Highfields Caldecote

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:29

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.0 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

5 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: South Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

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

269 reported road collisions (2025)

94 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£441,410 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across South Cambridgeshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,408 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,010
• 2 bed £1,281
• 3 bed £1,530

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

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,025 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

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Cambourne (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

162,119 residents in South Cambridgeshire · 180/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,882
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,150
• Net moves+1,732

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 281 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,536 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 74,050)

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

85 schools · 25,940 pupils

60 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 26 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Cambridgeshire

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

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

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

351 applications decided

94.3% granted · 331 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ian Sollom

Liberal Democrat

St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 2
• LD 43

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £32,909 avg

e.g. Sample Dispatch Team Lead, Material Technician, Materials Technican

Source: Adzuna

£910 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,205 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,055 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 14% · Biomass 8%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

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

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

9 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in CB23

• Comberton Surgery
• Bourn Surgery
• Maple Surgery Bar Hill Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases575 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills249 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND237 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth215 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

• 
  Caldecote Meadows · 1.0 km

  Caldecote Meadows is a 9.1-hectare (22-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Caldecote in Cambridgeshire.

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  Caldecote, South Cambridgeshire · 1.1 km

  Caldecote is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, in the district of South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies south of the A428, approximately six miles west of Cambridge and three miles east of Cambourne.

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  Hardwick Wood · 1.2 km

  Hardwick Wood is a 15.5-hectare (38-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest southwest of Hardwick in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

• Bourn Airfield · 1.4 km

  Bourn Airport is located 7 NM west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The airfield was originally constructed during World War II as RAF Bourn and was principally used as a base for heavy bombers - Wellingtons, St…

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  RAF Bourn · 1.5 km

  Royal Air Force Bourn or more simply RAF Bourn is a former Royal Air Force station located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bourn, Cambridgeshire and 7 miles (11 km) west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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  Hardwick, Cambridgeshire · 2.3 km

  Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England with a large housing estate located about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the city of Cambridge, England. The village lies immediately south of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)