What's the median rent in Larkfield & New Hythe?

The median monthly rent across Larkfield & New Hythe is £1,467.

How well-connected is Larkfield & New Hythe?

Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 17 minutes' walk.

What schools are near Larkfield & New Hythe?

There are 10 schools within 2 km of Larkfield & New Hythe, of which 45% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2116 m away.

What is the council tax band in Larkfield & New Hythe?

The most common council tax band in Larkfield & New Hythe is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,395. Council tax is set by Tonbridge and Malling council and applies to every property in the area.

How long is the commute from Larkfield & New Hythe to London?

By the fastest direct train, the journey from Larkfield & New Hythe to central London is approximately 49 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.

Is gigabit broadband available in Larkfield & New Hythe?

100% of premises in Larkfield & New Hythe are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.

What is the deprivation rank of Larkfield & New Hythe?

Larkfield & New Hythe sits in IMD decile 9 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.

What's the tenure mix in Larkfield & New Hythe?

78% of households in Larkfield & New Hythe are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.

What is the average property price in Larkfield & New Hythe?

The average property price across Tonbridge and Malling (the local authority covering Larkfield & New Hythe) is approximately £403,756, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.

Is Larkfield & New Hythe a commuter town or workplace hub?

Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.50 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £35,106.)

Which local areas are part of Larkfield & New Hythe?

Larkfield & New Hythe contains 8 local areas: Tonbridge and Malling 003C, Tonbridge and Malling 003B, Tonbridge and Malling 003A, Tonbridge and Malling 003H, Tonbridge and Malling 003F…

What is the average rent in Larkfield & New Hythe?

The estimated median monthly rent in Larkfield & New Hythe is £1,467. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.

Is Larkfield & New Hythe a safe place to live?

Larkfield & New Hythe has a safety score of 80/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.

What schools are near Larkfield & New Hythe?

45% of schools within 2 km of Larkfield & New Hythe are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.

How long is the commute from Larkfield & New Hythe?

Public-transport commute time from Larkfield & New Hythe to central London is approximately 49 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.

How is Larkfield & New Hythe different from the rest of Tonbridge and Malling?

Larkfield & New Hythe contains 8 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.

Where does Larkfield & New Hythe rank in Tonbridge and Malling?

Larkfield & New Hythe scores 71/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Tonbridge and Malling, see the Cities table on the Tonbridge and Malling page.

Neighbourhood · Tonbridge and Malling · South East

Larkfield & New Hythe

Tonbridge and Malling 003 · 8 sub-areas · 12,940 residents

Updated May 2026

Verdict

How are these scored? →

Best for Families (72/100)Watch-out: Solo renters (52/100)Liveability 71/100 · Above medianCommuter neighbourhood

Larkfield & New Hythe is a commuter neighbourhood within Tonbridge and Malling — train into London runs in around 49 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. Most homes are owner-occupied, so turnover is low and many residents have been here a long time.

Median rent

£1,467+4.1%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Crime / 1k / yr

47.8

Top quartile

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Best hub commute

49 min

Direct to London

Network Rail TTIS (CIF) · Apr 2026

Good schools 2 km

45%

10 schools within 2 km

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Liveability

71/100

Above median

Population

12,940

8 sub-areas

ONS LSOA mid-2024 estimates · 2024

Overview

What's it like to live in Larkfield & New Hythe?

A snapshot of Larkfield & New Hythe

2 parks and 1 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,467 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.

Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically

Figures are aggregated across 8 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.

Larkfield & New Hythe in Tonbridge and Malling

Cost

Cost of living

What does it cost to live here?

Rent runs at £1,467 a month — 33% above the national median. Council tax is most commonly Band C.

Median rentCouncil area

£1,467/mo

Up 4.1% on last year

+£367 vs nat'l avg

Total monthly baseline

£1,667/mo

Rent + council tax + indicative utilities

Council tax — modal bandCouncil area

Around £2,395/yr · £200/mo

Years to save 10% deposit

4.8 yr

Assumes saving 20% of gross salary

−3% vs nat'l avg

Rent — whole property and per room (sharing)2-bed: £1,313/mo · £657/room

By bedroom count

1 bedroom£1,016/mosolo only

2 bedrooms£1,313/mo£657/mo per room shared

3 bedrooms£1,600/mo£533/mo per room shared

4 bedrooms£2,451/mo£613/mo per room shared

By property type

Flat£1,202/mo

Terraced house£1,405/mo

Semi-detached£1,567/mo

Detached house£2,168/mo

Can you afford to live here?Rent as a share of take-home, four common living arrangements

Renting alone

Whole property, on the local median salary

61%

of take-home

£1,467/mo per person · take-home £2,400/moA stretch

Sharing a 2-bed

Half a 2-bed flat, on the local median salary

27%

of take-home

£657/mo per person · take-home £2,400/moComfortable

Sharing a 3-bed

One room in a 3-bed flat-share

22%

of take-home

£533/mo per person · take-home £2,400/moComfortable

Couple, two incomes

Whole property split between two earners on the local median salary

31%

of take-home

£734/mo per person · take-home £2,400/moTight but workable

Take-home is calculated from the median resident salary using UK 2024–25 income-tax + NI bands. Higher earners and dual-income households see lower percentages than the table shows; the median figures are a market benchmark, not a personal estimate.

Buying — affordability detail~£1,801/mo on a 25-year mortgage at 5%

Median sale price (Land Registry)£342,188

Average price (HPI, smoother)Council area£403,756-0.8% YoY

Estimated monthly mortgage£1,801/mo

Gross rental yield (BTL)4.6%

Years to save 10% deposit4.8 years

Bills — council tax, energy, fuel povertyCouncil tax (Band D, all-in): £2,472/yr

Council tax — Band D (incl. precepts)Council area£2,472/yr

Council tax — band-mix-weighted (typical home)Council area£2,395/yr

EPC median rating—

Homes rated A or B2%

Households in fuel poverty6.8%

Source: ONS PIPR (rent), HM Land Registry / HMLR HPI (sale prices), VOA + MHCLG (council tax), MHCLG EPC bulk download, DESNZ LILEE (fuel poverty).

Safety

How safe is Larkfield & New Hythe?

Safety scores 80/100 against the national distribution, with police-recorded crime running 2.1× safer than the national average (47.8 per 1,000 residents per year).

Crime / 1k / yr

47.8

recorded incidents per 1,000 residents · 7 / month

Safety scoreHow? →

80/100

Higher is safer (national percentile)

Deprivation decile

9/10

1 = most deprived nationally · 10 = least

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Crime by category, per 1,000 residents per yearBar lengths show share of total recorded crime.

Violent & sexual offences

17.1 /1k

Anti-social behaviour

12.5 /1k

Public order

1.8 /1k

Vehicle crime

2.6 /1k

Criminal damage & arson

9.4 /1k

Burglary

2.2 /1k

Other theft

3.0 /1k

Shoplifting

3.9 /1k

Drugs

1.4 /1k

Theft from the person

0.8 /1k

Possession of weapons

1.1 /1k

Robbery

0.7 /1k

Bicycle theft

1.0 /1k

Source: data.police.uk monthly counts (12-month rolling, normalised by ONS mid-year population). Greater Manchester values use IMD 2019 crime-domain proxy.

Transport

Getting around Larkfield & New Hythe

Strong transport links — 86/100; nearest rail station is New Hythe at around 1349 m; 45 bus stops within five minutes' walk; London is reachable in 49 minutes by direct train.

Transport scoreHow? →

86/100

Top quartile

Best hub commute

49 min

Direct to London

WFH share

29%

Census 2021 — work mostly from home

Nearest National Rail

New Hythe

1.3 km walk · 49 min to London

Nearest tube / metro / tram

Out of metro reach

Nearest metro is more than 5 km away.

Commute by train to major UK hubsFastest: London in 49 min

Londonapprox

49 min

Manchesterapprox

214 min

Birminghamapprox

164 min

Leedsapprox

216 min

Liverpoolapprox

224 min

Bristolapprox

173 min

Sheffieldapprox

205 min

Edinburghapprox

330 min

Glasgowapprox

359 min

Cardiffapprox

194 min

Walking time from the LSOA centroid to the nearest station, plus the fastest direct train from there. Routes that require a change of train are marked “approx” (haversine fallback).

How residents commute (Census 2021)29% work from home

Drive59%Public transport3%Walk / cycle6%Work from home29%

Method of travel to work for residents in employment, Census 2021 (TS061).

Broadband — gigabit available (1,000 Mbps) to most homesTop speed available: 1,000 Mbps · effectively universal

Top advertised speedCouncil area1,000 Mbps (gigabit)

Gigabit-ready (1,000 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Ultrafast (≥300 Mbps)Council area100% of premises

Below USO (under 10 Mbps)Council area0.0% of premises

Outdoor 5G coverageCouncil area98%

Coverage from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Top speeds reflect what's available to buy at the address; actual experienced speeds depend on the chosen package and provider.

Source: National Rail TTIS timetable (direct journey times), TfL Open Data + OSM (metros), Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, ONS Census 2021 (TS061).

Schools

Schools near Larkfield & New Hythe

10 schools within a 2 km radius; around 45% rated Good or Outstanding — somewhat below the national norm; the nearest Outstanding school, Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford, is around 2051 m away.

School scoreHow? →

79/100

Top quartile

Schools within 2 km

5 rated Good or Outstanding

% Good or Outstanding

45%

Of all schools within 2 km

−25.0 pp vs nat'l avg

Nearest Outstanding school

Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford

2.1 km from the centroid

Closest schools5 closest within ~5 km of the centroid

Name	Phase	Rating	Distance
Brookfield Infant School	Community School	Good	362 m
Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy	Academy Converter	Good	879 m
Ditton Church of England Junior School	Academy Converter	Requires improvement	1.5 km
The Malling School	Foundation School	Good	1.6 km
Ditton Infant School	Foundation School	Good	1.8 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings (latest inspection per school), spatially joined to the local area centroid via PostGIS.

Daily life

What's actually around Larkfield & New Hythe?

OpenStreetMap counts of the things people use day-to-day — pubs, restaurants, parks, cinemas, supermarkets — within walking distance of the centroid.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Counts derived via the Overpass API and refreshed monthly.

Eat & drink

Pubs0≤ 500 m
Bars0≤ 500 m
Restaurants1≤ 500 m
Cafés0≤ 500 m
Cuisine variety1≤ 1 km

Going out

Cinemas0≤ 2 km
Theatres0≤ 2 km
Museums0≤ 2 km
Galleries0≤ 2 km
Nightclubs0≤ 1 km

Practical & family

Supermarkets0≤ 500 m
Libraries0≤ 500 m
Parks2≤ 500 m
Playgrounds1≤ 500 m
Gyms0≤ 1 km

Getting around

Bus stops (close)45≤ 500 m
Bus stops (wider)45≤ 1 km
Rail stations0≤ 500 m
Tube entrances0≤ 500 m
Tram stops0≤ 500 m

Who it suits

Is Larkfield & New Hythe right for you?

Six persona fit scores from 0–100 — each built from the metrics that group actually optimises for. Click through to the matching ranked list for the wider region.

Families

72/100

Good fit

Schools rate modestly (45% Good+ within 2 km), owner-occupation is high, and safety scores above the median.

See schools ranking →

Young professionals

70/100

Good fit

Transport scores 86/100 and gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

See transport ranking →

Couples

70/100

Good fit

Liveability 71/100, safety 80/100 and median rent at £1,467/mo combine to make this a comfortable choice for a couple.

See affordability ranking →

Retirees

70/100

Good fit

Healthcare is close (GP ~694 m, hospital ~4.8 km), greenspace is walkable, and 20% of residents are 65+ — an established peer group.

See safety ranking →

Investors / BTL

59/100

Mixed

Yield, growth, or rental demand are weak relative to peers — better-fitting BTL areas exist nearby.

See earnings ranking →

Solo renters

52/100

Mixed

Rental stock or transit access fall short — easier neighbourhoods exist for solo renters who need flexibility.

See transport ranking →

How these ratings are built

Each persona has its own scoring model. We pick the metrics that group actually optimises for, then weight and curve them so realistic trade-offs are reflected — a great score in one factor can't fully paper over a poor score in another. Weights sum to 100 before any synergy bonuses.

Families

Families consistently prioritise schooling and a safe, settled neighbourhood, so those two factors carry the most weight and use a convex curve — mediocre values are penalised more than a simple average would suggest. A bonus is applied where good schools and low crime coincide.

Good+ schools within 2 km28%
Crime / safety score22%
Households with children15%
Greenspace proximity15%
Owner-occupation rate10%
Family-age population10%

Young professionals

Young professionals optimise for commute, connectivity and being around peers. Transport gets the largest single weight; broadband uses a concave curve so any decent gigabit coverage counts, and a bonus applies in well-connected, graduate-heavy areas (the classic urban knowledge-hub signal).

Transport / PTAL score27%
18–34 population share22%
Gigabit broadband coverage18%
Degree-educated adults14%
Crime / safety score12%
Private-rental availability7%

Couples

Couples without children weight liveability and day-to-day quality highest. Rent is on a sigmoid curve with a steep cliff between £800 and £1,400/month, reflecting how affordability flips from comfortable to stretched across that range. A bonus applies where the area is both safe and walkable.

Liveability composite25%
Crime / safety score22%
Transport / PTAL score18%
Median rent affordability17%
EPC energy efficiency10%
25–49 population share8%

Retirees

Retirees prioritise healthcare proximity, walkable greenspace and a settled neighbourhood with peers in the same life stage. GP and hospital distance are the largest weights — both use exponential drop-offs because needing care 5 km away is much worse than 1 km away, regardless of how many other amenities are nearby.

GP proximity22%
Hospital proximity18%
Crime / safety score18%
Greenspace proximity14%
Over-65 population share10%
Single-floor accommodation10%
Owner-occupation rate8%

Investors / BTL

Buy-to-let investors weight pure financial signals: yield, capital growth, tenant demand, supply pipeline and area job-growth. Crime and amenities only matter as far as they protect the tenant pool. Yield uses a sigmoid that rewards the realistic 4–7% band; pipeline penalises areas with heavy new-build supply that will pressure future rents.

Gross rental yield32%
House-price growth (HPI YoY)20%
Tenant demand18%
5-year jobs growth12%
Supply pipeline (inverse)10%
Safety score8%

Solo renters

Solo renters and students optimise for flexibility — depth of private-rental supply, peers in the same life stage and frictionless transit. Cost matters but the curve is gentler than for couples (no shared income). A nearby Tube/metro/rail station is heavily weighted because cars are usually off the table for this group.

Private-rental availability22%
Single-person households18%
Transit proximity16%
Median rent affordability14%
18–34 population share12%
Gigabit broadband coverage10%
Crime / safety score8%

Demographics

Who lives here?

Census 2021 snapshot: high owner-occupation (78%).

Age profile

Under 1820%18–3419%35–4918%50–6421%65+20%

Tenure

Owned78%Private rent9%Social rent11%

Households

One person23%Couple with children24%Lone parent9%Other5%

Property types

Flat7%Terraced33%Semi-detached32%Detached16%

Ethnic mix and country of birthDiversity index: 8/100

Ethnic group

White96%Asian2%Black1%Mixed2%Other0%

Country of birth

UK-born95%Born outside UK5%

Religion

Christian51%Muslim0%No religion41%Other1%

Education and health26% degree-educated

Degree-educated (16+)25.8%−7.8 pp vs nat'l

No qualifications15.8%

Self-rated good or very good health85.3%

Self-rated bad or very bad health3.9%

Disabled (Equality Act)14.7%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS003 / TS004 / TS021 / TS030 / TS037 / TS038 / TS044 / TS061 / TS066 / TS067).

Employment

Work and income

primarily residential — most working residents commute out (0.50 jobs per resident); median resident salary £35,106/year; 2.5% on the DWP claimant count.

Median resident salaryCouncil area

£35,106/yr

Workplace earnings of people who live here

Unemployment rate (ILO)

3.1%

ONS ILO method — 63% economically active (Census 2021)

Jobs in the council areaCouncil area

73,000

0.50 jobs per working-age resident

Working status of 16+ residents (Census 2021)ILO unemployment 3.1% · 63% economically active · 38% inactive

ILO unemployment rate: 3.1% — This uses the same methodology as the ONS Labour Force Survey: unemployment is expressed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking only), not all 16+ residents. Retirees, students, full-time carers and others who are “inactive” are excluded from the denominator, giving a like-for-like figure to the national headline rate.

Employed61%Unemployed2%Inactive38%

Census 2021 TS066. The three bars above share a denominator of all residents aged 16+ and always sum to 100%. "Inactive" covers students, retirees, full-time carers, the long-term sick and anyone not currently seeking work — which is why the raw employed% figure is lower than the LFS employment rate. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents and matches the standard definition used in national statistics.

DWP claimant count: 2.5% of working-age (16-64) residents claim Universal Credit while seeking work or Jobseeker's Allowance. This is the live monthly unemployment proxy and is not directly comparable to the Census figures above — it counts a narrower group on a different denominator, but it's the most up-to-date local indicator.

Local job mix (BRES sectors, SIC 2007)Top sector: Retail & hospitality

Health & social

7.1%

Retail & hospitality

24.7%

Education

7.8%

Manufacturing

4.9%

Professional

6.7%

Construction

8.5%

Tech & ICT

3.4%

Finance

2.4%

Net commute flow: +65,490 jobs vs. working-age residents. More jobs than workers — net commuter inflow.

Source: ONS ASHE (resident salary), ONS Census 2021 TS066 (economic activity), ONS BRES NM_189_1 (jobs by sector), DWP claimant count.

Inside this neighbourhood

Sub-areas and postcodes in Larkfield & New Hythe

8 sub-areas and 200+ postcodes. Tap any to drill in — hover previews on desktop.

Sub-area	Median rent	Liveability	Safety	Transport
Tonbridge and Malling 003C	£1,467	19	62	95	View →
Tonbridge and Malling 003B	£1,467	62	77	86	View →
Tonbridge and Malling 003A	£1,467	75	58	86	View →
Tonbridge and Malling 003H	£1,467	94	99	81	View →
Tonbridge and Malling 003F	£1,467	91	92	88	View →
Tonbridge and Malling 003G	£1,467	67	83	75	View →
Tonbridge and Malling 003E	£1,467	36	30	77	View →
Tonbridge and Malling 003D	£1,467	96	92	88	View →

Postcodes covered

In Tonbridge and Malling 003G

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In Tonbridge and Malling 003H

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In Tonbridge and Malling 003A

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In Tonbridge and Malling 003E

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In Tonbridge and Malling 003F

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In Tonbridge and Malling 003C

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In Tonbridge and Malling 003B

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In Tonbridge and Malling 003D

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FAQ

Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Larkfield & New Hythe?: The median monthly rent across Larkfield & New Hythe is £1,467.
How safe is Larkfield & New Hythe?: Larkfield & New Hythe has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
How well-connected is Larkfield & New Hythe?: Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 17 minutes' walk.
What schools are near Larkfield & New Hythe?: There are 10 schools within 2 km of Larkfield & New Hythe, of which 45% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 2116 m away.
What is the council tax band in Larkfield & New Hythe?: The most common council tax band in Larkfield & New Hythe is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,395. Council tax is set by Tonbridge and Malling council and applies to every property in the area.
How long is the commute from Larkfield & New Hythe to London?: By the fastest direct train, the journey from Larkfield & New Hythe to central London is approximately 49 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
Is gigabit broadband available in Larkfield & New Hythe?: 100% of premises in Larkfield & New Hythe are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
What is the deprivation rank of Larkfield & New Hythe?: Larkfield & New Hythe sits in IMD decile 9 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
What's the tenure mix in Larkfield & New Hythe?: 78% of households in Larkfield & New Hythe are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
What is the average property price in Larkfield & New Hythe?: The average property price across Tonbridge and Malling (the local authority covering Larkfield & New Hythe) is approximately £403,756, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
Is Larkfield & New Hythe a commuter town or workplace hub?: Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.50 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £35,106.)
Which local areas are part of Larkfield & New Hythe?: Larkfield & New Hythe contains 8 local areas: Tonbridge and Malling 003C, Tonbridge and Malling 003B, Tonbridge and Malling 003A, Tonbridge and Malling 003H, Tonbridge and Malling 003F…

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What is the average rent in Larkfield & New Hythe?: The estimated median monthly rent in Larkfield & New Hythe is £1,467. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
Is Larkfield & New Hythe a safe place to live?: Larkfield & New Hythe has a safety score of 80/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
What schools are near Larkfield & New Hythe?: 45% of schools within 2 km of Larkfield & New Hythe are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
How long is the commute from Larkfield & New Hythe?: Public-transport commute time from Larkfield & New Hythe to central London is approximately 49 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
How is Larkfield & New Hythe different from the rest of Tonbridge and Malling?: Larkfield & New Hythe contains 8 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
Where does Larkfield & New Hythe rank in Tonbridge and Malling?: Larkfield & New Hythe scores 71/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Tonbridge and Malling, see the Cities table on the Tonbridge and Malling page.

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