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Great Eversden

Great Eversden is a town or village in Cambridgeshire, England, featuring 1 GP surgery or clinic and 1 restaurant or café, with 4 bus stops and Shepreth railway station 6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Great Eversden area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Cambridgeshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 162,119 residents at roughly 180 people per km².

Council
South Cambridgeshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 31st of 294 English council areas — better than 89% of them.

Low crime96
Home affordability35
Affordable rents47
Good schools32
Life expectancy94
Low deprivation95
Employment96
Low council tax24

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

22°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 17° · 71% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:22

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 25% YoY

  • Burglary2
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: South Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Following our last community meeting held on 12 March the priorities set for the next three months are: - Knife crime focused on youths s…
  • Tackling violent crime in Orchard Park, Histon and Impington

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

12 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 11 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Shepreth (6.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£436,011 average 4.9% YoY

Across South Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Detached£631,491
Semi-detached£399,838
Terraced£326,010
Flat£199,123

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (7.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Wimpole Hall (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches8
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

162,119 residents in South Cambridgeshire · 180/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,536 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,691
B £1,973
C £2,254
D £2,536
E £3,100
F £3,663
G £4,227
H £5,073

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Swavesey Village CollegeOutstanding
  • Cottenham Village CollegeGood
  • Linton Village CollegeGood
  • Bassingbourn Village College
  • Cambourne Village College
  • Comberton Village College
  • Impington Village College
  • Melbourn Village College
  • Sawston Village College

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

345 applications decided

93.9% granted · 324 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat

South Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 2
  • LD 43

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

Amenities nearby

  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Law Tutor in Eversden – Flexible & Remote, Online Italian Tutor - Part Time, Become a Italian Tutor in Eversden – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 21% · Biomass 6%

175 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Great Eversden · 0.2 km

    Great Eversden is a village 6 miles south-west of Cambridge, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 241. The Prime Meridian runs through the parish just to the east of the village, separati…

  • Little Eversden · 0.8 km

    Little Eversden is a village approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Cambridge, England. It has two main roads: Harlton Road which goes through Little Eversden and joins the A603, and High Street.

  • Kingston, Cambridgeshire · 2.5 km

    Kingston is a small village and parish in the East of England region and the county Cambridgeshire, England. Situated 7 miles to the west of Cambridge, the population at the time of the 2001 census was 214, increasing…

  • Toft, Cambridgeshire · 2.8 km

    Toft is a village situated in Cambridgeshire, England. It is approximately six miles to the west of Cambridge, and is situated within four miles of the M11 motorway. It has approximately 600 residents and 200 homes. C…

  • Orwell Clunch Pit · 2.8 km

    Orwell Clunch Pit is a 1.8-hectare (4.4-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Orwell in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Orwell Parish Council and managed by the Clunch Pit Ma…

  • Harlton · 2.8 km

    Harlton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. The village is 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Cambridge and neighbours Haslingfield.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Great Eversden?
Great Eversden is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the South Cambridgeshire local authority.
How deprived is Great Eversden?
The South Cambridgeshire local authority, which includes Great Eversden, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.