Yalding

20°CCloudy

• Today: 23° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:21

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Marden & Yalding · Kent

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

305 reported road collisions (2024)

92 killed or seriously injured · 406 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

• 24 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yalding (1.2 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£352,191 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Maidstone · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,293 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £917
• 2 bed £1,190
• 3 bed £1,456

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

10.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.1 times median annual pay (10.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · ESSO (6.7 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Berry Gardens (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,782 residents in Maidstone · 447/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 188 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 78,560)

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

73 schools · 32,020 pupils

49 primary · 12 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 28 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Maidstone

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 (Yalding)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 97 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

244 applications decided

85.2% granted · 208 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Katie Lam

Conservative

Weald of Kent

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 13
• LD 11
• Grn 12
• Ref 3
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£774 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,404 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 85,101 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Wind 28% · Solar 24% · Gas 5%

42 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Weald of Kent:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership553 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office337 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test290 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s278 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Yalding · 0.0 km

  Yalding is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. The village is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Maidstone at a point where the Rivers Teise and Beult join the River Medway. A…

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  St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Yalding · 0.1 km

  St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a parish church in Yalding, Kent, dedicated to saints Peter and Paul. It was begun in the 13th century and is a Grade I listed building.

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  River Beult · 0.4 km

  The River Beult is a tributary of the River Medway in South East England.

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  Teapot Island · 0.8 km

  Teapot Island was a teapot museum in Kent, England. The museum grew from the personal teapot collection of owner Sue Blazye, which started when her grandmother gave her a teapot in 1983, encouraging other family membe…

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  Yalding Organic Gardens · 0.9 km

  Yalding Gardens were demonstration gardens open to the public near Yalding, Kent in April 1995.

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  Yalding railway station · 1.2 km

  Yalding railway station is on the Medway Valley Line in Kent, England, serving the village of Yalding. It is 38 miles 19 chains (61.5 km) down the line from London Charing Cross via Paddock Wood and is situated betwee…

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