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Bury Green

Bury Green is a village in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 1,400. It has 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Bishop's Stortford, 4.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bury Green area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Hertfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 150,155 residents at roughly 316 people per km².

Council
East Hertfordshire
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire
Police force
Hertfordshire
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 26th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime94
Home affordability23
Affordable rents24
Good schools65
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation97
Employment92
Low council tax46

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 8% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:30

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

191 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

51 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 39 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bishop's Stortford (4.1 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bishops Stortford (4.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£460,778 average 4% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£891,577
Semi-detached£530,307
Terraced£417,636
Flat£252,893

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,519 average monthly rent 2.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,076
  • 2 bed £1,370
  • 3 bed £1,657

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9.5 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: Glyn Hopkin Nissan, Bishops Stortford (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools10
  • Sports pitches34
  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 307 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,637
B £1,909
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,000
F £3,546
G £4,091
H £4,910

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

Schools

91 schools · 33,200 pupils

62 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 32 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

81inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Presdales SchoolOutstanding
  • The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeOutstanding
  • Hockerill Anglo-European CollegeGood
  • LeventhorpeGood
  • Richard Hale SchoolGood
  • Avanti Grange Secondary School
  • Birchwood High School
  • Freman College
  • St Mary's Catholic School
  • The Bishop's Stortford High School
  • The Chauncy School
  • The Sele School
  • TLC Live Online School

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

Care & health services

1,172 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes257
  • GP practices170
  • Dentists295
  • Homecare agencies329
  • Hospitals & hospices34

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Bury Green)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 72 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

293 applications decided

88.7% granted · 260 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Chris Hinchliff

Labour

North East Hertfordshire

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 14
  • LD 10
  • Grn 16
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

27 jobs advertised · £30,500 avg

e.g. Online German Tutoring Job in Bury Green – Flexible Schedule, Project Manager Strategy, Online Personal trainers Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 32% · Solar 25% · Gas 20% · Nuclear 18%

85 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hertfordshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Little Hadham · 1.9 km

    Little Hadham is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village lies 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Ware, its post town, and 5 miles (8 km) west of Bishop's Stortfo…

  • Much Hadham Palace · 2.5 km

    Much Hadham House is a manor house adjacent to the church in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England, formerly belonging to the Bishops of London. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Much Hadham · 3.0 km

    Much Hadham, historically also known as Great Hadham, is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Bishop's Stortford and 5 miles (8…

  • Hadham Rural District · 3.0 km

    Hadham Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1935, covering an area in the east of the county.

  • Bishop's Stortford College · 3.1 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…

  • Cricket Field Lane · 3.2 km

    Cricketfield Lane is a cricket ground in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The earliest recorded match on the ground was in 1862 between Bishop's Stortford and an All England Eleven. In 1895 Hertfordshire played thei…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bury Green?
Bury Green is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the East Hertfordshire local authority.
How deprived is Bury Green?
The East Hertfordshire local authority, which includes Bury Green, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.