Causeway End

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:23

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson2

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Dunmow and Felsted · Essex

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

157 reported road collisions (2025)

62 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£468,166 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Uttlesford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,289 average monthly rent▲ 0.4% YoY

• 1 bed £905
• 2 bed £1,142
• 3 bed £1,442

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

11.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.7 times median annual pay (12.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,300 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: JLR-Taylor's Service Centres (4.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

91,341 residents in Uttlesford · 142/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,298
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,498
• Net moves+1,800

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 269 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 40,760)

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

44 schools · 13,200 pupils

37 primary · 3 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Uttlesford

1,574 CQC-registered services

• Care homes408
• GP practices229
• Dentists312
• Homecare agencies474
• Hospitals & hospices40

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex

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

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

279 applications decided

74.9% granted · 209 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative

Braintree

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 12
• LD 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 21

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,494 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,772 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Gas 26% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 10%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in CM6

• Angel Lane Surgery
• John Tasker House Surgery
• Thaxted Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Braintree:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth295 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK232 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND215 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills160 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases158 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Bannister Green · 0.7 km

  Bannister Green is a village near Felsted, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. It was the site of Bannister Green Halt railway station on the Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch Line, prior to…

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  Felsted · 0.9 km

  Felsted is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. As well as the village itself, the parish also includes the hamlets of Bannister Green, Bartholomew Green, Causeway End, Coblers Gree…

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  Felsted School · 1.2 km

  Felsted School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school, situated in Felsted in Essex, England. It is in the British public school tradition, and was founded in 1564 by Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich. Fel…

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  North End, Essex · 2.0 km

  North End is a hamlet at the northern end of the parish of Great Waltham in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England.

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  Hartford End · 2.0 km

  Hartford End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Felsted and the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The hamlet is on the B1417 road approximately 2 miles (3 km) from the village of Felsted.

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  Leez Priory · 2.1 km

  Leez Priory is a 16th-century mansion in Little Leighs, a small parish in the district of Chelmsford in the county of Essex, England. The civil parish boundary between Felsted and Great and Little Leighs crosses the p…

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