Havering's Grove

24°CCloudy

• Today: 24° / 15° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:22

12h 55m 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 · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Hutton and Shenfield · Essex

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

273 reported road collisions (2024)

73 killed or seriously injured · 344 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

199 food businesses within 2 miles

• 156 rated 4–5 ★ (134 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Billericay (2.4 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,294 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,421 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £981
• 2 bed £1,266
• 3 bed £1,504

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

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Ground Control LTD (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,571 residents in Basildon · 1,705/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 80,090)

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

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 20 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

191 applications decided

92.7% granted · 177 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£806 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,031 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 · 78,520 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Solar 29% · Nuclear 16% · Gas 6%

26 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• 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 Brentwood and Ongar:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test519 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office497 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 405 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need405 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Havering's Grove · 0.4 km

  Havering’s Grove is a village in Essex, England, which developed in the 20th century. Most of the village lies in the Borough of Brentwood, with part in the Borough of Basildon. It lies along the A129 Shenfield to Had…

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  Toby Howe Cricket Ground · 1.1 km

  Toby Howe Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Billericay, Essex. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1999, when Billericay Cricket Club played Wanstead Cricket Club in the 1999 Essex Premier League.

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  Hutton F.C. · 1.4 km

  Hutton Football Club is a football club based in Hutton, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at New Lodge, Billericay, groundsharing with Billericay Town.

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  Billericay Town F.C. · 1.4 km

  Billericay Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play at New…

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  Hutton, Essex · 1.9 km

  Hutton is a suburb of Brentwood, in Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of the town centre, on the eastern edge of the built up area. The area is split between modest housing estates and the largely affluent H…

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  Hutton Country Park · 2.0 km

  Hutton Country Park is a 37.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Brentwood in Essex. It is owned and managed by Brentwood Borough Council.

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