Aveley

20°CCloudy

• Today: 26° / 18° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:20

12h 51m 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 · London Bexley, United Kingdom

559 reported road collisions (2024)

90 killed or seriously injured · 718 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

286 food businesses within 2 miles

• 235 rated 4–5 ★ (197 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Purfleet (2.3 km)
• 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£456,759 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across Havering · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,564 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,216
• 2 bed £1,541
• 3 bed £1,845

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

11.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.0 times median annual pay (12.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (7.4 km)

40 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

86 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Moto Thurrock M25 Services Nomadpower (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Council Leader calls for Boroughs to retain proceeds from any London visitor levy· 11 Sept 2026
• “Nightmare almost over” as Gallows Corner final works begin· 10 Sept 2026
• Councillors visit new modular homes ahead of local families moving in· 9 Sept 2026
• Business closed down as £10,000 worth of illegal tobacco seized· 3 Sept 2026
• Stories of hope to mark World Suicide Prevention Day· 3 Sept 2026

Source: Havering Council

262,052 residents in Havering · 2,332/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 179 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,425 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (33% of 108,670)

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

92 schools · 44,047 pupils

59 primary · 18 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 29 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

82inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Havering

302 CQC-registered services

• Care homes60
• GP practices54
• Dentists50
• Homecare agencies121
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Havering

• Not in the Green Belt
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

342 applications decided

80.1% granted · 274 granted, 68 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jen Craft

Labour

Thurrock

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Ref 39
• Oth 14

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

53 jobs advertised · £43,251 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Purfleet, Class 1 Driver, Driver

Source: Adzuna

£896 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,374 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 106,362 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Nuclear 28% · Biomass 11% · Wind 7%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.3 women · 63.8 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in RM15

• Aveley Medical Centre
• Peartree Surgery & West Horndon Surgery
• Sancta Maria Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thurrock:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s411 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test357 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office353 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership257 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance195 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Aveley · 0.2 km

  Aveley is a town in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It lies 16 miles (26 km) east of Charing Cross. It is inside the M25 motorway which encircles London, but lies just outside the Greater London boundary. A…

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  Old Ship, Aveley · 0.5 km

  The Old Ship is a public house in Aveley, Essex, in England. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

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  Ormiston Park Academy · 0.5 km

  Ormiston Park Academy, formerly the Belhus Chase Specialist Humanities College, is now a secondary school and academy located in Aveley, Essex, England. The school was reformed as an academy in 2009 under the sponsors…

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  Grays Athletic F.C. · 0.8 km

  Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. It is currently a member of the Isthmian League North Division. The team play at Chadfields in nearby Tilbury.

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  Brimsdown F.C. · 0.8 km

  Brimsdown Football Club is a football club based in Brimsdown in the London Borough of Enfield, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Aveley's Parkside ground.

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  Aveley F.C. · 0.8 km

  Aveley Football Club are a professional football club based in Aveley, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at Parkside.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)