Gamlingay

17°CCloudy

• Today: 25° / 17° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:20

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft3
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: South Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

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

271 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 393 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sandy (6.9 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£436,011 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across South Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,411 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,012
• 2 bed £1,283
• 3 bed £1,533

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · BP (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: The Duncombe Arms Waresley (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds1

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 300 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

76inspected 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 homes141
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies137
• Hospitals & hospices20

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

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

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

345 applications decided

93.9% granted · 324 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat

South Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 2
• LD 43

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Physics Tutor - Part Time, Become a Physics Tutor in Gamlingay – Flexible & Remote, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Gamlingay – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£910 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% 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

44% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Nuclear 27% · Biomass 10% · Wind 7%

228 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cambridgeshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership331 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test236 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Gamlingay · 0.3 km

  Gamlingay is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about 14 miles (23 km) west southwest of Cambridge.

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  Church of St Mary the Virgin, Gamlingay · 0.4 km

  The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church for the village of Gamlingay in Cambridgeshire and is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. Gamlingay is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Gamlingay with Hatley St G…

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  Gamlingay railway station · 1.1 km

  Gamlingay railway station was a railway station on the Varsity Line which served the village of Gamlingay in Cambridgeshire, England. The station opened in 1862 and was located in a rural area that saw little passenge…

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  Gamlingay Wood · 1.1 km

  Gamlingay Wood is a 48.4-hectare (120-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) north of Gamlingay in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamp…

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  Gamlingay Cinques · 1.2 km

  Gamlingay Cinques is a 3.4-hectare (8.4-acre) nature reserve in Gamlingay in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

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  Tetworth · 1.9 km

  Tetworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Waresley-cum-Tetworth, in Cambridgeshire, England. Tetworth lies approximately 12 miles (19 km)south of Huntingdon, near Waresley south of St Neots.…

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