Wix

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 18° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:17

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

1 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Harwich and Manningtree · 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)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

• 16 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wrabness (3.8 km)
• 6 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 (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (6.5 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Carlson Vehicle Transfer (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

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
• 15 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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,505 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £45,598 avg

e.g. Mechanical Design Engineer, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Nuclear 28% · Imports 19% · Gas 11%

61 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

• Wix, Essex · 0.2 km

  Wix is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of north-east Essex, England. It lies in a small valley about 2 miles (3 km) south of the Stour Estuary. The valley drains east towards Harwich. Formerly an i…

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  St Mary's Church, Wix · 0.8 km

  St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed Anglican parish church in the village of Wix, Essex, England. Formerly associated with a priory from the Middle Ages, the present church dates largely from the 18th century.

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  Wix Priory · 0.8 km

  Wix Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in Wix, Essex, England, founded in around 1125–1135 and dissolved in 1525. The buildings have not survived except for the priory church, which is still in existence as St Mary's Ch…

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  Stones Green · 1.7 km

  Stones Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Great Oakley, near the village of Wix and the town of Harwich, in the Tendring district of Essex, England.

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  Bradfield, Essex · 2.8 km

  Bradfield is a village and civil parish near Manningtree in Essex, England. It is located about 9 miles (14 km) west of Harwich in the north-east of Essex on the River Stour. It is on the B1352 road between Manningtre…

• Priory Halt railway station · 3.1 km

  Priory Halt railway station served the district of Tendring, Essex, England, from 1920 to 1965 on the Mayflower Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)