Kent County Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Kent County Council is the county council for Kent. It runs schools, roads, social care and libraries. Bins, council tax and planning are run by its 12 district councils. ONS places 46,148 postcodes in use in Kent, in 80 postcode districts across 5 postcode areas.

80% of homes and businesses in Kent can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 22,895 homes and businesses in Kent in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
10
Postcodes in use
46,148
Postcode districts
80
District councils
12

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Kent County Council

kent.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Kent County Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Roads and parking

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Kent County Council. GOV.UK lists 11. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Kent?

Across Kent, 80% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 74% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre74% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)80% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)96% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many homes in Kent are at risk of flooding?

Across Kent, the Environment Agency puts 22,895 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5,489 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5,489 postcodes High: 14,285Medium: 8,610Low: 22,259Very low: 34,466

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Surface water

In Kent the Environment Agency counts 21,000 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water, 19,504 at medium risk and 58,856 at low risk. Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

District councils in Kent

Bins, council tax and planning are run by the district, borough or city council for each part of Kent.

Ashford council, postcodes in use:3,975Canterbury council, postcodes in use:4,564Dartford council, postcodes in use:2,462Dover council, postcodes in use:3,933Folkestone and Hythe council, postcodes in use:3,682Gravesham council, postcodes in use:2,272Maidstone council, postcodes in use:5,447Sevenoaks council, postcodes in use:3,714Swale council, postcodes in use:4,115Thanet council, postcodes in use:4,050Tonbridge and Malling council, postcodes in use:4,043Tunbridge Wells council, postcodes in use:3,891

Postcode districts with postcodes in Kent

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

BR postcode area: Bromley, postcodes in use here:499 of 6,781CT postcode area: Canterbury, postcodes in use here:15,378 of 15,378DA postcode area: Dartford, postcodes in use here:5,036 of 9,221ME postcode area: Rochester, postcodes in use here:11,043 of 17,231TN postcode area: Tunbridge Wells, postcodes in use here:14,192 of 23,179

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Kent.

Towns and villages

MaidstoneAshfordMargateFolkestoneRoyal Tunbridge WellsCanterburyDartfordSittingbourneRamsgateGravesendTonbridgeDoverWhitstableDealSevenoaksBroadstairsHerne BayLarkfieldFavershamNorthfleetHytheMinsterSwanscombeSwanley

The 24 with the most postcodes in Kent, of 110. Browse places A to Z.

Is an address in Kent?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

All councils, A to Z

What Kent covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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