Stewartby

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 12° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 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

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▼ 46% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Wilstead, Shortstown, Willington · 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)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stewartby (0.6 km)
• 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (6.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Marston Vale Forest Centre (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds6

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
• 3 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

Blake Stephenson

Conservative

Mid 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
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,350 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised · £29,586 avg

e.g. Finance / Accounts Assistant, Chempac Chemist, Domino's E-bike Delivery Rider

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 58% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 11% · Biomass 10%

54 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 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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  Stewartby · 0.3 km

  Stewartby is a model village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, originally built for the workers of the London Brick Company. The village was designed and built to the plans of the company's architect Mr F W W…

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  Stewartby railway station · 0.6 km

  Stewartby railway station is a station on the Marston Vale line, which serves the Bedfordshire village of Stewartby in England. It is the nearest station to the Marston Vale Millennium Country Park.

• Kimberley College · 0.7 km

  Kimberley College is a free school sixth form centre that opened in Stewartby, Bedfordshire, England in September 2013. The college is operated by Wootton Academy Trust, who also operate Wootton Upper School.

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  Wootton Broadmead Halt railway station · 1.0 km

  Wootton Broadmead Halt was a railway station on the Varsity Line which served the settlement of Wootton Broadmead near Stewartby in Bedfordshire, England. Opened in 1905, it was closed temporarily during both world wa…

• National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats · 1.1 km

  The National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats was a planned freshwater public aquarium in Stewartby, Bedfordshire. Originally sited at a 100 hectare location, with an expected cost of £350 million, the pro…

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  Forest of Marston Vale · 1.5 km

  The Forest of Marston Vale is an evolving community forest in Marston Vale, which runs south west from the towns of Bedford and Kempston in Bedfordshire, England, towards the M1 motorway. It is operated by a registere…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)