Little Totham

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• Today: 13° / 9° · 55% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:26

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Maldon · Essex

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

87 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 122 casualties · 13.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kelvedon (7.8 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£393,909 average▲ 1.3% YoY

Across Maldon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,139 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £796
• 2 bed £1,033
• 3 bed £1,245

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

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

975 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 (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (8.5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Potters Lakes (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Major changes coming to Maldon District Council car parks this November· 2 Nov 2026
• Maldon District Council Achieves a Consistent Gold Standard· 29 Oct 2026
• Maldon community invited to Armistice Day service at Hythe Quay· 26 Oct 2026
• Just a few days left to have your say on the future of housing in Maldon District· 20 Oct 2026
• Council welcomes support for new neighbourhood health centre in Maldon· 16 Oct 2026

Source: Maldon Council

66,209 residents in Maldon · 185/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,584
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,094
• Net moves+1,490

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 171 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,328 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 30,520)

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

23 schools · 7,382 pupils

19 primary · 2 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 7 of 8 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Maldon

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

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

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

147 applications decided

74.8% granted · 110 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Priti Patel

Conservative

Witham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• LD 6
• Ref 2
• Oth 12

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

• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,765 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,757 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 29,311 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 11% · Biomass 10%

56 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in CM9

• Longfield Medical Centre
• The Tollesbury Practice
• Blackwater 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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  Little Totham · 0.2 km

  Little Totham is a village in the Maldon District of Essex, England. The parish extends from the extensive common and heath-land of Tiptree down to the River Blackwater. The village lies about 6 miles 10 km) from Mald…

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  The Swan, Little Totham · 0.4 km

  The Swan is a Grade II listed pub in Little Totham, Essex, England. The building has a whitewashed plaster exterior and a red tiled roof, with a large garden.

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  Tolleshunt Major · 1.1 km

  Tolleshunt Major is a village and civil parish in the Maldon District of Essex, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) north-east of the town of Maldon on the northern bank of the River Blackwater. At the 2021 census the par…

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  Tiptree Heath · 2.8 km

  Tiptree Heath is a 25 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Tiptree in Essex, England. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust together with the Friends of Tiptree Heath.

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  Great Totham · 2.8 km

  Great Totham is a village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex, England, and midway between Chelmsford and Colchester. The village includes the Island of Osea in the Blackwater estuary and is separated into two…

• Oxley Green · 3.0 km

  Oxley Green is a hamlet on the B1023 road, in between the villages of Tiptree and Tolleshunt D'Arcy, in the civil parish of Tolleshunt D'arcy, in the Maldon District of Essex, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)