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Little Wymondley

Little Wymondley is a village in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 995. There are 18 bus stops, one restaurant or café, and the nearest railway station is Hitchin, 2.8 km away. There were around 12 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Little Wymondley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Hertfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 133,210 residents at roughly 355 people per km².

Council
North Hertfordshire
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin and Harpenden
Police force
Hertfordshire
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 81st of 294 English council areas — better than 72% of them.

Low crime96
Home affordability29
Affordable rents33
Good schools41
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation85
Employment78
Low council tax47

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

12°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 11° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:29

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

8 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Hitchin Rural · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.
  • The priorities for May to August are as follows: • Acquisitive vehicle crime. Theft from vehicles and theft of vehicles throughout the ru…

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

Road safety

200 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

231 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 192 rated 4–5 ★ (168 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hitchin (2.8 km)
  • 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hitchin (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£422,616 average 7.8% YoY

Across North Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£808,652
Semi-detached£485,755
Terraced£379,630
Flat£229,057

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (4.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (4.7 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

48 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: LISTER HOSPITAL HSP STATION 1 (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches27
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

133,210 residents in North Hertfordshire · 355/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,449 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,040)

A £1,632
B £1,904
C £2,176
D £2,449
E £2,993
F £3,537
G £4,081
H £4,897

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Fearnhill SchoolGood
  • The Highfield SchoolGood
  • Hitchin Boys' School
  • Hitchin Girls' School
  • The Knights Templar School
  • The Priory School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

255 applications decided

88.6% granted · 226 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alistair Strathern

Labour

Hitchin

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 23
  • Con 7
  • LD 20
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,995 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £37,625 avg

e.g. Breakfast Sous Chef, Chef de Partie- BANQUETING & EVENTS, Self-Employed Publican

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

64% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Nuclear 34% · Wind 15% · Biomass 10%

147 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hitchin:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wymondley · 0.1 km

    Wymondley is a civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It includes the villages of Little Wymondley and Great Wymondley and a number of smaller hamlets, including Redcoats Green, To…

  • Wymondley College · 0.2 km

    Wymondley College was a dissenting academy at Wymondley House in Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire, England. Intended for the education of future nonconformist ministers of religion, it was in operation from 1799 to 183…

  • Wymondley House · 0.2 km

    Wymondley House is a building in the North Hertfordshire village of Little Wymondley that was built in 1724. At one time the home of a dissenting academy called Wymondley College, it was classified as a Grade II* list…

  • Little Wymondley · 0.3 km

    Little Wymondley is a village in the parish of Wymondley, in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) south-east of Hitchin, its post town, and a similar distance north-west o…

  • Church of St Mary the Virgin, Great Wymondley · 1.0 km

    St Mary's Church is an active Anglican church in Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

  • Great Wymondley · 1.1 km

    Great Wymondley is a village in the civil parish of Wymondley, in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) east of Hitchin. Despite the names, Great Wymondley is now smaller t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Little Wymondley?
Little Wymondley is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the North Hertfordshire local authority.
What is the population of Little Wymondley?
Little Wymondley has an approximate settlement population of 995.
How deprived is Little Wymondley?
The North Hertfordshire local authority, which includes Little Wymondley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.