Tendring
Tendring is a town or village in Essex, England. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 3 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Weeley, 1.7 km away. There were around 11 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 32 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.
On deprivation, Tendring is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 148,291 residents at roughly 441 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 215th of 294 English council areas — better than 27% of them.
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
18°CPartly Cloudy
- Today: 21° / 17° · 17% rain
- Tomorrow: 20° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:19
12h 56m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
22US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Crime
10 reported · July 2026▼ 52% YoY
- Vehicle crime3
- Violence & sexual offences3
- Anti-social behaviour2
- Bicycle theft1
Neighbourhood team: Harwich and Manningtree · Essex
Local policing priorities
- Concerns from residents about Anti-Social behaviour in key hotspot locations including Clacton town centre retail areas and seafront (Pie…
- Concerns about vehicle offending across hotspots including Clacton, Jaywick, Harwich, Walton and Frinton seafront areas, and key road net…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
199 reported road collisions (2024)
54 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
27 food businesses within 2 miles
- 26 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
3 active warnings & alerts
- Flood alert: The tidal Deben estuary
- Flood alert: The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries
- Flood alert: The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries
Source: Environment Agency
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Weeley (1.7 km)
- 3 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Weeley (1.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£261,717 average▲ 2.6% YoY
Across Tendring · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,051 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY
- 1 bed £757
- 2 bed £972
- 3 bed £1,182
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
8.0× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)
5 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
9 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 300 kW
- Nearest: Lifehouse (3.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools3
- Sports pitches6
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
148,291 residents in Tendring · 441/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 55%
- 65+: 30%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the most deprived areas in England
Ranked 32 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,270 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (29% of 75,690)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
51 schools · 19,335 pupils
39 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other
Ofsted: 24 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)
47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Colne Community SchoolGood
- Harwich and Dovercourt High SchoolGood
- Lift ClactonGood
- Lift TendringGood
- Clacton County High School
- Manningtree High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tendring
Care & health services
1,571 CQC-registered services
- Care homes407
- GP practices230
- Dentists309
- Homecare agencies475
- Hospitals & hospices39
CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
199 applications decided
83.9% granted · 167 granted, 32 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition
- Lab 7
- Con 13
- LD 4
- Ref 7
- Oth 17
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Parks & greens10
- Restaurants & cafés4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
5,505 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
68 jobs advertised · £39,619 avg
e.g. Assistant Manager, Blinds and Curtains Installer, Telecoms Fibre engineer
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£734 median full-time weekly pay
4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£24,182 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
36% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 77,907 certificates
12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men
71% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.3
- Feeling worthwhile7.5
- Happiness yesterday7.1
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clacton:
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office513 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test347 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases338 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership327 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance230 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Tendring · 0.8 kmTendring is a village and civil parish in Essex. It gives its name to the Tendring District and before that Tendring Rural District and before that the Tendring Hundred. Its name was given to the larger groupings beca…
Tendring Rural District · 1.0 kmTendring Rural District was a rural district in Essex, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering a coastal area in the north-east of the county. It was replaced in 1974 with the similarly named but larger Tendring District.
Weeley · 1.0 kmWeeley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is served by Weeley railway station on the Sunshine Coast Line. It has bus links to Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester. At the 2021 census…
Weeley railway station · 1.7 kmWeeley railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Weeley, Essex. It is 62 miles 78 chains (101.3 km) down the line from Londo…
Weeleyhall Wood · 2.7 kmWeeleyhall Wood is a 31 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.
- Comarques, Thorpe-le-Soken · 2.7 km
Comarques is an 18th-century country house in Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England. It has been attributed to the architect, Sir Robert Taylor. Named after Captain Comarque, a Huguenot refugee who owned the estate in the e…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Towns in Tendring
- Alresford
- Ardleigh
- Bradfield (Tendring)
- Brightlingsea
- Bromley Cross
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Elmstead Market
- Fox Street
- Frating Green
- Frinton-on-Sea
- Great Bentley
- Great Holland
- Great Oakley
- Hare Green
- Harwich
- Jaywick
- Kirby Cross
- Kirby-le-Soken
- Lawford
- Little Clacton
- Manningtree
- Mistley
- Parkeston
- Point Clear
- Seawick
- St Osyth
- Thorpe-le-Soken
- Thorrington
- Walton-on-the-Naze
- Weeley
- Weeley Heath
- Wix