Coveney

19°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:23

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

133 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ely (6.0 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£344,211 average▲ 6.1% YoY

Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,035 average monthly rent▲ 0.6% YoY

• 1 bed £729
• 2 bed £955
• 3 bed £1,163

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: A10 (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 266 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,485 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 41,350)

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

40 schools · 14,415 pupils

29 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 13 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

37inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

595 CQC-registered services

• Care homes141
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies137
• Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

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

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

136 applications decided

89% granted · 121 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Con 15
• LD 12
• Oth 1

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

• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Become a Biology Tutor in Coveney – Flexible & Remote, Become a Spanish Tutor in Coveney – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£786 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,657 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 44,555 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ely and East Cambridgeshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership476 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s421 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership308 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office298 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test287 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Coveney, Cambridgeshire · 0.9 km

  Coveney is a village and civil parish northwest of Ely, in the East Cambridgeshire district, in Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 424.

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  Wardy Hill · 1.6 km

  Wardy Hill is a hamlet in Coveney civil parish, part of East Cambridgeshire, England. It is also the site of a former Iron Age Hill fort

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  Ely Rural District · 1.9 km

  Ely Rural District was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after Ely, but did not include the city itself, instead covering the rural area to the west and north of it. It formed part of the adm…

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  Witcham · 3.3 km

  Witcham is a small village near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.

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  Witchford Village College · 3.3 km

  Witchford Village College is a secondary school in the village of Witchford, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Before becoming an academy, the school was a specialist Sports College. With approximately 820 pupils on…

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  Little Downham Local Nature Reserve · 3.3 km

  Little Downham Local Nature Reserve is a 6.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Little Downham in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Little Downham Parish Council and managed by Downham Parish Conservation Volunteers.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)