Kelvedon and Feering

10°CLight drizzle

• Today: 12° / 9° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:26

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

24 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Other theft3
• Other crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Witham South · Essex

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

228 reported road collisions (2025)

77 killed or seriously injured · 283 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

46 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kelvedon (0.7 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£330,089 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Braintree · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,213 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £850
• 2 bed £1,099
• 3 bed £1,354

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,224 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: 168.9p · Asda (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (7.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: EG Riven Hall Starbucks (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Cost of living programme delivers more than £559,000 financial impact for residents· 29 Oct 2026
• Braintree District celebrates volunteer and sporting heroes· 22 Oct 2026
• Council appeals for information following fly-tipping incident· 21 Oct 2026
• Council vows to continue raising concerns following Secretary of State call-in decision on Rivenhall Incinerator applications· 20 Oct 2026
• Free parking weekends to boost our town centres this festive season· 19 Oct 2026

Source: Braintree Council

155,270 residents in Braintree · 254/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,408
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,406
• Net moves+2,002

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 164 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,280 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 71,120)

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

68 schools · 21,326 pupils

52 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 30 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Braintree

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 (Kelvedon)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 128 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

238 applications decided

81.9% granted · 195 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Priti Patel

Conservative

Witham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 30
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,625 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£826 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,019 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,719 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 27% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 9%

117 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

4 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in CO5

• Kelvedon & Feering Health Centre
• West Mersea Surgery
• Tiptree Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Witham:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth321 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND281 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK186 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills178 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately168 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Kelvedon · 0.2 km

  Kelvedon is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England. It lies 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Colchester, its post town, and 12 miles (19 km) north-east of the county town of Chelmsford. At…

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  St Mary the Virgin Church, Kelvedon · 0.4 km

  St Mary the Virgin Church is the Church of England parish church for Kelvedon in Essex. It stands at the south-west end of the village.

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  Brockwell Meadows · 0.5 km

  Brockwell Meadows is a 4.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Kelvedon in Essex. It is owned by Kelevdon Parish Council and managed by the Council together with a group of local residents called the Brockwell Group.

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  Kelvedon railway station · 0.7 km

  Kelvedon railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the villages of Kelvedon and Feering, Essex. It is also the closest station to the settlements of Coggeshall and Tiptre…

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  Domsey Brook · 0.8 km

  Domsey Brook is a stream in Essex, England, a tributary of the River Blackwater within the Blackwater Operational Catchment. The brook flows through rural areas of Essex near villages such as Feering, Easthorpe and Me…

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  Kelvedon Low Level railway station · 0.9 km

  Kelvedon Low Level railway station was the western terminus of the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway in Essex, England. It opened in 1904 and closed in 1951.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)