Hugh Town

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 10° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Light drizzle

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 16:57

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wexford Opera House, Ireland

• 4.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

15 reported · August 2026▲ 275% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Shoplifting2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Isles of Scilly · Devon And Cornwall

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

2 reported road collisions (2025)

0 killed or seriously injured · 2 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

85 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,055 residents in Isles of Scilly · 126/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK325
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK385
• Net moves−60

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 221 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,048 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band E (28% of 1,170)

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

1 schools · 243 pupils

1 other

Ofsted: 1 of 1 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Isles of Scilly

5 CQC-registered services

• Care homes2
• GP practices1
• Dentists1
• Homecare agencies2
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Isles of Scilly

• In a conservation area (Isles of Scilly)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 75 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

12 applications decided

100% granted · 12 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew George

Liberal Democrat

St Ives

Source: UK Parliament

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,127 disposable income per head (2024)

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

15% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: E · 1,323 certificates

17.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

375 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: -1 yrs women · -1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: -1 women · -1 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in TR21

• St Mary'S Health Centre
• St Marys Health Centre Ooh
• Isles Of Scilly Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Ives:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks508 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers463 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death272 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately230 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND196 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

• 
  Buzza Tower · 0.1 km

  Buzza Tower is a Grade II listed structure on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. Formerly a windmill, it was later converted to a camera obscura.

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  St Mary's Church, St Mary's · 0.1 km

  St Mary's Church, St Mary's is a parish church in the Church of England located in Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK. The Church was consecrated on 7 September 1838 and replaced the church at Old Town which wa…

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  St Mary's Methodist Church, Isles of Scilly · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Methodist Church, Hugh Town is a Methodist church in Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly. It is currently Grade II listed.

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  St Mary's Lifeboat Station · 0.3 km

  St Mary's Lifeboat Station sits overlooking Harbour Bay at Carn Thomas in Hugh Town, the primary settlement on St Mary's, the largest and most populous island of the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the south-west…

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  Five Islands Academy · 0.4 km

  Five Islands Academy, formerly Five Islands School, is the first federated school in the United Kingdom, providing primary and secondary education for children from 3 to 16 at five sites in the Isles of Scilly. As of…

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  Isles of Scilly Town Hall · 0.4 km

  The Isles of Scilly Town Hall is a municipal building in Hugh Town, on the Isles of Scilly, in England. The building, which serves as the offices of Council of the Isles of Scilly, is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)