Layer Breton

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 18° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:18

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

5 reported · July 2026▲ 400% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft1
• Vehicle crime1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Colchester Rural South · Essex

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

322 reported road collisions (2024)

82 killed or seriously injured · 420 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Marks Tey (6.1 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£298,003 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Colchester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,196 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £819
• 2 bed £1,062
• 3 bed £1,299

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

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: The Bannatyne Spa (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

192,716 residents in Colchester · 587/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 181 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,283 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 86,510)

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

88 schools · 31,964 pupils

63 primary · 12 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 28 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Colchester

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
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

264 applications decided

87.9% granted · 232 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Priti Patel

Conservative

Witham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 9
• Con 18
• LD 12
• Grn 3
• Ref 5
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised · £41,600 avg

e.g. Spanish Teacher – Established Secondary School – Tiptree, Outreach Tutor, Year 1 Teacher | Happy School in Kelvedon, Essex | April 2024 Start

Source: Adzuna

£767 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,738 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 96,867 certificates

9.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Nuclear 34% · Gas 14% · Imports 7%

63 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• 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 Witham:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test471 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need458 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office432 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership424 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s335 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Layer Breton · 0.1 km

  Layer Breton is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 285. It is one of three neighbouring parishes called Layer, the others…

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  Birch, Essex · 1.7 km

  Birch is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Colchester and 17 miles (27 km) north-east of the county town of Chelm…

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  Layer Marney · 1.8 km

  Layer Marney is a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of Essex, England, near Tiptree. The parish includes the hamlet of Smythe's Green. Layer Marney has a Tudor palace called Layer Marney Tower and th…

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  Layer Marney Tower · 1.9 km

  Layer Marney Tower is an incomplete early Tudor country house, with gardens and parkland, dating from about 1523, in Layer Marney, Essex, England, between Colchester and Maldon. The building was designated Grade I lis…

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  Church of St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney · 1.9 km

  The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in the village of Layer Marney, in Essex, England, and in the Diocese of Chelmsford. The building dates from the early 16th century, and is Grade I listed.

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  Smythe's Green · 2.4 km

  Smythe's Green is a hamlet on the B1022 road, in the civil parish of Layer Marney, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. It is located in between the villages of Tiptree and Birch.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)