Horndon on the Hill

24°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 15° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 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

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▼ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Vehicle crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Corringham, Orsett and Stanford-le-Hope · Essex

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

218 reported road collisions (2024)

42 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 12.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

100 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stanford-le-Hope (1.9 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£327,176 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across Thurrock · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,375 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £937
• 2 bed £1,210
• 3 bed £1,468

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

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (9.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Orsett Hall Hotel, Restaurant & Spa (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

176,001 residents in Thurrock · 1,074/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 116 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (39% of 70,290)

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

58 schools · 31,239 pupils

39 primary · 13 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 19 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

56inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Thurrock

182 CQC-registered services

• Care homes26
• GP practices30
• Dentists29
• Homecare agencies82
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Thurrock

• Not in the Green Belt
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

142 applications decided

80.3% granted · 114 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

James McMurdock

Independent

South Basildon and East Thurrock

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 2
• Ref 43

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised · £162,500 avg

e.g. Online Music Tutor - Part Time, Online Yoga Tutor - Part Time, Online French Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£853 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,662 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 73,858 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 16% · Gas 7%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 79.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 58.9 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Basildon and East Thurrock:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test454 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office405 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership289 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance256 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s253 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Horndon-on-the-Hill · 0.1 km

  Horndon-on-the-Hill is a village in the borough of Thurrock, in Essex, England. It is located close to the A13, around 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Stanford-le-Hope, its post town, and around 2 miles (3 km) north-eas…

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  Basildon (constituency) · 0.5 km

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  Horndon Meadow · 1.8 km

  Horndon Meadow is a 0.8-hectare (2.0-acre) nature reserve north of Stanford-le-Hope in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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  Stanford-le-Hope railway station · 1.9 km

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  Stanford-le-Hope · 2.0 km

  Stanford-le-Hope is a town in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. Often known locally simply as Stanford, the town is located 24 miles (39 km) east of Charing Cross in central London. At the 2021 census the Sta…

• St Clere's School · 2.0 km

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