Nounsley

22°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:19

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

19 reported · July 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Drugs1

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Witham South · Essex

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

235 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 294 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

38 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 rated 4–5 ★ (30 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hatfield Peverel (2.0 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£330,637 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Braintree · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,217 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £853
• 2 bed £1,103
• 3 bed £1,359

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Witham Leisure Centre (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Braintree District Council supports Recycle Week 2026 and calls residents to rescue their recyclables· 11 Sept 2026
• Braintree District Council Leader Cllr Tom Cunningham’s open letter to Essex County Council Leader Cllr Peter Harris on Operation Vanguard and Wethersfield Asylum Accommodation Centre· 11 Sept 2026
• Braintree Town Hall to host inspiring wedding fayre this September· 11 Sept 2026
• New community centre completed in Witham· 8 Sept 2026
• Man prosecuted for operating as a scrap metal dealer without a licence· 4 Sept 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 203 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Braintree

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
• 40 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

215 applications decided

85.6% granted · 184 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Priti Patel

Conservative

Witham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 25
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£826 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 20% · Wind 9%

160 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.5 yrs 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

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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  Nounsley · 0.0 km

  Nounsley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hatfield Peverel, in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It is connected to the village of Hatfield Peverel by a hill and footpaths. In 2018 it had an e…

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  Hatfield Peverel Priory · 0.6 km

  Hatfield Peverel Priory was a Benedictine priory in Essex, England, founded as a secular college before 1087 and converted into priory as a cell of St Albans by William Peverel ante 1100. It is in the English Heritage…

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  Hatfield Peverel · 1.1 km

  Hatfield Peverel is a village and civil parish at the centre of Essex, England. It is located 6 miles (10 km) north-east from Chelmsford, the nearest large city, to which it is connected by road and rail. The parish i…

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  Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation · 1.4 km

  The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation is the canalisation of the Rivers Chelmer and Blackwater in Essex, in the east of England. The navigation runs for 13.75 miles (22.13 km) from Springfield Basin in Chelmsford to t…

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  Ulting · 1.6 km

  Ulting is a small village and civil parish in the Maldon district, in the county of Essex, England. It shares its borders with Langford and Nounsley. It is the location of Ulting Wick garden. At the 2021 census the pa…

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  River Ter · 1.7 km

  The River Ter is a river in Essex, England. The river rises in Stebbing Green and flowing via Terling it joins the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at TL794089 near Rushes Lock. A small part of it, the River Ter SSSI…

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