Swanley

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 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

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, 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

165 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences60
• Anti-social behaviour41
• Other theft13
• Criminal damage & arson12

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Swanley St Mary's · 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)

99 food businesses within 2 miles

• 83 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Swanley (0.6 km)
• 43 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 (2.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (2.5 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Asda Swanley Supercentre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

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
• 15 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)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens289
• Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

116 jobs advertised · £41,396 avg

e.g. 12D M5 Traffic Management Operatives, Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home, General Assistant - Bank

Source: Adzuna

£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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 3%

231 gCO₂/kWh · very 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 · 4 pharmacies in BR8

• Swanley Medical Practice

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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  Swanley · 0.3 km

  Swanley is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, 16 miles (26 km) southeast of central London, adjacent to the Greater London boundary and within the M25 motorway periphery. The populatio…

• Orchards Academy · 0.3 km

  Orchards Academy is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in Swanley in South East England.

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  Swanley railway station · 0.5 km

  Swanley railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Swanley, Kent. It is 17 miles 31 chains (28.0 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between St Mary Cray and Farning…

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  Swanley New Barn Railway · 0.9 km

  The Swanley New Barn Railway is a 7+1⁄4 in gauge railway located in Swanley Park, Swanley, Kent, United Kingdom. It is signalled throughout with the signals being controlled from New Barn Station which also serves as…

• Orpington F.C. · 1.0 km

  Orpington Football Club is a county level football club based in Orpington, Greater London, although the club is based in Goddington Park in Orpington. The club is a FA Charter Standard Community Club.

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  Eltham Palace F.C. · 1.0 km

  Eltham Palace Football Club was a football club based in Chislehurst, Greater London, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)