Puckeridge and Standon

19°COvercast

• Today: 25° / 16° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

22 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Other theft2
• Public order2

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)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 17 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: 159.9p · Esso (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: MFG Howe Green (7.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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
• 84 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

Chris Hinchliff

Labour

North East Hertfordshire

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 15% · Solar 13%

178 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 North East Hertfordshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office374 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership347 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test330 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Standon railway station · 0.5 km

  Standon railway station served the village of Standon, Hertfordshire, England, from 1863 to 1965 on the Buntingford branch line.

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  Standon, Hertfordshire · 0.9 km

  Standon is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village lies 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Ware, its post town. As well as the village itself, the parish also includ…

• Standon Preceptory · 0.9 km

  Standon Preceptory was a Knights Hospitaller foundation located in the parish of Standon, Hertfordshire, England. It was founded before 1154, probably shortly after the Knights became possessors of the Standon Church…

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  Braughing railway station · 1.3 km

  Braughing railway station served the village of Braughing, Hertfordshire, England, from 1863 to 1964 on the Buntingford branch line.

• Braughing (Roman town) · 1.5 km

  Braughing was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. Its name in Latin is unknown.

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  Braughing Friars · 1.5 km

  Braughing Friars is a hamlet in Hertfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Braughing.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)