Local servicesHospitalSpire Alexandra Hospital1.0 miGP surgeryReach Healthcare16 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyFenns Chemist12 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistKent Smile Studiounder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi24 schools16 primary, 5 secondary, 2 special, 1 otherPrimaryWalderslade Primary Schoolages 4-11, 235 pupilsright herePrimaryLordswood Schoolages 3-11, 409 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryGreenacre Schoolages 11-18, 747 pupilsunder a mileCollegeMidKent College3.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Southend Airport SEN17 miMajor airportLondon Gatwick Airport LGW34 miRailway stationChatham2.7 miBus stationChatham Railway Station2.7 miFerryTown PierGravesend9.9 miBus stops118 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 37 min4:41 am – 9:18 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 52 min8:00 am – 3:51 pm
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People6,097 residentsin the Settington census areaMedian age 35.82,436 households76% of homes owner-occupied27% owned outright4% social rented, 19% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.2% unemployment rate74% of adults are economically active, 3,411 in work, 14% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, construction 14%, health and social work 14%Getting to work: 26% work from home, 67% go by car, 4% take public transport, 4% walk or cycle64% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages26% of adults hold a degree or higher13% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 23°C, lows 13°CColdest month February: highs 8°C, lows 2°C726 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October35 days of air frost, 17 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 landmarksCoal Bottomvalley · under a mileEast Hillhill · 1.3 miMiddle Hillhill · 1.4 miSnodhurst Bottomvalley · 1.3 miDargets Woodwoodland · under a mileBrookland Lakelake · 3.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesCapstone Farm Country Parkpark · 1.0 mi · 65 haChestnut Ave Open Spacepark · under a mileMead Greenpark · under a mileLordswood Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 12 haHook Meadowplaying field · under a mile · 2 haTunbury Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes14 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 May 201539 mi away, Ramsgate, KentMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 9 Feb 202323 mi away, Bicknacre, EssexSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 11 · PM2.5 7.7 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband99% 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)2,522 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation110 m361 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 65 to 167 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
