Folksworth

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 13° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:26

12h 57m 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

11 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Huntingdon · Cambridgeshire

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

274 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 395 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Overton for Ferry Meadows (7.2 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£306,387 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,050 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £740
• 2 bed £960
• 3 bed £1,162

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

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (8.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Extra Peterborough Services (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

180,832 residents in Huntingdonshire · 200/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 247 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,556 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 83,830)

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

77 schools · 25,478 pupils

62 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 30 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Huntingdonshire

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
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

240 applications decided

84.2% granted · 202 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sam Carling

Labour

North West Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 15
• LD 21
• Grn 2
• Ref 9
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £32,344 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Driving License Required

Source: Adzuna

£774 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,667 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,866 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 58% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 15% · Biomass 8%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Cambridgeshire:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s457 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership440 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office378 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test292 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases232 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

• Folksworth and Washingley · 0.6 km

  Folksworth and Washingley is a civil parish near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England, comprising the villages of Folksworth and Washingley.

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  Morborne · 0.7 km

  Morborne is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Morborne lies approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Peterborough, near Yaxley. Morborne is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropo…

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  Stilton · 1.5 km

  Stilton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Huntingdon in Huntingdonshire, which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of E…

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  Washingley · 1.5 km

  Washingley is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Folksworth and Washingley, in Cambridgeshire, England. Washingley lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Peterborough, near Folksworth. Wa…

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  Caldecote, Huntingdonshire · 1.6 km

  Caldecote is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Denton and Caldecote, in Cambridgeshire, England. Caldecote lies approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Peterborough. Caldecote is situated wit…

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  Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire · 1.8 km

  Norman Cross is a hamlet in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies south of Peterborough, between the villages of Folksworth, Stilton and Yaxley, and at the junction of the A1 and A15 roads.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)