East Cambridgeshire

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:28

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

113 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 42 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Soham (2.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£340,059 average▲ 2% YoY

Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,038 average monthly rent▲ 0.5% YoY

• 1 bed £732
• 2 bed £958
• 3 bed £1,168

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,118 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (7.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Clay Street Car Park 1 (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,541
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,072
• Net moves+1,469

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 242 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,485 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 41,350)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

40 schools · 14,415 pupils

29 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 13 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

37 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Cambridgeshire

595 CQC-registered services

• Care homes139
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies139
• Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

166 applications decided

96.4% granted · 160 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

• Con 15
• LD 12
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

4,645 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4,131 jobs advertised · £46,108 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£786 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,657 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 44,555 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Cambridgeshire): 61.5 women · 62.3 men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ely and East Cambridgeshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks351 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND239 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills223 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases197 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Spinney Abbey · 1.9 km

  Spinney Abbey, originally known as Spinney Priory, is a house and farm on the site of a former monastic foundation close to the village of Wicken, on the edge of the fens in Cambridgeshire, England.

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  Upware North Pit · 2.1 km

  Upware North Pit is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Wicken in Cambridgeshire.

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  Upware Bridge Pit North · 2.2 km

  Upware Bridge Pit North is a 2.5-hectare (6.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest northwest of Wicken in Cambridgeshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  River Granta · 2.3 km

  The River Granta is the name of a small tributary of the River Cam, but it is also an alternative name for the upper course of the Cam. The Granta runs 10 mi (16 km) from south of Haverhill to join the Cam south of Gr…

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  Soham railway station · 2.4 km

  Soham railway station is a station on the Ipswich–Ely line, serving the town of Soham in Cambridgeshire. The original station operated between 1879 and 1965. It was reopened in 2021.

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  Soham rail disaster · 2.4 km

  The Soham rail disaster occurred on 2 June 1944, during the Second World War, when a fire developed on the leading wagon of a heavy ammunition train. The wagon contained a quantity of high explosive bombs. The train c…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)