Hemingford Abbots

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 6° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:26

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

11 reported · August 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour6
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1
• Possession of weapons1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: St Ives · Cambridgeshire

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

292 reported road collisions (2025)

89 killed or seriously injured · 409 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

95 food businesses within 2 miles

• 80 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Huntingdon (4.9 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£306,954 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,057 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £745
• 2 bed £967
• 3 bed £1,170

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

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

2,639 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

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Huntingdon Garden & Home (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

180,832 residents in Huntingdonshire · 200/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,049
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,220
• Net moves+1,829

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 249 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

77 schools · 25,478 pupils

62 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 30 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Huntingdonshire

595 CQC-registered services

• Care homes139
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies139
• Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

• In a conservation area (THE HEMINGFORDS)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 135 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

282 applications decided

90.1% granted · 254 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Cambridgeshire): 61.5 women · 62.3 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in PE28

• Wyton Medical Centre
• Alconbury Surgery
• Wellside Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huntingdon:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases613 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills192 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks190 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND185 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  St Margaret's Church, Hemingford Abbots · 0.1 km

  St Margaret's Church, in Hemingford Abbots is a Church of England church, dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch. A church has stood on the site since at least 1086, for it is mentioned in the Domesday Record. Parts o…

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  The Manor (Cambridgeshire) · 0.9 km

  The Manor is a house in the village of Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire. It was built around 1160, or may have been built as early as the 1130s and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain — someti…

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  Houghton Mill · 0.9 km

  Houghton Mill is a water mill located on the Great Ouse in the village of Houghton, Cambridgeshire, England. It is a National Trust property and a Grade II* listed building.

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  Wyton, Cambridgeshire · 1.0 km

  Wyton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Houghton and Wyton, in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of Huntingdon. Wyton is connected to the village of Houghton,…

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  Houghton Meadows · 1.2 km

  Houghton Meadows is a 4.7-hectare (12-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) between Houghton and St Ives in Cambridgeshire. The SSSI covers three meadows south of Thicket Road; they are part of t…

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  Hemingford Grey · 1.2 km

  Hemingford Grey is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Hemingford Grey lies approximately 4 miles (6 km) east of Huntingdon. Hemingford Grey is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropo…

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