Wenny Severals
Wenny Severals is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wenny Severals area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the East Cambridgeshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 87,764 residents at roughly 135 people per km².
- Council
- East Cambridgeshire
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 85th of 294 English council areas — better than 71% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
23°COvercast
- Today: 23° / 16° · 36% rain
- Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:22
12h 53m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
8US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom
Crime
2 reported · July 2026
- Burglary1
- Criminal damage & arson1
Neighbourhood team: March · Cambridgeshire
Local policing priorities
- Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below priorities for your local neighbourhood policing team in the…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
40 food businesses within 2 miles
- 38 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Manea (9.0 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£344,211 average▲ 6.1% YoY
Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (2.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (2.5 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
3 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 7 kW
- Nearest: Askham Community Village (6.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches1
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²
- Under 16: 19%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 21%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the least deprived areas in England
Ranked 266 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Soham Village CollegeOutstanding
- Bottisham Village CollegeRequires improvement
- Vista Academy LittleportInadequate
- Ely College
- Witchford Village College
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Cambridgeshire
Care & health services
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
Planning decisions
136 applications decided
89% granted · 121 granted, 15 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Conservative majority
- Con 15
- LD 12
- Oth 1
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Parks & greens1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,520 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Health
Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men
53% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Cambridgeshire:
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office425 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership409 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases337 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test300 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Require NHS to offer routine third trimester pregnancy ultrasound scan288 local signatures · 10,387 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Cromwell Community College · 2.1 km
Cromwell Community College is a coeducational all-through school and sixth form located in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England.
Chatteris · 2.3 kmChatteris is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in the Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely. The town is in the North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary consti…
Chatteris Abbey · 2.4 kmChatteris Abbey in Chatteris in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire was founded as a monastery for Benedictine nuns in 1016 by Eadnoth, Bishop of Dorchester on Thames. Before 1310 much of the monastery was destroyed by fi…
- Chatteris Town F.C. · 2.9 km
Chatteris Town Football Club is a football club based in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England. They are currently members of the Cambridgeshire League Division One B and play at West Street.
- Chatteris railway station · 3.0 km
Chatteris railway station was a station in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, on the line between St Ives and March, which was built as a branch of the Great Eastern Railway in 1848 and was later incorporated into the Great N…
Forty Foot Drain · 3.8 kmThe Forty Foot or Forty Foot Drain is a name given to several of the principal channels in the drainage schemes of the Fens of Eastern England, the name being qualified when there is a need to distinguish between them…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wenny Severals?
- Wenny Severals is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the East Cambridgeshire local authority.
- How deprived is Wenny Severals?
- The East Cambridgeshire local authority, which includes Wenny Severals, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.