Local servicesHospitalWest View Hospital3.4 miGP surgeryWoodchurch Surgery1.0 miPharmacyBoots2.7 miDentistEasy Smile (The Cellars)2.7 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 primaryPrimaryWoodchurch Church of England Primary Schoolages 4-11, 165 pupils1.1 miSecondaryHomewood School and Sixth Form Centreages 11-18, 1,772 pupils2.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Southend Airport SEN35 miMajor airportLondon Gatwick Airport LGW41 miRailway stationAppledore (Kent)3.8 miLight railTenterden Town Rail Station (KESR)2.9 miFerryFolkestone Eurotunnel Terminal16 miBus stops2 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 34 min4:41 am – 9:15 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 54 min7:57 am – 3:52 pm
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People5,961 residentsin the Hamstreet & Isle of Oxney census areaMedian age 50.42,507 households75% of homes owner-occupied45% owned outright13% social rented, 11% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.7% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 2,685 in work, 30% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, construction 13%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 34% work from home, 58% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle41% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages31% of adults hold a degree or higher17% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C699 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November40 days of air frost, 19 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksMaiden Woodwoodland · under a mileClarke Woodwoodland · under a mileRed Hillhill · 2.3 miTilder Gillvalley · 2.3 miOrlestone Forestforest · 3.6 miHookstead Lakelake · 6.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesTenterden Golf Clubgolf course · 1.5 mi · 40 haThe Greenplaying field · 1.1 mi · 2 haMillennium Gardenpark · 2.8 miHookstead Greenpark · 3.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes19 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 May 201534 mi away, Ramsgate, KentMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Jan 202442 mi away, English ChannelSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at Low risk within 500 m of the centrebetween a 1 in 1,000 and a 1 in 100 chance in any yearSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.3 · PM2.5 6.5 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband43% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)2,723 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation24 m79 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 2 to 35 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
