Thorney

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:25

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▼ 36% YoY

• Other theft3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Peterborough North · Cambridgeshire

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

386 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 539 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,012 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £710
• 2 bed £895
• 3 bed £1,079

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,067 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (7.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: SHDC Crowland (6.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

215,673 residents in Peterborough · 628/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,702
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,637
• Net moves−935

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 51 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,293 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 91,080)

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

91 schools · 41,268 pupils

60 primary · 12 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 34 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

82 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Peterborough

273 CQC-registered services

• Care homes37
• GP practices27
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies127
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Peterborough

• In a conservation area (Thorney Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 42 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

173 applications decided

88.4% granted · 153 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew Pakes

Labour (Co-op)

Peterborough

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 14
• LD 8
• Grn 8
• Ref 4
• Oth 16

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,655 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

501 jobs advertised · £47,458 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Peterborough, REACH Truck Drivers, Senior Systems Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,966 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

57% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 111,160 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 25% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

231 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 58 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in PE6

• The Deepings Practice
• Abbeyview Surgery
• Jenner Healthcare

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Peterborough:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 372 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND152 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth137 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases126 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills93 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Thorney railway station · 0.1 km

  Thorney railway station was a station in Thorney, Cambridgeshire on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Peterborough and Wisbech.

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  Thorney, Cambridgeshire · 0.2 km

  Thorney is a village in the Peterborough unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Located around eight miles (13 km) east of Peterborough city centre, on the A47.

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  Thorney Abbey · 0.3 km

  Thorney Abbey, now the Church of St Mary and St Botolph, was a medieval English Benedictine monastery at Thorney, Cambridgeshire in The Fens of Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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  Wryde railway station · 3.4 km

  Wryde railway station was a station serving Wryde, Cambridgeshire on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Wisbech and Peterborough. Originally built by the Peterborough, Wisbeach and Sutton Railway, it…

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  Thorney Rural District · 4.0 km

  Thorney was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974, situated to the east of Peterborough.

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  Eye Green Local Nature Reserve · 5.2 km

  Eye Green Local Nature Reserve is a 12 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Eye Green in Cambridgeshire. It was managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire until September 2016, when…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)