Barley

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• Today: 11° / 6° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:24

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Royston and Royston Rural · Hertfordshire

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

158 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 225 casualties · 11.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Royston (5.3 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£422,835 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across North Hertfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,434 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,024
• 2 bed £1,284
• 3 bed £1,576

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,767 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: EVC Heydon Grange Golf Club (4.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,210 residents in North Hertfordshire · 355/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,446
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,042
• Net moves+404

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 256 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,449 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,040)

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

69 schools · 19,871 pupils

53 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Hertfordshire

1,176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices171
• Dentists296
• Homecare agencies330
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• In a conservation area (Barley)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 75 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

237 applications decided

90.3% granted · 214 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Hinchliff

Labour

North East Hertfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 23
• Con 7
• LD 20
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£983 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,048 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 66,549 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 6%

169 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SG8

• Bassingbourn Medical Centre
• Orchard Surgery,Melbourn
• Roysia Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hertfordshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks347 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND280 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases274 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth216 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills197 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Barley, Hertfordshire · 0.2 km

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  Newsells Park · 1.7 km

  Newsells Park is a country house and estate at Barkway in Hertfordshire.

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  Great Chishill · 2.0 km

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  Little Chishill · 2.3 km

  Little Chishill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Great and Little Chishill, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the…

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  Barkway Chalk Pit · 2.6 km

  Barkway Chalk Pit is a small nature reserve in Barkway in North Hertfordshire. It was managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT). In February 2016 HMWT announced that three sites, Barkway Chalk Pit, Hill…

• RAF Barkway · 2.9 km

  Royal Air Force Barkway or more simply RAF Barkway was one of the smallest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom. It was a communications station and was a small collection of buildings and a large radio mast.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)