Abridge

19°CSunny

• Today: 22° / 14° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:25

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5

5 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Epping and Ongar · Essex

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

302 reported road collisions (2024)

76 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 22.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

99 food businesses within 2 miles

• 89 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Debden (2.6 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£536,765 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Epping Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,843 average monthly rent▲ 5.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,229
• 2 bed £1,583
• 3 bed £1,939

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

12.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.4 times median annual pay (13.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt Burton Road Car Park (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,979 residents in Epping Forest · 398/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 200 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,277 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 58,610)

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

54 schools · 19,253 pupils

35 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Epping Forest

1,571 CQC-registered services

• Care homes407
• GP practices230
• Dentists309
• Homecare agencies475
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex

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

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

277 applications decided

70.4% granted · 195 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 19
• LD 6
• Ref 12
• Oth 16

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

26 jobs advertised

e.g. Online French Tutoring Job in Abridge – Flexible Schedule, Become a Chemistry Tutor in Abridge – Flexible & Remote, Become a Primary school Tutor in Abridge – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£883 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,421 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,461 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Solar 26% · Nuclear 24% · Gas 22% · Wind 17%

100 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in RM4

• Abridge Surgery
• Saint Francis Hospice Sccs
• Saint Francis Hospice Sccs

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test519 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office497 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 405 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need405 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Abridge · 0.1 km

  Abridge is a village in Essex, England. It is on the River Roding, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Epping Forest and in the parliamentary constituency of…

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  Lambourne · 1.5 km

  Lambourne is a civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Epping and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Romford. The small settlement of Lambourne itse…

• Brookhouse Brook · 1.5 km

  Brookhouse Brook is a 6.23 km (3.87 mi) long stream (brook) in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England, that is a tributary to the River Roding.

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  Loughton incinerator thefts · 2.0 km

  The Loughton incinerator thefts occurred between 1988 and 1992 at the Bank of England's incinerator plant at Debden in Loughton, Essex – four employees of the plant stole more than £600,000 in a series of regular thef…

• Epping Forest Country Club · 2.1 km

  The Epping Forest Country Club was a group of three night clubs on the Essex/London border, just outside Chigwell, Essex. The various night clubs were well known throughout South East of England and attracted many bi…

• Debden Park High School · 2.1 km

  Debden Park High School is a mixed academy school situated in Loughton. The current headteacher is Helen Gascoyne, and the previous one, being Cristian Cavanagh, was appointed in April 2007, succeeding Michael Moore.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)