Spellbrook

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:28

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, 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

14 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Other theft2
• Possession of weapons1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Uttlesford South · Essex

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

157 reported road collisions (2025)

62 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

119 food businesses within 2 miles

• 100 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sawbridgeworth (2.5 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£468,166 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Uttlesford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,289 average monthly rent▲ 0.4% YoY

• 1 bed £905
• 2 bed £1,142
• 3 bed £1,442

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

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

1,300 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 (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Greater Anglia Trains 1 (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools23
• Sports pitches21

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,298
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,498
• Net moves+1,800

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 269 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Uttlesford

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
• 64 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

279 applications decided

74.9% granted · 209 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Vince

Labour (Co-op)

Harlow

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 12
• LD 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 21

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

8 jobs advertised · £27,063 avg

e.g. Nursery Room Manager, Educator - Lunch Cover, Flexi Educator

Source: Adzuna

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Gas 31% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 8%

130 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CM22

• The Eden Surgeries
• Mse Icb Adhd Elixir Medics

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harlow:

• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission626 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth309 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND178 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK134 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence112 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

• Spelbrook railway station · 0.3 km

  Spelbrook railway station, also known as Spellbrook railway station, Spelbroke railway station and Spillbrook railway station served the hamlet of Spellbrook, Hertfordshire, England, from 1841 to 1842 on the Northern…

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  Little Hallingbury Marsh · 0.5 km

  Little Hallingbury Marsh is a 4.5-hectare (11-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to the River Stort, west of Little Hallingbury in Essex. It was notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and…

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  Spellbrook · 0.5 km

  Spellbrook is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, situated between Bishop's Stortford and Sawbridgeworth.

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  Thorley Wash nature reserve · 0.7 km

  Thorley Wash or Thorley Flood Pound is a 17.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Thorley, south of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire. It was formerly a flood pound for the Stort Navigation, wh…

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  Little Hallingbury · 1.1 km

  Little Hallingbury is a village and a civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) south of the centre of Bishop's Stortford, its post town, which is over the county boundary in He…

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  Thorley, Hertfordshire · 1.5 km

  Thorley is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. As well as the village itself, the parish also includes the hamlets of Thorley Street and Thorley Wash. It lies immed…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)