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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
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 28th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime82
Home affordability45
Affordable rents56
Good schools89
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation78
Employment82
Low council tax20

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

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£306,387 average 3.1% YoY

Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-06

Detached£480,720
Semi-detached£302,668
Terraced£239,123
Flat£147,939

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)

A £1,704
B £1,988
C £2,272
D £2,556
E £3,124
F £3,693
G £4,261
H £5,113

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:

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

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  • St Andrew's Church, Steeple Gidding · 2.2 km

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  • Little Gidding · 2.4 km

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  • Steeple Gidding · 2.5 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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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.