Brookmans Park

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:31

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

25 reported · August 2026▲ 92% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour10
• Violence & sexual offences10
• Burglary2
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Welwyn Hatfield South · Hertfordshire

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

122 reported road collisions (2025)

28 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 10.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

148 food businesses within 2 miles

• 116 rated 4–5 ★ (90 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Brookmans Park (0.3 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£446,043 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Welwyn Hatfield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,512 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,063
• 2 bed £1,375
• 3 bed £1,646

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,172 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: 157.9p · BP (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.4 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

54 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: M&a Coachworks Hertfordshire (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools30
• Sports pitches19
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

119,834 residents in Welwyn Hatfield · 925/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,150
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,008
• Net moves−2,858

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 208 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,452 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 50,550)

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

54 schools · 17,978 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Welwyn Hatfield

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

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

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

161 applications decided

82% granted · 132 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew Lewin

Labour

Welwyn Hatfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 16
• Con 12
• LD 15
• Ref 3
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

19 jobs advertised · £34,480 avg

e.g. Driver Trainer, IT Support & Infrastructure Engineer, Assistant Manager - Stylish Village Gastro Pub - £13ph TRONC - Hertfordshire

Source: Adzuna

£864 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,179 disposable income per head (2024)

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

58% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 56,499 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 9%

103 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

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

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in AL9

• Potterells Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Welwyn Hatfield:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules251 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND245 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks221 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth193 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills150 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Brookmans Park · 0.2 km

  Brookmans Park is a village in Hertfordshire, southeast England, known for its BBC transmitter station. It is also a waypoint used in air navigation.

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  Brookmans Park railway station · 0.3 km

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  Gobions Wood · 0.6 km

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• Queen Mother Hospital for Animals · 0.8 km

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  Mimmshall Brook · 1.2 km

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  Water End Swallow Holes · 1.3 km

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