Woodnesborough

18°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 14° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:18

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sangatte, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

16 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Public order4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Sandwich · 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)

86 food businesses within 2 miles

• 73 rated 4–5 ★ (62 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sandwich (2.2 km)
• 11 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 (5.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (5.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Sandwich Co-Op (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 44 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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,370 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised

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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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 33% · Imports 28% · Wind 17% · Solar 14%

149 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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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  Woodnesborough · 0.2 km

  Woodnesborough is a village in the Dover District of Kent, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Sandwich. The population taken at the 2011 census included Coombe as well as Marshborough, and totalled 1,066. There is a Gr…

• Roman Road railway station (Kent) · 0.7 km

  Roman Road railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened in May 1925 and closed to passenger traffic on 1 November 1928. Today there is no trace of the station.

• Eastry Rural District · 0.8 km

  Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was the successor to the Eastry Rural Sanitary Authority. The Eastry Rural Sanitary Authority, which initially had sanit…

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  Marshborough · 0.9 km

  Marshborough is a small hamlet immediately adjacent to Woodnesborough in East Kent, England.

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  Rare Species Conservation Centre · 1.2 km

  The Rare Species Conservation Centre (RSCC) was a conservation centre and zoological gardens situated just outside Sandwich in Kent, England, operated by The Rare Species Conservation Trust, a UK registered charity. I…

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  RAF Ash · 1.2 km

  Royal Air Force Ash or more simply RAF Ash was a Royal Air Force underground control centre and radar station situated near the village of Woodnesborough, Kent, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)