Wendens Ambo

17°CModerate or heavy rain shower

• Today: 22° / 17° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:21

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

3US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: carbon monoxide

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 75% YoY

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Clavering and Thaxted · Essex

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

188 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 20.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

70 food businesses within 2 miles

• 61 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Audley End (0.2 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£482,652 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Uttlesford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,286 average monthly rent▲ 0.2% YoY

• 1 bed £903
• 2 bed £1,140
• 3 bed £1,439

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Esso (11.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Newport Rec (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds2

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 295 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Uttlesford

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

• In a conservation area (Wendens Ambo)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

283 applications decided

75.3% granted · 213 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Conservative

North West Essex

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 12
• LD 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 21

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Become a Biology Tutor in Wendens Ambo – Flexible & Remote, Become a Psychology Tutor in Wendens Ambo – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

59% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Gas 33% · Wind 17% · Imports 8%

143 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.9 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Essex:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership423 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office417 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test399 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s387 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth308 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Wendens Ambo · 0.1 km

  Wendens Ambo is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It was historically two adjoining villages and parishes called Great Wenden and Little Wenden. The parishes were merged in 1662…

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  St Mary the Virgin Church, Wendens Ambo · 0.1 km

  St Mary the Virgin Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Wendens Ambo in Essex, England. It is listed Grade I for its architectural, historical and topographical value.

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  Audley End railway station · 0.2 km

  Audley End railway station serves the village of Wendens Ambo and the market town of Saffron Walden, in Essex, England. It lies on the West Anglia Main Line, 41 miles 55 chains (67.1 km) down the line from London Live…

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  Waldstock Festival UK · 0.6 km

  Waldstock is an annual charity music festival held in the grounds of the Fighting Cocks Public House, Wendens Ambo, Essex. Waldstock is organised entirely by volunteers, many of them musicians themselves, and the band…

• Audley End Airfield · 1.5 km

  Audley End Airfield is located to the south west of Saffron Walden near to Saffron Walden County High School in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It serves general aviation aircraft and has a grass runway.

• Leper Stone · 1.5 km

  The Leper Stone or Newport Stone is a large sarsen stone near the village of Newport, Essex, England. The name Leper Stone probably derives from the hospital of St. Mary and St. Leonard, a nearby hospital for lepers.…

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