Bromley Cross
Bromley Cross is a village in Essex, England, with a population of around 1,100. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 1 bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Manningtree, 5.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bromley Cross area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Tendring area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 148,291 residents at roughly 441 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 215th of 294 English council areas — better than 27% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
18°COvercast
- Today: 24° / 14° · 21% rain
- Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:20
12h 56m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
17US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Crime
Road safety
199 reported road collisions (2024)
54 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
21 food businesses within 2 miles
- 19 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Manningtree (5.5 km)
- 1 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Manningtree (5.5 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£261,717 average▲ 2.6% YoY
Across Tendring · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,051 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY
- 1 bed £757
- 2 bed £972
- 3 bed £1,182
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
8.0× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (6.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (6.5 km)
7 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
40 charging locations within ~8 km
- 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 300 kW
- Nearest: Haddocks Colchester-Hyundai (3.6 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools2
- Sports pitches3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
148,291 residents in Tendring · 441/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 55%
- 65+: 30%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the most deprived areas in England
Ranked 32 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,270 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (29% of 75,690)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
51 schools · 19,335 pupils
39 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other
Ofsted: 24 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)
47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Colne Community SchoolGood
- Harwich and Dovercourt High SchoolGood
- Lift ClactonGood
- Lift TendringGood
- Clacton County High School
- Manningtree High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tendring
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
199 applications decided
83.9% granted · 167 granted, 32 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition
- Lab 7
- Con 13
- LD 4
- Ref 7
- Oth 17
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Parks & greens1
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
5,505 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
47 jobs advertised · £37,838 avg
e.g. EXPERIENCED CROUPIER £27.311 TIPS* (SEE BELOW) BONUS BENEFITS, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Bromley Cross – Flexible Schedule, Maintenance Engineer (Electrical)
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£734 median full-time weekly pay
4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£24,182 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
36% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 77,907 certificates
12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men
71% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.3
- Feeling worthwhile7.5
- Happiness yesterday7.1
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harwich and North Essex:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership387 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office374 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test356 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership323 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s256 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Ardleigh Gravel Pit · 1.4 km
Ardleigh Gravel Pit is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ardleigh in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
Harwich and North Essex · 1.9 kmHarwich and North Essex is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Bernard Jenkin of the Conservative Party since its creation in 2010. Jenkin had previously been MP for the predeces…
Great Bromley · 2.0 kmGreat Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Manningtree and 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Colchester and includes the hamlets of Balls Gre…
Ardleigh railway station · 2.1 kmArdleigh railway station served the village of Ardleigh in Essex, England. The station was situated on the Great Eastern Main Line.
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Bromley · 2.5 kmSt Mary the Virgin's Church is a former Anglican church near the village of Little Bromley, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is un…
Ardleigh · 2.6 kmArdleigh is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) northeast from the centre of Colchester and 26 miles (42 km) northeast from the county tow…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bromley Cross?
- Bromley Cross is a town in Essex, England, in the Tendring local authority.
- How deprived is Bromley Cross?
- The Tendring local authority, which includes Bromley Cross, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.