Hatfield Broad Oak

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:28

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▼ 57% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Uttlesford South · Essex

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

157 reported road collisions (2025)

62 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sawbridgeworth (5.9 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£468,166 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Uttlesford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,289 average monthly rent▲ 0.4% YoY

• 1 bed £905
• 2 bed £1,142
• 3 bed £1,442

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

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

1,300 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 (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Priors Green (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,298
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,498
• Net moves+1,800

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 269 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Uttlesford

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
• 65 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

279 applications decided

74.9% granted · 209 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Vince

Labour (Co-op)

Harlow

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 12
• LD 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 21

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 9%

106 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CM22

• The Eden Surgeries
• Mse Icb Adhd Elixir Medics

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harlow:

• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission626 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth309 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND178 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK134 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence112 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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  Hatfield Broad Oak · 0.3 km

  Hatfield Broad Oak is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Bishop's Stortford. Near the church of St Mary the Virgin is for…

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  Hatfield Regis Priory · 0.3 km

  Hatfield Broad Oak Priory, or Hatfield Regis Priory, is a former Benedictine priory in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Founded by 1139, it was dissolved in 1536 as part of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.

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  Barrington Hall, Essex · 1.2 km

  Barrington Hall is a Grade II* listed 18th-century English country house in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England.

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  Taverners Green · 2.3 km

  Taverners Green is a hamlet in the Hatfield Broad Oak civil parish of the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the villages of Takeley and Hatfield Broad Oak.

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  Hatfield Heath · 2.9 km

  Hatfield Heath is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It adjoins the border with Hertfordshire to the west. In close proximity are the towns of Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgewort…

• Ardley End · 3.0 km

  Ardley End is a hamlet in the Uttlesford area of Essex, England. It is approximately half a mile from the village of Hatfield Heath.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)