Felsted

15°CClear

• Today: 24° / 13° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:22

12h 56m 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 · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

28 reported · July 2026▲ 155% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour11
• Violence & sexual offences9
• Shoplifting2
• Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: Dunmow and Felsted · Essex

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

188 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 20.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£482,652 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Uttlesford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,286 average monthly rent▲ 0.2% YoY

• 1 bed £903
• 2 bed £1,140
• 3 bed £1,439

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

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

• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: JLR-Taylor's Service Centres (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches42
• Playgrounds5

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 295 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Uttlesford

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 (Felsted)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 92 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

283 applications decided

75.3% granted · 213 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised · £27,996 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Become a Spanish Tutor in Felsted – Flexible & Remote, School Crossing Patrol Officer - Felsted Primary School

Source: Adzuna

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

64% low-carbon electricity

Gas 31% · Nuclear 30% · Biomass 21% · Wind 14%

148 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.9 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Braintree:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office462 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership441 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test428 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s329 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth295 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Felsted School · 0.1 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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  Felsted · 0.2 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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  Bannister Green · 1.3 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…

• Flitch Green · 1.4 km

  Flitch Green is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is a new village, having been built since 2001 on the site of an old sugar beet factory. Flitch Green is near the A120 dual c…

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  Felsted railway station · 1.6 km

  Felsted railway station was located in Essex between Felsted and Little Dunmow. The station was 11 miles 61 chains (18.93 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line. The station clo…

• Bannister Green Halt railway station · 1.7 km

  Bannister Green Halt railway station was a station in Bannister Green, Essex, England. The station was 13 miles 37 chains (21.67 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line. The stat…

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