Harwich

18°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 14° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:19

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

132 reported · July 2026▲ 38% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences55
• Shoplifting22
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Criminal damage & arson9

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Harwich and Manningtree · 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)

127 food businesses within 2 miles

• 101 rated 4–5 ★ (83 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harwich Town (0.3 km)
• 16 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: 162.9p · Morrisons (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (3.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: TDC Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds5

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 166 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

Sir Bernard Jenkin

Conservative

Harwich and North Essex

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)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,505 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

92 jobs advertised · £30,561 avg

e.g. Agency Healthcare Assistant, Online Social sciences Tutoring Job in Great Oakley – Flexible Schedule, Lighthouse Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Solar 19% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 15%

65 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 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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  Harwich Town railway station · 0.3 km

  Harwich Town railway station is the eastern terminus of the Mayflower Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the port town of Harwich, Essex. It is 70 miles 61 chains (113.88 km…

• Harwich Mayflower Heritage Centre · 0.3 km

  The Harwich Mayflower Heritage Centre is a museum and charitable community project whose main goal is to establish a "legacy for Essex", both through constructing a full-scale replica of the famous Mayflower ship whic…

• Bath Side Battery · 0.3 km

  Bath Side Battery was built in 1811 to cover the anchorage of the port of Harwich, Essex, England, as part of the same complex as the Redoubt, armed with 3 × 24-pdr (11 kg) cannon. The battery was allowed to decay, a…

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  Harwich Redoubt · 0.3 km

  Harwich Redoubt is a circular fort built in 1808 to defend the port of Harwich, Essex from Napoleonic invasion. The Harwich Society opens it to the public.

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  Harwich · 0.4 km

  Harwich is a port town and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, C…

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  Dovercourt railway station · 0.4 km

  Dovercourt railway station is on the Mayflower Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the seaside town of Dovercourt, Essex. It is 70 miles (112.65 km) from London Liverpool Str…

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