Little Gaddesden

18°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 12° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Overcast

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

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▲ 600% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Berkhamsted and Tring · Hertfordshire

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

607 reported road collisions (2024)

106 killed or seriously injured · 765 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whipsnade Central (4.2 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£490,508 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,474 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,035
• 2 bed £1,310
• 3 bed £1,602

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

11.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.3 times median annual pay (11.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (7.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Arts and Country Crafts (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools11
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

553,079 residents in Buckinghamshire · 353/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,527 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 238,540)

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

274 schools · 97,646 pupils

182 primary · 35 secondary · 57 other

Ofsted: 80 of 93 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Buckinghamshire

563 CQC-registered services

• Care homes134
• GP practices89
• Dentists155
• Homecare agencies134
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Buckinghamshire

• In a conservation area (Little Gaddesden)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 55 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

1,132 applications decided

86.9% granted · 984 granted, 148 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat

Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 50
• LD 26
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 14

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£836 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,111 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 90,273 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Gas 30% · Nuclear 30% · Wind 26% · Biomass 14%

135 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.9 women · 65.3 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harpenden and Berkhamsted:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s401 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership357 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership324 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test230 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office224 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Hult Ashridge · 1.2 km

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  Ashridge Priory · 1.2 km

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