Hertford Heath

10°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 8° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:29

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

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

14 reported · August 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order2

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)

292 food businesses within 2 miles

• 243 rated 4–5 ★ (215 top)
• 3 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

£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: 157.9p · BP (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.3 km)

5 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)

• 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 46 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

Lewis Cocking

Conservative

Broxbourne

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
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

20 jobs advertised · £25,248 avg

e.g. Senior Design Manager, Senior/Principal Civil Infrastructure Engineer (Development), Principal Ecologist

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Gas 27% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 8%

116 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broxbourne:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND273 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules268 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth232 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK137 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately115 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Hertford Heath · 0.4 km

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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

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  Foxholes, Hertford · 1.4 km

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