Great Bentley

15°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 14° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:19

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

6 reported · July 2026▼ 54% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Burglary1
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Brightlingsea and St Osyth · Essex

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

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)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

3 active warnings & alerts

• Flood alert: The tidal Deben estuary
• Flood alert: The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries
• Flood alert: The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Great Bentley (0.4 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£261,717 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Tendring · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (1.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (1.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Sibbons (Alresford) LTD-Keelars Tye (6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

148,291 residents in Tendring · 441/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tendring

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 (Great Bentley)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

199 applications decided

83.9% granted · 167 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Nigel Farage

Reform UK

Clacton

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 13
• LD 4
• Ref 7
• Oth 17

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,505 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £32,707 avg

e.g. General Manager, Support Worker, Team Leader

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Nuclear 27% · Wind 19% · Biomass 13%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clacton:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office513 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test347 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases338 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership327 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance230 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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