Gosmore

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 12° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:25

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

28 reported · July 2026▲ 87% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Other theft5
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Hitchin Rural · Hertfordshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 281 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

278 food businesses within 2 miles

• 229 rated 4–5 ★ (184 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hitchin (2.6 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£422,616 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across North Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,429 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,020
• 2 bed £1,279
• 3 bed £1,569

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

46 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: BP Oakfield SF Connect (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools28
• Sports pitches33
• Playgrounds4

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 269 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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

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

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

255 applications decided

88.6% granted · 226 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alistair Strathern

Labour

Hitchin

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 23
• Con 7
• LD 20
• Oth 1

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,995 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

29 jobs advertised · £31,626 avg

e.g. Senior Night Care Assistant, Night Care Assistant, Become a Psychology Tutor in Gosmore – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 10% · Biomass 10%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.2 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hitchin:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases474 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership416 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test386 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s328 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership319 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Gosmore · 0.5 km

  Gosmore is a hamlet in the parish of St Ippolyts near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. One interesting feature is Bunyan's Dell, a natural amphitheatre deep inside Wain Wood where the author of The Pilgrim's Progres…

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  St Ippolyts · 1.0 km

  St Ippolyts is a village and civil parish on the southern edge of Hitchin in the North Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. As well as the village itself, the parish includes the hamlet of…

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  Charlton, Hertfordshire · 1.3 km

  Charlton is a hamlet in the county of Hertfordshire, in the East of England. It is a component hamlet of the market town of Hitchin, forming a part of the Hitchin Priory ward. Its rural character is protected as a Con…

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  Hitchin Cemetery · 1.5 km

  Hitchin Cemetery, also known as St John's Road Cemetery, is the main burial ground for the town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. The cemetery is located on Hitchin Hill, with Standhill Road running along the north-western…

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  Hitchin Priory · 1.7 km

  Hitchin Priory in Hitchin in Hertfordshire is today a hotel built in about 1700 on the site of a Carmelite friary founded in 1317, which was closed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII.…

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  British Schools Museum · 1.7 km

  The British Schools Museum is an educational museum based in original Edwardian and Victorian school buildings in Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The museum complex is made up of listed school buildings housing inf…

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