Hoddesdon

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 7° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:27

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

35US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

205 reported · August 2026▲ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences73
• Anti-social behaviour47
• Other theft33
• Public order10

4 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Hoddesdon · Hertfordshire

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

330 reported road collisions (2025)

105 killed or seriously injured · 464 casualties · 24.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

249 food businesses within 2 miles

• 207 rated 4–5 ★ (188 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rye House (1.5 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£530,653 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Epping Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,844 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,230
• 2 bed £1,584
• 3 bed £1,941

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

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

1,596 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Taverners Way North 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools21
• Sports pitches27
• Playgrounds7

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,097
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,993
• Net moves+1,104

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 205 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (Hoddesdon)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 71 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

322 applications decided

70.8% granted · 228 granted, 94 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lewis Cocking

Conservative

Broxbourne

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés58

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,300 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

125 jobs advertised · £39,967 avg

e.g. HGV Trailer Technician, Office Cleaners, Assistant Shift Manager nights

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Nuclear 23% · Biomass 12% · Gas 12%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in EN11

• The Limes Surgery
• Amwell Surgery
• Hailey View Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broxbourne:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND273 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules268 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth232 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK137 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately115 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Hoddesdon Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Hoddesdon Town Hall, also known as Hoddesdon Clock House, was a municipal building in the High Street in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England. Except for the clock tower, which survives, the building was demolished in 19…

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  Hoddesdon · 0.4 km

  Hoddesdon is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, lying entirely within the London Metropolitan Area and Greater London Urban Area. The area is on the River Lea and the Lee Navigation along with the New…

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  Rawdon House · 0.4 km

  Rawdon House is a former residence in the High Street of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England. It was built as a house in 1622 by Marmaduke Rawdon, and extended in 1879. The Jacobean and Victorian wings of the building a…

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  Hoddesdon Town F.C. · 0.5 km

  Hoddesdon Town Football Club is a football club based in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Lowfield. The club were the first wi…

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  River Lynch · 0.8 km

  The River Lynch, also known as the Lynch Brook, is a minor tributary of the River Lea in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England.

• Robert Barclay Academy · 0.9 km

  Robert Barclay Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Hoddesdon in the English county of Hertfordshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)