Great Leighs

9°CMist

• Today: 13° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:30

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

117US AQI · Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

17 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour6
• Vehicle crime3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson2

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: North Chelmsford · Essex

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

307 reported road collisions (2025)

86 killed or seriously injured · 378 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cressing (5.5 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£376,682 average▼ 2.4% YoY

Across Chelmsford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,439 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,059
• 2 bed £1,291
• 3 bed £1,543

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

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (11.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,400 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 petrol: 159.9p · Esso (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (8.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Gridserve Electric Forecourt - Braintree (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

181,523 residents in Chelmsford · 536/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,861
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,516
• Net moves+1,345

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 233 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,300 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 81,730)

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

87 schools · 31,575 pupils

55 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 27 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chelmsford

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
• 45 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

291 applications decided

83.8% granted · 244 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Conservative

North West Essex

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 18
• LD 30
• Ref 2
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£878 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,603 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,010 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 32% · Gas 32% · Nuclear 21% · Biomass 13%

142 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

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

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

9 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in CM3

• Beacon Health Group-Danbury Medical Ctr
• Little Waltham & Gt Notley Surgery
• The Laurels Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Essex:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth309 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND249 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills246 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks214 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK164 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Great Leighs · 0.3 km

  Great Leighs is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Leighs, in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England, halfway between Chelmsford itself and Braintree.

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  Great and Little Leighs · 0.3 km

  Great and Little Leighs is a civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The main village in the parish is Great Leighs. The parish also includes Little Leighs and a number of small hamlets in the surro…

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  Sandylay and Moat Woods · 0.4 km

  Sandylay and Moat Woods is a 7.5-hectare (19-acre) nature reserve east of Great Leighs in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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  Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve · 1.0 km

  Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve is an 8.9-hectare (22-acre) nature reserve north-west of Great Leighs in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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  Little Leighs · 1.2 km

  Little Leighs is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Leighs, in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. Little Leighs lies beside the River Ter, just south of the village of Great Leighs and west of t…

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  Chelmsford City Racecourse · 1.4 km

  Chelmsford City Racecourse, originally known as Great Leighs Racecourse, is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Great Leighs near Braintree, Essex, England. When it opened in April 2008, it was the first enti…

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