Helpston

11°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Peterborough North · Cambridgeshire

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

386 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 539 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gunwade (FMR) (7.9 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,012 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £710
• 2 bed £895
• 3 bed £1,079

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,067 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (3.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (3.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bannatyne Gym - Werrington (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

215,673 residents in Peterborough · 628/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,702
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,637
• Net moves−935

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 51 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,293 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 91,080)

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

91 schools · 41,268 pupils

60 primary · 12 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 34 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

82 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Peterborough

273 CQC-registered services

• Care homes37
• GP practices27
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies127
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Peterborough

• Not in the Green Belt
• 58 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

173 applications decided

88.4% granted · 153 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sam Carling

Labour

North West Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 14
• LD 8
• Grn 8
• Ref 4
• Oth 16

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,655 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£711 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,966 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

57% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 111,160 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

68% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 30% · Biomass 21% · Solar 8%

145 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 58 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in PE6

• The Deepings Practice
• Abbeyview Surgery
• Jenner Healthcare

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Cambridgeshire:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND238 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases233 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth210 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks177 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  John Clare Cottage · 0.2 km

  John Clare Cottage is a cottage and literary museum in Helpston, Peterborough, United Kingdom. The cottage was the birthplace of English poet John Clare (1793–1864).

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  Helpston · 0.3 km

  Helpston is an English village in Cambridgeshire. Historically; it was formerly in the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire, subsequently (1965–1974) in Huntingdon and Peterborough, then in Cambridgeshire. It is a…

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  Helpston railway station · 1.2 km

  Helpston railway station was a station in Helpston, Cambridgeshire, on the Midland Railway's Syston and Peterborough Railway. It was closed in 1966. The Great Northern Railway main line runs adjacent to the Midland Ra…

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  Ashton, Cambridgeshire · 1.5 km

  Ashton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bainton, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. In 1881 the parish had a population of 106.

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  Etton, Cambridgeshire · 2.0 km

  Etton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, in England. For electoral purposes it forms part of Northborough ward in North West Cambridgeshire constit…

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  Woodcroft Castle · 2.2 km

  Woodcroft Castle is a moated medieval castle in the parish of Etton, Cambridgeshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)