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• Today: 11° / 6° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:26

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 82% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Wilstead, Shortstown, Willington · Bedfordshire

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

293 reported road collisions (2025)

69 killed or seriously injured · 383 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

52 food businesses within 2 miles

• 48 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bedford St Johns (6.1 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£330,462 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Bedford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,173 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £800
• 2 bed £1,029
• 3 bed £1,260

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,128 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (7.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: SDC Builders LTD (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,498
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,187
• Net moves+311

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 141 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

84 schools · 35,150 pupils

53 primary · 12 secondary · 19 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bedford

269 CQC-registered services

• Care homes73
• GP practices34
• Dentists50
• Homecare agencies81
• Hospitals & hospices8

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bedford

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

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

321 applications decided

79.4% granted · 255 granted, 66 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£780 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% 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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 20% · Biomass 12%

93 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

12 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in MK41

• Putnoe Medical Centre Partnership
• Priory Medical Centre
• Putnoe Walk In Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Bedfordshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases623 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth275 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Dedicated funding for Epidermolysis Bullosa and rare skin conditions research239 local signatures · 11,555 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND221 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks214 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Renhold Chapel · 0.1 km

  Renhold Chapel is a Baptist chapel in the village of Renhold, Bedfordshire, England.

• Great Barford Castle · 0.8 km

  Great Barford Castle, later known as Creakers Manor, was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle to the north of Great Barford in Bedfordshire, England. The site now survives as earthworks and cropmarks near Creakers Farmhou…

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  Renhold · 1.1 km

  Renhold is a village and civil parish located on the River Ouse, in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The parish church is situated some 4 miles (6.5 km) east-north-east of Bedford town centre. The former…

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  All Saints' Church, Renhold · 1.2 km

  Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964.

• Renhold Castle · 1.3 km

  Renhold Castle also known as Howbury, earthwork at Water End Farm, was a medieval castle located in the village of Renhold, in the hundred of Barford, in the county of Bedfordshire, England.

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  Risinghoe Castle · 1.8 km

  Risinghoe Castle, sometimes known as Goldington Castle, is a 20-foot (6.1 m) mound located in the Goldington area of Bedford, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. The mound is near to the north bank of the River Ou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)