London Colney

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 17° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:22

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

149 reported · July 2026▲ 45% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences45
• Other theft38
• Shoplifting17
• Anti-social behaviour16

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: London Colney, St Stephens and St Albans East · Hertfordshire

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

249 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 23.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

154 food businesses within 2 miles

• 125 rated 4–5 ★ (102 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Park Street (3.0 km)
• 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£560,436 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,817 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,250
• 2 bed £1,594
• 3 bed £1,928

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.1 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Cotlandswick Leisure Centre Car Park (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

107,827 residents in Hertsmere · 1,066/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 224 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (33% of 45,920)

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

60 schools · 22,840 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

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
• 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

147 applications decided

93.9% granted · 138 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Daisy Cooper

Liberal Democrat

St Albans

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 7
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

88 jobs advertised · £36,691 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£882 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,877 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 45,217 certificates

8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Nuclear 26% · Solar 18% · Wind 10%

153 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday6.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Albans:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s464 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership305 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test277 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office253 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  London Colney · 0.3 km

  London Colney is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London, close to Junction 22 of the M25 motorway.

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  London Colney F.C. · 0.7 km

  London Colney Football Club is a football club based in London Colney, near St Albans, England. They are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two and play at Cotlandswick Park.

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  Napsbury Hospital · 0.9 km

  Napsbury Hospital was a mental health facility in London Colney near St Albans in Hertfordshire. It had two sister institutions, Harperbury Hospital and Shenley Hospital, within a few miles of its location.

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  Napsbury Park · 0.9 km

  Napsbury Park is a residential development in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London, at Junction 22 of the M25 motorway and Junction 6 of the M1 motorway. It is protected by a Conservation Area.

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  Fir and Pond Woods · 1.0 km

  Fir and Pond Woods is a 29 hectare nature reserve in Potters Bar in Hertfordshire. It is managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. It is two separate woods, with Fir Wood connected by a short footpath to the…

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  Broad Colney Lakes · 1.0 km

  Broad Colney Lakes is an 11 hectare nature reserve previously managed by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust in London Colney in Hertfordshire. It has recently been sold to an anonymous buyer but reports in The Herts A…

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