Ingrave and Herongate

19°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 17° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 18° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:20

12h 51m 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

4 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Brentwood South · Essex

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

99 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 132 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

50 food businesses within 2 miles

• 45 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: West Horndon (3.4 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£513,537 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Brentwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,618 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,106
• 2 bed £1,397
• 3 bed £1,714

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

12.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.9 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: The Halfway House Hub (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools16
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

77,046 residents in Brentwood · 503/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 287 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,258 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 35,360)

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

34 schools · 16,746 pupils

23 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

31inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brentwood

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
• 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

151 applications decided

79.5% granted · 120 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 11
• LD 16
• Ref 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,454 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 · 36,404 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 10% · Imports 4%

237 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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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  Herongate and Ingrave · 0.2 km

  Herongate and Ingrave is a civil parish in the Brentwood borough in Essex, England. The parish was formed on 1 April 2003 from part of the unparished area of Brentwood.

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  Ingrave · 0.5 km

  Ingrave is a village in the civil parish of Herongate and Ingrave, in the Brentwood district in Essex, England. It is situated on and around the A128 road, 2 miles (3 km) south-east of the centre of Brentwood. It now…

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  Herongate · 0.9 km

  Herongate is a village in the civil parish of Herongate and Ingrave, in the Brentwood district, in south Essex, England. The village is situated on the A128 road between Brentwood and West Horndon.

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  Thorndon Hall · 1.0 km

  Thorndon Hall is a Georgian Palladian country house within Thorndon Park, Ingrave, Essex, England, approximately two miles south of Brentwood and 25 miles (40 km) from central London.

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  Thorndon Park Chapel · 1.2 km

  Thorndon Park Chapel (The Petre Chapel) is a former Roman Catholic private chapel situated in Thorndon Park, near the grounds of Thorndon Hall near Ingrave, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List…

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  All Saints Church, East Horndon · 2.1 km

  All Saints' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of East Horndon, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the ca…

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