Bassingbourn

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 6° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:30

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Camden Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 7.0 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

32 reported · August 2026▲ 88% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour14
• Violence & sexual offences11
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: South Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

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

269 reported road collisions (2025)

94 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

41 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Royston (3.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£441,410 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across South Cambridgeshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,408 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,010
• 2 bed £1,281
• 3 bed £1,530

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

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,025 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: 154.9p · Esso (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra - Royston (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

162,119 residents in South Cambridgeshire · 180/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,882
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,150
• Net moves+1,732

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 281 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,536 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 74,050)

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

85 schools · 25,940 pupils

60 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 26 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Cambridgeshire

595 CQC-registered services

• Care homes139
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies139
• Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

• In a conservation area (Bassingbourn)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 64 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

351 applications decided

94.3% granted · 331 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat

South Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 2
• LD 43

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

32 jobs advertised · £29,813 avg

e.g. Electrical and Multi Skilled Technician, Tyre Fitter, Assistant Manager

Source: Adzuna

£910 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,205 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,055 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 7%

140 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Cambridgeshire): 61.5 women · 62.3 men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SG8

• Bassingbourn Medical Centre
• Orchard Surgery,Melbourn
• Roysia Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cambridgeshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills227 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND170 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth127 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately124 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth · 0.4 km

  Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth is a civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles south-west of Cambridge and just north of Royston, Hertfordshire. Since the 1960s the parish cont…

• Bassingbourn Village College · 0.5 km

  Bassingbourn Village College is an academy school in Bassingbourn, just across the Cambridgeshire border from Royston, Hertfordshire. As of 2024 it has 666 students. The college teaches students from Year 7 to Year 11…

• Ford Wood · 0.6 km

  Ford Wood is a woodland in Cambridgeshire, England, near Bassingbourn. It covers a total area of 2.34 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

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  Bassingbourn Barracks · 1.8 km

  Bassingbourn Barracks is a Ministry of Defence installation located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) north of Royston, Hertfordshire and 10.6 miles (17.1 km) southwest of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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  RAF Bassingbourn · 2.1 km

  Royal Air Force Bassingbourn or more simply RAF Bassingbourn is a former Royal Air Force station located in Cambridgeshire approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Royston, Hertfordshire and 11 miles (18 km) south west…

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  Litlington, Cambridgeshire · 2.4 km

  Litlington is a village and civil parish in the East of England region and the county of Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. The village lies approximately 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Cambridge and 3 miles (4.8 km…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)