Shepreth

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 18° · 75% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:21

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

4 reported · July 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: South Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

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

271 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 393 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

• 33 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shepreth (0.3 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£436,011 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across South Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,411 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,012
• 2 bed £1,283
• 3 bed £1,533

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Wimpole Hall (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds4

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 300 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

76inspected 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 homes141
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies137
• Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

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

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

345 applications decided

93.9% granted · 324 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat

South Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 2
• LD 43

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

• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£910 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% 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

60% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Gas 32% · Wind 18% · Imports 8%

138 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cambridgeshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership331 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test236 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Shepreth · 0.2 km

  Shepreth is a small village and civil parish lying halfway between Cambridge and Royston in South Cambridgeshire, England.

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  Shepreth railway station · 0.3 km

  Shepreth railway station serves the village of Shepreth in Cambridgeshire, England. The station is on the Cambridge Line, 49 miles 67 chains from London King's Cross.

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  L-Moor, Shepreth · 0.6 km

  L-Moor, Shepreth is a 6.6-hectare (16-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Shepreth in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

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  Barrington Pit · 1.4 km

  Barrington Pit is a 3.8-hectare (9.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Barrington in Cambridgeshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  Barrington, Cambridgeshire · 2.0 km

  Barrington is a small village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is about 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Cambridge, between Haslingfield and Shepreth.

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  Foxton, Cambridgeshire · 2.1 km

  Foxton is a small village in South Cambridgeshire, England. It has a number of well-preserved fifteenth- and sixteenth-century houses, and a thirteenth-century church dedicated to St Laurence.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)