Great Chishill

19°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:24

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Criminal damage & arson1

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)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Royston (7.3 km)
• 8 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: 154.9p · Esso (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: EVC Heydon Grange Golf Club (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches4
• 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 (Great Chishill)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 62 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)

• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 12% · Biomass 10%

60 gCO₂/kWh · low 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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  Great Chishill · 0.5 km

  Great Chishill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Chishill, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about 1 mile (1.6 km)…

• Heydon, Cambridgeshire · 1.4 km

  Heydon is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England.

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  Little Chishill · 1.8 km

  Little Chishill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Chishill, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the…

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  Barley, Hertfordshire · 2.2 km

  Barley is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The place-name refers to a lea or meadow and not to the grain-producing plant. The Prime Meridian passes to the west…

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  Chrishall · 2.4 km

  Chrishall is a small village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village lies close to the borders with Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire, 12 miles (20 km) south of Cambridge and equidist…

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  Wenden Lofts · 3.6 km

  Wenden Lofts is a civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The main settlement in the parish is the hamlet of Lower Pond Street. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 63.

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