Parson Drove

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 12° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:24

12h 57m 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 · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

9 reported · July 2026▲ 125% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Wisbech · Cambridgeshire

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

143 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£223,168 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Fenland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (9.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: J S Holmes Nissan (4.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

102,459 residents in Fenland · 188/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,538 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fenland

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 (Parson Drove)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

159 applications decided

86.8% granted · 138 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Con 35
• LD 2
• Oth 6

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Cambridgeshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office425 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership409 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases337 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test300 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Require NHS to offer routine third trimester pregnancy ultrasound scan288 local signatures · 10,387 nationwide

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

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