Worth

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 10° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:49Sunset 16:27

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Drugs2
• Burglary1
• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Eastry Rural · Kent

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

199 reported road collisions (2025)

63 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 17.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

75 food businesses within 2 miles

• 61 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sandwich (1.6 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,945 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,021 average monthly rent▲ 8.6% YoY

• 1 bed £728
• 2 bed £952
• 3 bed £1,166

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

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

1,641 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: 151.9p · Esso (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: 32, New Street (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,465
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,039
• Net moves+1,426

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 78 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

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 (Worth)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 49 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

92.1% granted · 164 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mike Tapp

Labour

Dover and Deal

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 13
• Grn 1
• Oth 6

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

• Schools6
• Parks & greens11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 42% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

189 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 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

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in CT14

• Balmoral Surgery
• St Richards Road Surgery
• The Cedars Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases600 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent462 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND242 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth213 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks208 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Worth, Kent · 0.1 km

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  Ham Fen · 1.2 km

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  Sandwich Technology School · 1.2 km

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  Sandwich railway station · 1.6 km

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  Rare Species Conservation Centre · 1.6 km

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  Sir Roger Manwood's School · 1.7 km

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