Dedham

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:17

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

17 reported · July 2026▲ 143% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour10
• Shoplifting2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Burglary1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Colchester Rural North · Essex

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

322 reported road collisions (2024)

82 killed or seriously injured · 420 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Manningtree (3.7 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£298,003 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Colchester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,196 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £819
• 2 bed £1,062
• 3 bed £1,299

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

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: MILSOMHOTELS STATION M (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

192,716 residents in Colchester · 587/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 181 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,283 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 86,510)

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

88 schools · 31,964 pupils

63 primary · 12 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 28 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Colchester

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 (DEDHAM)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 146 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

264 applications decided

87.9% granted · 232 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Bernard Jenkin

Conservative

Harwich and North Essex

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 9
• Con 18
• LD 12
• Grn 3
• Ref 5
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £31,000 avg

e.g. Workshop Manager | Production Manager | Colchester, Become a Arabic Tutor in Dedham – Flexible & Remote, Online Arabic Tutoring Job in Dedham – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£767 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,738 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 96,867 certificates

9.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Nuclear 36% · Gas 16% · Imports 8%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

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

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  Dedham, Essex · 0.0 km

  Dedham is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is near the River Stour, which is the border of Essex and Suffolk. The nearest town to Dedham is the small market town of M…

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  Castle House, Dedham · 1.0 km

  Castle House in Dedham, Essex, England, was the home of Sir Alfred Munnings from 1919 till his death in 1959. Architecturally the building contains a mixture of Tudor and Georgian elements.

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  Maison Talbooth, Dedham · 1.3 km

  Maison Talbooth, Dedham in Essex is a building of historical significance. The construction was started in 1846 and completed by 1850. The architect was John Brown from Norwich who has been described as the most succe…

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  Bridge Cottage · 1.7 km

  Bridge Cottage is a 16th-century thatched cottage in Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. It has been a National Trust property since 1943 and a Grade II* listed building since 1955. The National Trust market th…

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  Flatford · 1.7 km

  Flatford is a small hamlet in the civil parish of East Bergholt, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is most famous for Flatford Mill, Willy Lott's Cottage and Bridge Cottage, immortalised i…

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  Dedham Heath · 1.8 km

  Dedham Heath, known locally as The Heath, is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dedham, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. In 2021 it had a population of 601.

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