Wingham

17°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 14° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:18

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

4 reported · July 2026▼ 43% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Little Stour & Ashstone · Kent

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

196 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Adisham (3.6 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£276,234 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,029 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £734
• 2 bed £959
• 3 bed £1,175

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (10.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Littlebourne Parish Council (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 107 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

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

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

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

175 applications decided

85.7% granted · 150 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Roger Gale

Conservative

Herne Bay and Sandwich

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 13
• Oth 6

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,370 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

34 jobs advertised · £40,594 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Outsourcing Semi Senior, Personal Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£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

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Gas 17% · Imports 10% · Nuclear 8%

80 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs 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

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

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership979 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership431 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office415 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test356 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases325 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Wingham, Kent · 0.1 km

  Wingham is a village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England. The village lies along the ancient coastal road, now the A257, from Richborough to London, and is close to Canterbury.

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  St Mary's Church, Wingham · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Church, Wingham, is an Anglican parish church in Wingham, Kent. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

• Wingham Town railway station · 0.3 km

  Wingham Town railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway, which served the village of Wingham. It opened in 1920 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. There…

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  Wingham (Canterbury Road) railway station · 0.7 km

  Wingham railway station was a terminus on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened in 1925 and the last passenger train ran on 30 October 1948. There was a siding to the south of the road, and carriages were usually run…

• Wingham Colliery railway station · 0.7 km

  Wingham Colliery railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway in southeast England. It was intended to serve Wingham Colliery, a short distance to the south, but the mine was aborted without pr…

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  Wingham Wildlife Park · 1.2 km

  Wingham Wildlife Park is a medium-sized wildlife park situated near Wingham, Kent, United Kingdom where it covers an area of 26 acres. In 2011, the species count at the park reached 180 species, growing to over 200 in…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)