety issues.
  • Antisocial behaviour - nuisance.

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

Road safety

276 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 375 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

116 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 99 rated 4–5 ★ (83 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sturry (0.1 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sturry (0.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£338,030 average 3.3% YoY

Across Canterbury · to 2026-06

Detached£536,590
Semi-detached£350,836
Terraced£302,063
Flat£184,239

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,281 average monthly rent 5.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £876
  • 2 bed £1,133
  • 3 bed £1,369

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

Affordability

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 143.9p · BP (9.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 149.9p · BP (9.8 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Motorline Canterbury-Hyundai (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches12
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

157,429 residents in Canterbury · 510/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 185 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,419 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 71,860)

A £1,613
B £1,882
C £2,151
D £2,419
E £2,957
F £3,495
G £4,032
H £4,839

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

Schools

64 schools · 25,120 pupils

35 primary · 10 secondary · 19 other

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

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Barton Court Grammar SchoolGood
  • Herne Bay High SchoolGood
  • Orion SpiresGood
  • St Anselm's Catholic School, CanterburyGood
  • The Archbishop's SchoolGood
  • The Whitstable SchoolGood
  • The Canterbury AcademyRequires improvement
  • Barton Manor School
  • Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
  • Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Canterbury

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

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

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

Planning decisions

220 applications decided

97.7% granted · 215 granted, 5 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 (minority)

  • Lab 18
  • Con 8
  • LD 8
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

26 jobs advertised · £29,825 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£735 median full-time weekly pay

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

£24,464 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,894 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

7% low-carbon electricity

Imports 59% · Gas 34% · Wind 3% · Nuclear 2%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

  • Sturry railway station · 0.1 km

    Sturry railway station is a railway station Kent, England, serving Sturry and Fordwich on the Ashford to Ramsgate line in Kent. It is 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) north east of Canterbury West, and lies either side of a level…

  • Sturry · 0.3 km

    Sturry is a village on the Great Stour river situated 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Canterbury in Kent. Its large civil parish incorporates several hamlets and, until April 2019, the former mining village of Hersden.

  • Tithe Barn, Sturry · 0.3 km

    The Tithe Barn, Sturry, Kent, England is a barn dating from the early 16th century. The barn was built as the tithe barn for the grange of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. At the Dissolution of the monasteries, the g…

  • Sturry Pit · 0.3 km

    Sturry Pit is a 0.7 hectares geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Canterbury in Kent. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

  • St Nicholas' Church, Sturry · 0.3 km

    St Nicholas' Church, Sturry, is a joint Anglican and Methodist church standing on a bank beside the River Stour, in the village of Sturry, near Canterbury, in East Kent. The Local Ecumenical Partnership enables the co…

  • King's School Canterbury Boat Club · 0.7 km

    King's School Canterbury Boat Club is a rowing club based at Brett Sturry Quarry, Westbere Lakes, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sturry?
Sturry is a town in Kent, England, in the Canterbury local authority.
What is the population of Sturry?
Sturry has an approximate settlement population of 7,386.
How deprived is Sturry?
The Canterbury local authority, which includes Sturry, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.