Harlington

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 12° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:26

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

28 reported · July 2026▲ 155% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Other theft5
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Flitwick, Ampthill, Marston and Cranfield · Bedfordshire

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

510 reported road collisions (2024)

125 killed or seriously injured · 738 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

38 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harlington (0.3 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£356,453 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Central Bedfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,249 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £864
• 2 bed £1,097
• 3 bed £1,374

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

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · ESSO (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Poplars Garden Centre (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Record-breaking start for Leighton Leisure and Community Centre as memberships and attendance surge· 10 Sept 2026
• Green Flags flying high at Central Bedfordshire schools· 8 Sept 2026
• Fostering families enjoy summer picnic at Whipsnade Zoo· 2 Sept 2026
• Housing Matters - August 2026· 2 Sept 2026
• Electric cars, e-bikes and energy savings: Free event comes to Leighton Buzzard· 28 Aug 2026

Source: Central Bedfordshire Council

294,252 residents in Central Bedfordshire · 411/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 264 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,516 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 134,350)

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

136 schools · 49,238 pupils

95 primary · 14 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 52 of 59 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

129inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Central Bedfordshire

221 CQC-registered services

• Care homes64
• GP practices27
• Dentists56
• Homecare agencies56
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Central Bedfordshire

• In a conservation area (Harlington Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

359 applications decided

83.8% granted · 301 granted, 58 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Blake Stephenson

Conservative

Mid Bedfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Independent (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 20
• LD 8
• Grn 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 28

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £100,000 avg

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Harlington (Doncaster) – Flexible & Remote, Become a Biology Tutor in Harlington – Flexible & Remote, Become a Accounting Tutor in Harlington – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£869 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,560 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 · 138,501 certificates

8.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 12% · Biomass 10%

60 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 61.5 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Bedfordshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership403 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test380 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth339 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s332 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office323 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Harlington Manor · 0.0 km

  Harlington Manor is a Grade II* listed manor house in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England. The house abuts, and has views over, Bury Orchard, the village common, which itself abuts the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natu…

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  Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Harlington, Bedfordshire · 0.2 km

  Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 23 January 1961.

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  Harlington, Bedfordshire · 0.2 km

  Harlington is a village and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England, near the M1 motorway. The nearest town is Flitwick about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north.

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  Harlington railway station · 0.3 km

  Harlington railway station is located in Bedfordshire. It is named after the village of Harlington, on the outskirts of which it is located, but serves a wide rural area including the larger villages of Toddington and…

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  South West Bedfordshire · 0.6 km

  South West Bedfordshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. As with all constituencies of the UK Parliament, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post…

• Harlington Upper School · 0.6 km

  Harlington Upper School (HUS) is a rural, coeducational upper school and sixth form with academy status in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)