Swavesey

19°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 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

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

18 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Bicycle theft1
• Vehicle crime1

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)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 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: 167.9p · Morrisons (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (10 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Ionity Extra MSA Cambridge Services (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches14
• 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

• In a conservation area (Swavesey)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 37 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

Ian Sollom

Liberal Democrat

St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 2
• LD 43

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £29,660 avg

e.g. Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time, Stores & Logistics Associate, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Swavesey – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£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

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 64% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 6% · Biomass 6%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases573 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership458 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s405 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test329 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership292 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Swavesey · 0.6 km

  Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian of the world in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.

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  Swavesey railway station · 0.6 km

  Swavesey railway station was a station in Swavesey, Cambridgeshire on the line between Cambridge and St Ives which was closed for passenger services in 1970. The station remained derelict until it was demolished in 20…

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  Swavesey Rural District · 0.7 km

  Swavesey was a rural district in Cambridgeshire, England, from 1894 to 1934.

• Swavesey Priory · 0.7 km

  Swavesey Priory was a medieval monastic house in the village of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England. A church existed in Swavesey at the time of the Norman Conquest, when Alan, Count of Richmond, granted it to the Bene…

• Swavesey Village College · 0.8 km

  Swavesey Village College is a village college and academy school in the village of Swavesey in south Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011, Swavesey Village College became an Academy and established the Cambridge Meridian…

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  Mare Fen · 1.0 km

  Mare Fen is a 16.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, and was formerly managed by the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists Tr…

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