Ramsey Mereside

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 13° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:25

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

2 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

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)

4 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whittlesea (7.2 km)
• 4 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 3 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Ramsey Eco Store (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

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

240 applications decided

84.2% granted · 202 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sam Carling

Labour

North West Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

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)

8,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a History Tutor in Ramsey Mereside – Flexible & Remote, Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Ramsey Mereside – Flexible Schedule

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 58% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 13% · Biomass 9%

61 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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 North West Cambridgeshire:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s457 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership440 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office378 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test292 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases232 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Ramsey Mereside · 0.5 km

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• Ramsey Forty Foot · 2.3 km

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  Ramsey St Mary's · 3.2 km

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  Ramsey North railway station · 3.4 km

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• Pondersbridge · 3.9 km

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