Rucklers Lane

19°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 12° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

101 reported · July 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour29
• Other theft11
• Vehicle crime11

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Kings Langley and Hemel Hempstead South East · Hertfordshire

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

160 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

327 food businesses within 2 miles

• 270 rated 4–5 ★ (219 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Apsley (1.0 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£459,438 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,583 average monthly rent▲ 0.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,091
• 2 bed £1,368
• 3 bed £1,643

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 (12.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (6.8 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Sainsbury's Apsley Mills (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

155,081 residents in Dacorum · 730/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 240 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,409 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 67,930)

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

80 schools · 28,467 pupils

55 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 55 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

258 applications decided

85.3% granted · 220 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Gagan Mohindra

Conservative

South West Hertfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 18
• LD 19
• Oth 10

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,901 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 · 76,523 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 13% · Biomass 9%

63 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Hertfordshire:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership305 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office303 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities263 local signatures · 16,437 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need259 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide

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

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  Kings Langley F.C. · 0.5 km

  Kings Langley Football Club are a semi-professional association football club in the village and civil parish of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. The club have spent the majority of their history in the Hertford…

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  Nash Mill · 0.6 km

  Nash Mill was a paper mill near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The local residential area takes its name from the mill.

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  Felden · 0.6 km

  Felden is a semi-rural neighbourhood of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, situated to the south west of the town, close to the railway station. At the 2011 Census the population of the neighbourhood was included in the…

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  Nash Mills · 0.7 km

  Nash Mills is a civil parish within Hemel Hempstead and Dacorum Borough Council on the northern side of the Grand Union Canal, formerly the River Gade, and in the southernmost corner of Hemel Hempstead. There is evide…

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  Shendish Manor · 0.9 km

  Shendish Manor is a country house at Apsley in Hertfordshire.

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  Apsley Marina · 1.0 km

  Apsley Marina, also referred to as Apsley Lock Marina, is a basin used for mooring narrowboats on the east side of the Grand Union Canal at Apsley, Hertfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)