Stretham

19°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:23

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: East Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

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

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)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ely (5.7 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£344,211 average▲ 6.1% YoY

Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Esso (10.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Mill Common Car Park (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 266 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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

• In a conservation area (Stretham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

136 applications decided

89% granted · 121 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat

Ely and East Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Con 15
• LD 12
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £50,960 avg

e.g. Tutor

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 60% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 10% · Biomass 7%

49 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ely and East Cambridgeshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership476 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s421 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership308 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office298 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test287 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Stretham Old Engine · 1.6 km

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  Stretham railway station · 1.8 km

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• Thetford, Cambridgeshire · 1.9 km

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