Hullbridge

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

37 reported · July 2026▲ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Other theft5
• Vehicle crime5
• Anti-social behaviour4

Neighbourhood team: Hockley and Hullbridge · Essex

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

88 reported road collisions (2024)

30 killed or seriously injured · 108 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 122 rated 4–5 ★ (107 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: South Woodham Ferrers (3.0 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£415,574 average▲ 6.2% YoY

Across Rochford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,298 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,167
• 3 bed £1,425

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

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (13.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: ASDA (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

85,661 residents in Rochford · 513/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 286 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 38,350)

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

28 schools · 12,854 pupils

22 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

27inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochford

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

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

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

106 applications decided

85.8% granted · 91 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Mark Francois

Conservative

Rayleigh and Wickford

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 8
• LD 6
• Ref 12
• Oth 13

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Biology Tutor in Hullbridge – Flexible & Remote, Become a Maths Tutor in Hullbridge – Flexible & Remote, One Stop - Customer Service Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£865 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,085 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 33,909 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 58% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 13% · Biomass 9%

61 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rayleigh and Wickford:

• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses1,938 local signatures · 7,452 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test623 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office485 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership346 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth308 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Hullbridge · 0.5 km

  Hullbridge is a village and civil parish in the Rochford district of Essex, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Hockley, its post town. The northern boundary of the parish is the River Crouch. At the 2021 ce…

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  Kendal Park · 0.7 km

  Kendal Park or Hullbridge Foreshore is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Hullbridge in Essex. It is owned by Rochford District Council and managed by Hullbridge Parish Council.

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  Hullbridge Sports F.C. · 0.8 km

  Hullbridge Sports Football Club is a football club based in Hullbridge, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at Lower Road.

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  Fenn Washland · 1.7 km

  Fenn Washland is a 4.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in South Woodham Ferrers in Essex, England. It is owned by Essex County Council and managed by the council as a part of the nearby Marsh Farm Country Park.

• Brandy Hole · 2.4 km

  Brandy Hole is the name of a large area of saltmarsh and saltings on the River Crouch in Rochford District in the County of Essex, England. It is located on the south bank of the River Crouch between Brandy Hole and…

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  Rayleigh and Wickford · 2.5 km

  Rayleigh and Wickford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Mark Francois, a Conservative. Francois had previously been MP for the predecessor constituen…

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