Landwade
Landwade is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It has around 1 restaurant or café and the nearest railway station is Soham, 6.1 km away. There was around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Landwade area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the East Cambridgeshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 87,764 residents at roughly 135 people per km².
- Council
- East Cambridgeshire
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South East Cambridgeshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 85th of 294 English council areas — better than 71% of them.
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
19°COvercast
- Today: 23° / 13° · 61% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:23
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom
Crime
1 reported · July 2026
- Criminal damage & arson1
Neighbourhood team: Newmarket · Suffolk
Local policing priorities
- Target those supplying drugs in our communities and protecting those vulnerable to associated exploitation
- Focus on reducing acquisitive crime including burglary and vehicle crime
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
133 reported road collisions (2024)
45 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
49 food businesses within 2 miles
- 45 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Newmarket (5.5 km)
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Newmarket (5.5 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£344,211 average▲ 6.1% YoY
Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,035 average monthly rent▲ 0.6% YoY
- 1 bed £729
- 2 bed £955
- 3 bed £1,163
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
10.0× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · ESSO (12 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · ESSO (12 km)
3 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
16 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: North End (2 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches7
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²
- Under 16: 19%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 21%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the least deprived areas in England
Ranked 266 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,485 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (28% of 41,350)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
40 schools · 14,415 pupils
29 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other
Ofsted: 13 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)
37inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Soham Village CollegeOutstanding
- Bottisham Village CollegeRequires improvement
- Vista Academy LittleportInadequate
- Ely College
- Witchford Village College
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Cambridgeshire
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
- Not in the Green Belt
- 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
136 applications decided
89% granted · 121 granted, 15 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Conservative majority
- Con 15
- LD 12
- Oth 1
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- GPs & clinics1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,520 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
3 jobs advertised · £31,273 avg
e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver Newmarket, Production Operative, Multi-Drop Driver
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£786 median full-time weekly pay
2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£27,657 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
48% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 44,555 certificates
10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men
53% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction8.0
- Feeling worthwhile8.3
- Happiness yesterday7.8
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership473 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office405 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test328 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance245 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Landwade · 0.3 kmLandwade is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Exning, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is 4 miles north of Newmarket. It was one of the smallest parishes in the…
Snailwell Meadows · 1.4 kmSnailwell Meadows is a 14.8-hectare (37-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Snailwell in Cambridgeshire.
Fordham railway station · 2.1 kmFordham railway station is a disused railway station that served the village of Fordham, Cambridgeshire.
Snailwell · 2.2 kmSnailwell is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Newmarket.
Brackland Rough · 2.2 kmBrackland Rough is a 10.7-hectare (26-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Fordham in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire as For…
The Rosery, Exning, Suffolk · 2.2 kmThe Rosery is an early Victorian country house in the town of Exning, Suffolk, England. The building was converted to a hotel in the 1970s.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Landwade?
- Landwade is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the East Cambridgeshire local authority.
- How deprived is Landwade?
- The East Cambridgeshire local authority, which includes Landwade, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.