Hartford

21°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 21° / 13° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:33

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

32 reported · July 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Public order7
• Other theft4
• Anti-social behaviour3

Neighbourhood team: Hartford and Greenbank · Cheshire

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

512 reported road collisions (2024)

128 killed or seriously injured · 628 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

212 food businesses within 2 miles

• 171 rated 4–5 ★ (140 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hartford (0.4 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£269,039 average▲ 6.9% YoY

Across Cheshire West and Chester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£986 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £721
• 2 bed £909
• 3 bed £1,115

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (3.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Regency Way (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches44
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

357,150 residents in Cheshire West and Chester · 388/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 183 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 166,820)

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

180 schools · 54,323 pupils

126 primary · 20 secondary · 34 other

Ofsted: 67 of 75 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

158inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire West and Chester

357 CQC-registered services

• Care homes85
• GP practices72
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies78
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire West and Chester

• Not in the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

409 applications decided

88.5% granted · 362 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andrew Cooper

Labour

Mid Cheshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 35
• Con 20
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools11
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Hartford – Flexible Schedule, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Become a Spanish Tutor in Hartford – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£798 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,803 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 168,339 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Nuclear 22% · Solar 17% · Wind 3%

212 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 61.6 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Cheshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office395 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s345 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test297 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth284 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Hartford, Cheshire · 0.1 km

  Hartford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the Cheshire Plain, to the south-west of the town of Northwich, a…

• The Grange School, Northwich · 0.1 km

  The Grange School is an academically selective private day school near Northwich, Cheshire, England, a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

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  Hartford railway station · 0.4 km

  Hartford railway station serves the village of Hartford, in Cheshire, England; the centre of the village is 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the east, about 10–15 minutes walk away. It is situated on the A559 road, approximately…

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  St John's Church, Hartford · 0.5 km

  St John the Baptist Church is in the village of Hartford, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is the Anglican parish church…

• Mid Cheshire College · 1.0 km

  Mid Cheshire College was a further education college based in Hartford and Winsford, Cheshire. The college merged with Warrington Collegiate in 2017 to form Warrington and Vale Royal College. It had approximately 9,00…

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  Hartford Church of England High School · 1.1 km

  Hartford Church of England High School is a voluntary aided Church of England secondary school on Neot Road in Hartford, Cheshire. It has been rated as 'Good' by Ofsted.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)