Manuden

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 17° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:21

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

188 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 20.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

47 food businesses within 2 miles

• 44 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stansted Mountfitchet (2.9 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£482,652 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Uttlesford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,286 average monthly rent▲ 0.2% YoY

• 1 bed £903
• 2 bed £1,140
• 3 bed £1,439

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

11.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.7 times median annual pay (12.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (2.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Esso (2.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Crafton Green Car Park (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

91,341 residents in Uttlesford · 142/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 295 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 40,760)

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

44 schools · 13,200 pupils

37 primary · 3 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Uttlesford

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

• In a conservation area (Manuden)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 89 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

283 applications decided

75.3% granted · 213 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Conservative

North West Essex

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 12
• LD 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 21

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,494 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,772 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 15% · Biomass 7%

210 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Essex:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership423 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office417 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test399 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s387 local signatures · 217,501 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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  Manuden · 0.1 km

  Manuden is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is located around 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) north of Bishop's Stortford, its post town, which is in the neighbouring county of Hertfordsh…

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  Bentfield Green · 2.0 km

  Bentfield Green is an area of common land and settlement in the village of Stansted Mountfitchet, in the civil parish of Stansted Mountfitchet, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England.

• Bentfield Bury · 2.0 km

  Bentfield Bury is a small village in Essex, England. It is one of over 100 villages in the district of Uttlesford and is within Stansted Mountfitchet parish. Nearby towns include Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford.

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  Stansted F.C. · 2.3 km

  Stansted Football Club is an English football club based in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. The club are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Hargrave Park.

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  Farnham, Essex · 2.4 km

  Farnham is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) north of Bishop's Stortford, its post town, which is over the county boundary in Hertfordshire. The parish has…

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  Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill · 2.7 km

  Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England which is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It has been restored and can turn by wind.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)