Weeley Heath

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 17° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:19

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

30 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Public order5
• Vehicle crime4
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Frinton, Thorpe-le-Soken and Walton · Essex

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

199 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

41 food businesses within 2 miles

• 32 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Weeley (1.1 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£261,717 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Tendring · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,051 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £757
• 2 bed £972
• 3 bed £1,182

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

148,291 residents in Tendring · 441/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 32 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,270 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 75,690)

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

51 schools · 19,335 pupils

39 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tendring

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
• 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

199 applications decided

83.9% granted · 167 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Nigel Farage

Reform UK

Clacton

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 13
• LD 4
• Ref 7
• Oth 17

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,505 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£734 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,182 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,907 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Nuclear 26% · Wind 17% · Biomass 17%

167 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• 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 Clacton:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office513 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test347 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases338 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership327 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance230 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Weeley Heath · 0.4 km

  Weeley Heath is a hamlet on the B1441 and B1414 roads, in the civil parish of Weeley, in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the villages of Weeley and Little Clacton. In…

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  Weeleyhall Wood · 0.6 km

  Weeleyhall Wood is a 31 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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  Weeley railway station · 1.1 km

  Weeley railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Weeley, Essex. It is 62 miles 78 chains (101.3 km) down the line from Londo…

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  Row Heath · 1.2 km

  Row Heath is a hamlet on Rectory Road, in the civil parish of St Osyth, in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England. The hamlet is near the A133 road between Weeley Heath and St Osyth Heath.

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  Tendring Rural District · 1.6 km

  Tendring Rural District was a rural district in Essex, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering a coastal area in the north-east of the county. It was replaced in 1974 with the similarly named but larger Tendring District.

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  Weeley · 1.7 km

  Weeley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is served by Weeley railway station on the Sunshine Coast Line. It has bus links to Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester. At the 2021 census…

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