Trottiscliffe

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:25

9h 27m 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

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

9 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Vehicle crime3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Pilgrims with Ightham · Kent

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

227 reported road collisions (2025)

60 killed or seriously injured · 300 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 45 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Borough Green & Wrotham (4.1 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£405,507 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Tonbridge and Malling · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,489 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,032
• 2 bed £1,333
• 3 bed £1,626

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

12.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.0 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,779 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 · Esso (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.8 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Holiday Inn Maidstone (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,201 residents in Tonbridge and Malling · 551/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,519
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,436
• Net moves+1,083

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 235 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 57,230)

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

69 schools · 25,026 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 25 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tonbridge and Malling

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 (Trottiscliffe)
• Within the Green Belt
• 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

235 applications decided

94.5% granted · 222 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tom Tugendhat

Conservative

Tonbridge

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 21
• LD 11
• Grn 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£821 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,480 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,525 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

184 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in ME19

• West Malling Group Practice
• Wl Ccg Msk Service
• Adhd Assessment & Treatment Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tonbridge:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent469 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND302 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death288 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks250 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills162 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Trottiscliffe Meadows · 0.5 km

  Trottiscliffe Meadows is a 4.8-hectare (12-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Trottiscliffe in Kent. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.

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  Trottiscliffe · 0.8 km

  Trottiscliffe is an English village in the county of Kent about 2.5 miles (4 km) north west of West Malling.

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  Church of St Peter and St Paul, Trottiscliffe · 0.8 km

  The Church of St Peter and St Paul is an active Anglican parish church in Church Lane, Trottiscliffe, in the Borough of Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England. It is situated below the North Downs on the lowest levels o…

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  Trosley Country Park · 1.3 km

  Trosley Country Park is in Trottiscliffe, near Vigo, in Kent, England. Once part of a large woodland estate then after many changes, it was passed to Kent County Council, who turned it into a large country park.

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  Chestnuts Long Barrow · 1.5 km

  Chestnuts Long Barrow, also known as Stony Warren or Long Warren, is a chambered long barrow near the village of Addington in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fifth millennium BC,…

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  Addington Long Barrow · 1.5 km

  Addington Long Barrow is a chambered long barrow located near the village of Addington in the southeastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the fourth millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic pe…

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