Broadley Common

12°CClear

• Today: 20° / 11° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:28

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: carbon monoxide

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

62 reported · July 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Other theft4

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)

127 food businesses within 2 miles

• 106 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Roydon (3.6 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, 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 (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (4.8 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Truck-Lite LTD (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds4

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

• In a conservation area (Nazeing and South Roydon)
• Within the Green Belt
• 37 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

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Epping Forest:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office370 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test370 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 341 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s287 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Nazeing · 1.0 km

  Nazeing is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district, in Essex, England. As well as the small village of Nazeing itself the parish also includes surrounding rural areas and the larger village of Lower N…

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  Nazeing Triangle · 1.1 km

  Nazeing Triangle is a 0.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Nazeing, between Harlow and Cheshunt in Essex. It is owned by Nazeing Parish Council and managed by the council together with Epping Forest District Council.

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  Jacks Hatch · 1.3 km

  Jacks Hatch, is a hamlet in the Epping Upland civil parish of the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.

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  Roydon Hamlet · 1.4 km

  Roydon Hamlet is a hamlet in the Epping Forest district in the English county of Essex. Nearby settlements include the large town of Harlow and the village of Roydon, some three miles away.

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  Harlow Woods · 1.9 km

  Harlow Woods is a 47.1-hectare (116-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Harlow in Essex. It is composed of three woods, Hospital Wood Risden's Wood and Parndon Wood. They are owned and maintained b…

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  Great Parndon · 1.9 km

  Great Parndon is an area of Harlow in Essex, England. Until the mid-20th century, Great Parndon was a rural parish comprising a number of scattered hamlets. In 1947, the parish was included in the designated area for…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)