Great Yeldham

21°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 11° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:26

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

17 reported · July 2026▲ 89% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order2
• Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: Halstead North · Essex

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

235 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 294 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Castle Hedingham (2.3 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£330,637 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Braintree · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,217 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £853
• 2 bed £1,103
• 3 bed £1,359

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New community centre completed in Witham· 8 Sept 2026
• Man prosecuted for operating as a scrap metal dealer without a licence· 4 Sept 2026
• Leading refurbishment specialist installs new solar panels at Feering headquarters with rural grant support· 27 Aug 2026
• Residents thanked for their recycling efforts since new waste and recycling service was introduced· 11 Aug 2026
• Free family swimming session available throughout August at swimming pools in Braintree district· 6 Aug 2026

Source: Braintree Council

155,270 residents in Braintree · 254/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 203 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,280 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 71,120)

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

68 schools · 21,326 pupils

52 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 30 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

63inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Braintree

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

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

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

215 applications decided

85.6% granted · 184 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative

Braintree

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 25
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£826 median full-time weekly pay

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

£26,019 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,719 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Gas 24% · Wind 14% · Nuclear 14%

106 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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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  Yeldham railway station · 0.3 km

  Yeldham railway station was located in Great Yeldham, Essex, England. It was a stop on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway and was sited 62 miles 12 chains (100 km) from London Liverpool Street, via Marks Tey.

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  Great Yeldham · 0.4 km

  Great Yeldham is a village and civil parish in north Essex, England, about 6 miles (10 km) from the Suffolk border. It is situated along the main A1017 road between Braintree and Haverhill. At the 2021 census the pari…

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  Kirby Hall, Essex · 1.8 km

  Kirby Hall is a house in Castle Hedingham, Braintree, Essex.

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  Colne Valley Railway · 2.1 km

  The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham Station, near Halstead in Essex, England. The railway consists of a 1 mile (1.6 km) long running line, with a fully reconstructed station, signa…

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  Little Yeldham · 2.3 km

  Little Yeldham is a village and civil parish in north-west Essex, approximately one mile north east of Great Yeldham.At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 355.

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  Tilbury Juxta Clare · 2.3 km

  Tilbury Juxta Clare is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England, close to the northern boundary of the county with Suffolk. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the larger village of Great Ye…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)