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Fenland

Fenland is a town or village in Cambridgeshire, England. It has 1 supermarket, 3 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is March, 2.6 km away. There were around 17 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 22 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Fenland is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 102,459 residents at roughly 188 people per km².

46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 180th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability63
Affordable rents63
Good schools68
Life expectancy37
Low deprivation16
Employment32
Low council tax24

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°CCloudy

  • Today: 20° / 11° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:31

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Crime

10 reported · July 2026 76% YoY

  • Shoplifting4
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: March · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below priorities for your local neighbourhood policing team in the…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

143 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 197 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

53 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 50 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: March (2.6 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from March (2.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£223,168 average 1.9% YoY

Across Fenland · to 2026-06

Detached£307,943
Semi-detached£203,721
Terraced£159,476
Flat£90,795

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£840 average monthly rent 3.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £625
  • 2 bed £804
  • 3 bed £976

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · BP (3.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (3.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: The Cobblestones Pub & Restaurant (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,459 residents in Fenland · 188/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 51 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,538 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 48,110)

A £1,692
B £1,974
C £2,256
D £2,538
E £3,102
F £3,666
G £4,230
H £5,075

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

Schools

47 schools · 13,993 pupils

31 primary · 4 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Thomas Clarkson AcademyGood
  • Neale-Wade AcademyRequires improvement
  • Sir Harry Smith Community College
  • The Wisbech Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fenland

Care & health services

595 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes141
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists128
  • Homecare agencies137
  • Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

159 applications decided

86.8% granted · 138 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 35
  • LD 2
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£688 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,333 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,212 certificates

10.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Cambridgeshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Westry · 0.8 km

    Westry is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies to the northwest of March on the A141 to Wisbech.

  • Fenland District · 0.9 km

    Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. It was historically part of the Isle of Ely. The district covers around 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) of mostly agricultural land in the extremely…

  • Fen Causeway · 1.0 km

    Fen Causeway or the Fen Road is the modern name for a Roman road of England that runs between Denver, Norfolk in the east and Peterborough in the west. Its path covers 24 miles (39 km), passing March and Eldernell…

  • HM Prison Whitemoor · 1.1 km

    HM Prison Whitemoor is a Category A men's prison near March, Cambridgeshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

  • March TMD · 1.8 km

    March TMD is a railway traction maintenance depot situated near March, England. March was a steam locomotive shed under British Railways with the depot code 31B; the depot code of the diesel depot under BR was MR. The…

  • Ring's End Local Nature Reserve · 2.1 km

    Ring's End is an 11 hectare Local Nature Reserve which runs south from the hamlet of Ring's End towards March in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, and managed by the Friend…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)