High Beech

18°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 17° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:21

12h 52m 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 · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Drugs2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Waltham Abbey · Essex

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

302 reported road collisions (2024)

76 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 22.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

157 food businesses within 2 miles

• 137 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Loughton (2.9 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£536,765 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Epping Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,843 average monthly rent▲ 5.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,229
• 2 bed £1,583
• 3 bed £1,939

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

12.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.4 times median annual pay (13.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

149 charging locations within ~8 km

• 35 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Loughton (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,979 residents in Epping Forest · 398/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 200 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,277 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 58,610)

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

54 schools · 19,253 pupils

35 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Epping Forest

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
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

277 applications decided

70.4% granted · 195 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Neil Hudson

Conservative

Epping Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 19
• LD 6
• Ref 12
• Oth 16

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

91 jobs advertised · £37,779 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician - Harlow, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£883 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,421 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,461 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Imports 36% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 14%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• 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 Epping Forest:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office370 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test370 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 341 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s287 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  High Beach · 0.2 km

  High Beach is a village inside Epping Forest in south-west Essex, England. Part of the civil parish of Waltham Abbey, the village is within the Epping Forest District and the ward of Waltham Abbey High Beach, and lies…

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  Holy Innocents Church, High Beach · 0.2 km

  The Holy Innocents Church is a Grade II listed Anglican parish church located in the village of High Beach, Essex, England.

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  Turpin's Cave · 0.3 km

  Turpin's Cave is an area of Epping Forest in Essex which has been attributed as a hiding place of the highwayman Dick Turpin.

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  Loughton Camp · 1.2 km

  Loughton Camp is an Iron Age Hill fort in Epping Forest, one mile northwest of the town of Loughton. It lies "about two miles south-west" of Ambresbury Banks. and south-west of the town of Epping, Essex.

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  Epping Forest · 1.2 km

  Epping Forest is a 2,400-hectare (5,900-acre) area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in…

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  Great Monk Wood · 1.4 km

  Great Monk Wood is a wood within Epping Forest, in Essex, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)