Datchworth

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 15° / 8° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:35

9h 42m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

70US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

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

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Burglary1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: East Herts Rural · 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)

63 food businesses within 2 miles

• 56 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Knebworth (2.7 km)
• 7 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 (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (10.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

62 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: The Chequers Inn (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools13
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds4

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 35 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

Kevin Bonavia

Labour

Stevenage

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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Nuclear 25% · Biomass 10% · Wind 8%

234 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in SG3

• Knebworth & Marymead Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stevenage:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth245 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND214 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks193 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases155 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Dedicated funding for Epidermolysis Bullosa and rare skin conditions research151 local signatures · 11,555 nationwide

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

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  The Tilbury, Datchworth · 0.1 km

  The Tilbury is a public house and restaurant in Datchworth, Hertfordshire, England. It was formerly known as The Inn on the Green and The Three Horseshoes.

• Hopper's Hall · 0.2 km

  Hopper's Hall is a grade II listed house in Watton Road, Datchworth, Hertfordshire. It dates from around 1640 with minor additions and alterations since. Hoppers End, Hoppers Barn, and Hoppers Lodge are all adjacent.

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  Datchworth · 0.9 km

  Datchworth is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Knebworth, its post town, and between the towns of Hertford, Stevenage and W…

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  The Horns, Bull's Green · 1.0 km

  The Horns is a pub in Bull's Green, in the civil parish of Datchworth, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is situated on Bramfield Road.

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  Woolmer Green · 1.4 km

  Woolmer Green is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The 2011 census figure for the population is 661 people.

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  The White Horse, Burnham Green · 1.8 km

  The White Horse is a grade II listed public house in Whitehorse Lane, Burnham Green, in the parish of Datchworth in Hertfordshire. The building dates from around the seventeenth century. It was formerly known as The C…

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