Great Gidding
Great Gidding is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 363. There are four bus stops in the area. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Great Gidding area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Huntingdonshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 180,832 residents at roughly 200 people per km².
- Council
- Huntingdonshire
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 28th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.
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
18°COvercast
- Today: 23° / 12° · 60% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:26
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom
Crime
1 reported · July 2026
- Violence & sexual offences1
Neighbourhood team: Huntingdon · Cambridgeshire
Local policing priorities
- Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the things your local neighbourhood policing teams across…
- ASB in Huntingdon Town Centre, ASB in Yaxley ASB in Sapley
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
9 food businesses within 2 miles
- 6 rated 4–5 ★ (4 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 4 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£306,387 average▲ 3.1% YoY
Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · ESSO (9.4 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · ESSO (9.4 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
1 charging location within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Moto Sawtry (5.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches5
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
180,832 residents in Huntingdonshire · 200/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 62%
- 65+: 20%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 247 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Abbey College, RamseyGood
- Longsands AcademyGood
- St Ivo AcademyGood
- Ernulf Academy
- Hinchingbrooke School
- Sawtry Village Academy
- St Peter's School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Huntingdonshire
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
- In a conservation area (GREAT GIDDING)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
240 applications decided
84.2% granted · 202 granted, 38 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Sam Carling
Labour
North West Cambridgeshire
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure motion
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
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)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
8,920 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
89% low-carbon electricity
Wind 55% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 10% · Biomass 10%
50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men
63% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
- Great Gidding · 0.1 km
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Gidding?
- Great Gidding is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Huntingdonshire local authority.
- What is the population of Great Gidding?
- Great Gidding has an approximate settlement population of 363.
- How deprived is Great Gidding?
- The Huntingdonshire local authority, which includes Great Gidding, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.