Widdington

17°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 11° · 8% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:30

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences6

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)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newport (2.5 km)
• 0 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 (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Esso (6.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Newport Rec (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools17
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds1

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 44 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)

6,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Solar 25% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 17%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low 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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  Widdington · 0.2 km

  Widdington is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies 4 miles (6 km) south of Saffron Walden, its post town. Widdington has a church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. At the 202…

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  Little Henham · 1.3 km

  Henham, or Henham-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is situated 2.5 miles (4 km) north from London Stansted Airport. The parish includes the hamlets of…

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  Rook End · 1.7 km

  Rook End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Debden, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. Rook End contains 3 listed buildings, including Rook End Cottage and two small 18th-century timber-frame…

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  Quendon Hall · 2.1 km

  Quendon Hall is a historic manor house located in the village of Quendon, Essex, England. The name "Quendon" derives from the Old English words *cwena* and *denu* (valley), meaning "valley owned by a queen or woman."…

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  Debden Hall, Uttlesford · 2.3 km

  Debden Hall was a country house in the north-west of the county of Essex, in England. It was demolished in 1936.

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  Debden Water SSSI · 2.4 km

  Debden Water SSSI is a 20.9-hectare (52-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which comprises two stretches of Debden Water, a small tributary of the River Cam, and surrounding land. The site is on the…

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