Hemingford Abbots

11°CSunny

• Today: 18° / 11° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:32

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

9 reported · July 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: St Ives · Cambridgeshire

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

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)

98 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

£306,387 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (12 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 247 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

74inspected 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 homes141
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies137
• Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 90% 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)

240 applications decided

84.2% granted · 202 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

8,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Become a Maths Tutor in Hemingford Abbots – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huntingdon:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases610 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test389 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s317 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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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