Rucklers Lane

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:29

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

120 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences44
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Other theft17
• Shoplifting8

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

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

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

161 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

325 food businesses within 2 miles

• 266 rated 4–5 ★ (217 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£450,935 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,594 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,098
• 2 bed £1,378
• 3 bed £1,655

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

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

1,890 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: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (7.5 km)

10 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,184
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,963
• Net moves+221

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 211 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

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

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

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

308 applications decided

84.4% granted · 260 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 9%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in WD4

• Haverfield Surgery
• Kings Langley Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Hertfordshire:

• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities318 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND211 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth148 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks139 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules122 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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)