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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the CT16 postcode district.

County or areaKent
Postcode districtCT16
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 34 min4:39 am – 9:13 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 54 min7:56 am – 3:49 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People13,604 residentsin the Buckland & St Radigunds census areaMedian age 35.85,595 households46% of homes owner-occupied21% owned outright30% social rented, 23% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting8.1% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 5,912 in work, 16% retiredMain industries: health and social work 19%, retail and wholesale 16%, transport and storage 10%Getting to work: 14% work from home, 63% go by car, 6% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle60% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages18% of adults hold a degree or higher23% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 95%1% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month August: highs 22°C, lows 13°CColdest month February: highs 8°C, lows 2°C909 mm of rain a year, 26 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October21 days of air frost, 8 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 2 to 7°CJFebruary: 2 to 8°CFMarch: 4 to 10°CMApril: 5 to 13°CAMay: 8 to 17°CMJune: 11 to 19°CJJuly: 13 to 22°CJAugust: 13 to 22°CASeptember: 11 to 19°CSOctober: 8 to 15°CONovember: 5 to 11°CNDecember: 3 to 8°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksMill Streamriver · under a mileAbbey Lakelake · 1.3 miLong Hillhill · under a mileGreen Lane Hillhill · under a mileHole Coombevalley · under a mileWhitfield Valleyvalley · 1.0 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesConnaught Parkpark · under a mile · 9 haCharlton Greenpark · under a mileKearsney Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 14 haPretoria Allotment Gardensallotments · under a mile · 2 haCrabble Athletic Groundsports ground · under a mile · 6 haRiver Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mile · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes13 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 May 201513 mi away, Ramsgate, KentMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Feb 202348 mi away, Bicknacre, EssexSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 7.4 · PM2.5 6.6 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband94% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)5,903 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation15 m49 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 6 to 126 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBuckland Community Hospital Cdcunder a mileGP surgeryBuckland Medical Practice9 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyCairns Chemist8 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDover Priory Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi24 schools15 primary, 6 secondary, 1 independent, 2 specialPrimaryShatterlocks Infant and Nursery Schoolages 3-7, 138 pupilsright herePrimaryBarton Junior Schoolages 7-11, 202 pupilsunder a mileSecondarySt Edmund's Catholic Schoolages 11-18, 644 pupilsunder a mileUniversityCanterbury Christ Church University13.3 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Southend Airport SEN40 miMajor airportLondon Gatwick Airport LGW64 miRailway stationDover Prioryunder a mileBus stationBus StationCanterbury13 miFerryDover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal1.6 miBus stops131 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

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