Paslow Wood Common

8°CMist

• Today: 13° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:31

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

112US AQI · Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

8 reported · August 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Epping and Ongar · Essex

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

143 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 180 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ongar (3.9 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£522,672 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Brentwood · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,620 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,107
• 2 bed £1,399
• 3 bed £1,716

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

12.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.9 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,163 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: 159.9p · Esso (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Esso (12 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt Chipping Ongar (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

77,046 residents in Brentwood · 503/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,374
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,164
• Net moves+1,210

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 262 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,258 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 35,360)

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

34 schools · 16,746 pupils

23 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brentwood

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

145 applications decided

84.8% granted · 123 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 11
• LD 16
• Ref 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,454 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 36,404 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Nuclear 23% · Biomass 15% · Wind 9%

215 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

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

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CM4

• Stock Surgery
• The New Folly Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth256 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND170 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately144 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Nine Ashes · 1.0 km

  Nine Ashes is a hamlet in the civil parish of High Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The hamlet, a linear development along Nine Ashes Road, is less than 1 mile south from the Harlow to Chelmsfor…

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  King Street, Essex · 1.4 km

  King Street is a hamlet in the High Ongar civil parish of the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The hamlet, a linear development along King Street road, is 300 yards (274 m) south of the A414 Harlow-Chelmsford…

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  Stondon Massey · 1.5 km

  Stondon Massey is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. The village is to the north of Brentwood, between Blackmore and Doddinghurst. At the 2021 census the parish had a population…

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  St Laurence's Church, Blackmore · 1.6 km

  St Laurence's Church is an Anglican church, in the village of Blackmore, Essex, England. It is a former priory church, and is noted for its wooden bell tower. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Blackmore Priory · 1.6 km

  Blackmore Priory was a priory in Essex, England. It was established as an Augustinian Priory with a Prior and twelve Canons, who were not monks but ordained priests. They would be expected to work in the parish as wel…

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  Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green · 1.8 km

  Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green is a civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. The parish includes the village of Blackmore and the settlements of Hook End and Wyatts Green; the latter two are n…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)