Hertford Heath

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 17° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:21

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

3US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: carbon monoxide

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• 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)

294 food businesses within 2 miles

• 244 rated 4–5 ★ (216 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hertford East (2.6 km)
• 7 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: 157.9p · BP (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (11.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Van Hage Garden Centre (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds2

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 46 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

Lewis Cocking

Conservative

Broxbourne

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)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

36 jobs advertised · £31,068 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Nuclear 32% · Gas 15% · Imports 5%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 Broxbourne:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test472 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s341 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership305 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth230 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Hertford Heath · 0.4 km

  Hertford Heath is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of the county town of Hertford, which is also its post town. At the 2021…

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  Little Amwell · 0.5 km

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  Hertford Heath nature reserve · 0.5 km

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  Balls Wood · 0.6 km

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  Haileybury and Imperial Service College · 0.9 km

  Haileybury is a co-educational private school with boarding and day school facilities for 11-to-18-year-olds located in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire. It is a member of the Rugby Group and enrols pupils at the 11+, 13…

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  Foxholes, Hertford · 1.4 km

  Foxholes is an eastern suburb of Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the north of the older Foxholes Farm, which over the years has served as the headquarters for the regional Eastern Hertfordshire Arc…

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