Carlton (Bedford)

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 17° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:24

12h 52m 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 · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Vehicle crime1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Riseley, Wyboston · Bedfordshire

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

288 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 366 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£329,830 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Bedford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,170 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £798
• 2 bed £1,027
• 3 bed £1,256

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

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (11.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Lavendon Pre-School (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,227 residents in Bedford · 389/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 156 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 80,810)

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

85 schools · 35,894 pupils

54 primary · 13 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 35 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

75inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bedford

272 CQC-registered services

• Care homes73
• GP practices34
• Dentists50
• Homecare agencies84
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bedford

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

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

221 applications decided

72.4% granted · 160 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Richard Fuller

Conservative

North Bedfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 12
• Con 14
• LD 13
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Driving Instructor (Driving Licence Required)

Source: Adzuna

£780 median full-time weekly pay

4.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,626 disposable income per head (2024)

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

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 90,060 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Gas 33% · Wind 17% · Imports 8%

143 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.7 women · 62.5 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Bedfordshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases619 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership428 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test354 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office353 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s323 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• Carlton with Chellington · 0.3 km

  Carlton with Chellington is a civil parish in the historical Hundred of Willey in Bedfordshire, England, and is within the Borough of Bedford. The parish is situated on the South bank of the River Great Ouse, from Har…

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  Carlton, Bedfordshire · 0.4 km

  Carlton is a village in the civil parish of Carlton and Chellington, in the Bedford borough of Bedfordshire, England. The River Great Ouse runs just to the north of the village. Nearby places are Chellington, Harrold,…

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  Church of St Mary, Carlton, Bedfordshire · 0.7 km

  Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed church in Carlton, Bedfordshire, England.

• Harrold Priory · 1.0 km

  Harrold Priory was a priory in Harrold, Bedfordshire, England. It was established in 1138 and disestablished in 1536.

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  Harrold Hall · 1.1 km

  Harrold Hall was a country house in Harrold, Bedfordshire, England. Dated to 1210, the house was demolished in 1961.

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  Chellington · 1.1 km

  Chellington is a village in the civil parish of Carlton and Chellington, in the Bedford borough of Bedfordshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Bedford town centre.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)