Hadham Cross

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 16° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:19

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: carbon monoxide

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

9 reported · July 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: East Herts Rural · Hertfordshire

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

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)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bishop's Stortford (6.9 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£460,778 average▲ 4% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Fanhams Hall Hotel (6.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools32
• Sports pitches29
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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

• In a conservation area (Much Hadham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 122 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

293 applications decided

88.7% granted · 260 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Josh Dean

Labour

Hertford and Stortford

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 15% · Solar 13%

178 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertford and Stortford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership433 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s432 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test427 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 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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  Moor Place, Hertfordshire · 0.6 km

  Moor Place is a country house within the civil parish of Much Hadham, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is designated in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade…

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  Hadham railway station · 0.6 km

  Hadham railway station served the village of Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England, from 1863 to 1965 on the Buntingford branch line.

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  Hadham Rural District · 0.7 km

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

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  Much Hadham · 0.7 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…

• Much Hadham Palace · 1.2 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.

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  Perry Green, Hertfordshire · 1.3 km

  Perry Green is a scattered hamlet in Hertfordshire, England, near Much Hadham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)