Ramsden Bellhouse

18°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 18° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:19

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

13 reported · July 2026▲ 160% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Public order2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Billericay · Essex

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

273 reported road collisions (2024)

73 killed or seriously injured · 344 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

131 food businesses within 2 miles

• 114 rated 4–5 ★ (100 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wickford (2.8 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,294 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,421 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £981
• 2 bed £1,266
• 3 bed £1,504

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

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Wickford Railway Station (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,571 residents in Basildon · 1,705/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 80,090)

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

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 20 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

191 applications decided

92.7% granted · 177 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £35,418 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,031 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 · 78,520 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• 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 Basildon and Billericay:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test469 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses468 local signatures · 7,452 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office446 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need399 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Ramsden Bellhouse · 0.0 km

  Ramsden Bellhouse is a village and civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of Billericay, its post town, and 2 miles (3 km) west of the centre of Wickford. At the 2021 censu…

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  Ramsden Heath · 1.7 km

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  Crowsheath Wood · 2.1 km

  Crowsheath Wood is an 8.1-hectare (20-acre) nature reserve in Downham, between Billericay and South Woodham Ferrers in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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  Crays Hill · 2.5 km

  Crays Hill is a village in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. The River Crouch passes under Church Lane.

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  Wickford railway station · 2.7 km

  Wickford railway station is a junction stop on the Shenfield to Southend Line and also the western terminus of the Crouch Valley Line in the east of England, serving the town of Wickford in the Basildon district of Es…

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