Bishop's Stortford

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 7° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:26

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

264 reported · August 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour80
• Violence & sexual offences63
• Shoplifting34
• Public order19

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bishops Stortford and Sawbridgeworth · Hertfordshire

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

157 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

292 food businesses within 2 miles

• 230 rated 4–5 ★ (205 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bishop's Stortford (0.7 km)
• 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£455,973 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,533 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,086
• 2 bed £1,382
• 3 bed £1,673

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

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,114 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: 159.9p · Esso (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Northgate End MSCP (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools33
• Sports pitches88
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,636
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,501
• Net moves+1,135

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 276 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 68,050)

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

90 schools · 33,136 pupils

61 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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 (Bishop's Stortford)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 95 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

282 applications decided

85.1% granted · 240 granted, 42 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Dean

Labour

Hertford and Stortford

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 14
• LD 10
• Grn 15
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

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

• Schools21
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens36
• Restaurants & cafés75

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

368 jobs advertised · £36,545 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver, Product Analyst, Electrical Panel Wirer

Source: Adzuna

£961 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,888 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,645 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Nuclear 25% · Biomass 12% · Gas 11%

57 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in CM23

• Church Street Partnership
• South Street Surgery
• Helix Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertford and Stortford:

• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission1,168 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks308 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth267 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND232 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills190 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Corn Exchange, Bishop's Stortford · 0.0 km

  The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Market Square in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. The structure now accommodates shops and offices. It is a Grade II listed building under the name Halifax…

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  Boar's Head Inn, Bishop's Stortford · 0.1 km

  The Boar's Head Inn is a Grade II* listed public house in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. The timber framed building was built in the late 16th or early 17th century, and substantially modified in the 18th…

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  Waytemore Castle · 0.3 km

  Waytemore Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England. The remains are a Grade I listed structure.

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  St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford · 0.4 km

  St Mary's Catholic School is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.

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  Bishop's Stortford College · 0.5 km

  Bishop's Stortford College is a private boarding and day school in the English public school tradition for more than 1,200 pupils aged 4–18, situated in a 130-acre (0.53 km2) campus on the edge of the market town of B…

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  Bishop's Stortford railway station · 0.6 km

  Bishop's Stortford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the town of Bishop's Stortford, in Hertfordshire, England. It is 30 miles 27 chains (48.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street, and…

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