Hoddesdon

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:25

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

128 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

254 food businesses within 2 miles

• 205 rated 4–5 ★ (186 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rye House (1.5 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£414,692 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across Broxbourne · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,685 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,132
• 2 bed £1,451
• 3 bed £1,780

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (11.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,210 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Taverners Way North 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools21
• Sports pitches27
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Landlords get ready for major changes at the Landlord Forum· 1 Nov 2026
• Residents invited to mark Remembrance Sunday across the Borough· 1 Nov 2026
• Council launches campaign to tackle dangerous parking outside schools· 1 Nov 2026
• Statement on behalf of Angie Ridgwell, Senior Responsible Officer, Hertfordshire Local Government Reorganisation Programme· 29 Oct 2026
• Young people elect new Youth Council cabinet· 14 Oct 2026

Source: Broxbourne Council

99,007 residents in Broxbourne · 1,925/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,504
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,948
• Net moves+556

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 152 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (34% of 42,330)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

42 schools · 16,278 pupils

30 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broxbourne

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

• In a conservation area (Hoddesdon)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 71 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

134 applications decided

86.6% granted · 116 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lewis Cocking

Conservative

Broxbourne

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 25
• Ref 2

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés58

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,210 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

125 jobs advertised · £39,967 avg

e.g. HGV Trailer Technician, Office Cleaners, Assistant Shift Manager nights

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,495 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: C · 42,407 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 18% · Biomass 11%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in EN11

• The Limes Surgery
• Amwell Surgery
• Hailey View Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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