West Wickham

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 15° / 7° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:32

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

112US AQI · Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

269 reported road collisions (2025)

94 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£441,410 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across South Cambridgeshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,408 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,010
• 2 bed £1,281
• 3 bed £1,530

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

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

2,025 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

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Corn Exchange, Withersfield Road, Haverhill (6.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,882
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,150
• Net moves+1,732

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 281 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

76 inspected 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 homes139
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies139
• Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

• In a conservation area (West Wickham - St Marys)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

351 applications decided

94.3% granted · 331 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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 & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

92 jobs advertised · £30,962 avg

e.g. Field Care Supervisor, SEMH TA (Music), Music TA / Technician

Source: Adzuna

£910 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Nuclear 22% · Biomass 7% · Imports 7%

278 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Cambridgeshire): 61.5 women · 62.3 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in CB21

• Gpsi Dermatology Service Cambridge
• Community Ophthalmology Clinic Cambridge

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cambridgeshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks442 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills227 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND170 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth127 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately124 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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