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Manea

Manea is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 2,088. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Manea, 1.4 km away. There were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Manea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Fenland area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 102,459 residents at roughly 188 people per km².

Council
Fenland
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 180th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability63
Affordable rents63
Good schools68
Life expectancy37
Low deprivation16
Employment32
Low council tax24

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

23°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:21

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

12 reported · July 2026 57% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Public order1
  • Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: March · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below priorities for your local neighbourhood policing team in the…

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

Road safety

143 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 197 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

8 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Manea (1.4 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Manea (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£223,168 average 1.9% YoY

Across Fenland · to 2026-06

Detached£307,943
Semi-detached£203,721
Terraced£159,476
Flat£90,795

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£840 average monthly rent 3.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £625
  • 2 bed £804
  • 3 bed £976

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (9.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,459 residents in Fenland · 188/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 51 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,538 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 48,110)

A £1,692
B £1,974
C £2,256
D £2,538
E £3,102
F £3,666
G £4,230
H £5,075

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

Schools

47 schools · 13,993 pupils

31 primary · 4 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Thomas Clarkson AcademyGood
  • Neale-Wade AcademyRequires improvement
  • Sir Harry Smith Community College
  • The Wisbech Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fenland

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
  • 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

159 applications decided

86.8% granted · 138 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Steve Barclay

Conservative

North East Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 35
  • LD 2
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

11 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Arabic Tutoring Job in Manea – Flexible Schedule, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Become a Arabic Tutor in Manea – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£688 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,333 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,212 certificates

10.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 23% · Biomass 6%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Manea, Cambridgeshire · 0.8 km

    Manea is a village and civil parish in the District of Fenland, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

  • Manea railway station · 1.5 km

    Manea railway station is on the Ely–Peterborough line in the east of England and serves the village of Manea, Cambridgeshire. It is 80 miles 18 chains (129.1 km) measured from London Liverpool Street, and is situated…

  • New Bedford River · 2.5 km

    The New Bedford River, also known as the Hundred Foot Drain because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river, is a navigable man-made cut-off or by-pass channel of the River…

  • Ouse Washes · 2.9 km

    Ouse Washes is a linear 2,513.6-hectare (6,211-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest stretching from near St Ives in Cambridgeshire to Downham Market in Norfolk, England. It is also a Ramsar internation…

  • Pymoor · 3.1 km

    Pymoor is a village in Cambridgeshire in the vicinity of Ely and in the parish of Little Downham. There are approximately 390 residents according to the 2011 census, although that figure probably includes the nearby s…

  • Welches Dam · 3.8 km

    Welches Dam is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Manea, in the Fenland district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is around 5 miles (8 km) to the north west of Ely. The parish covered…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Manea?
Manea is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Fenland local authority.
What is the population of Manea?
Manea has an approximate settlement population of 2,088.
How deprived is Manea?
The Fenland local authority, which includes Manea, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.