Sandridge

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:32

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

30 reported · July 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour7
• Shoplifting6
• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson5

Neighbourhood team: Harpenden and Rural · Hertfordshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 287 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

91 food businesses within 2 miles

• 87 rated 4–5 ★ (69 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: St Albans City (3.9 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£651,448 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across St Albans · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,931 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,271
• 2 bed £1,632
• 3 bed £2,018

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

15.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 15.0 times median annual pay (13.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Asda (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 176.9p · Asda (11.9 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

70 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: St Albans Car Clinic (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

148,165 residents in St Albans · 919/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 306 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,419 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (26% of 63,450)

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

79 schools · 34,051 pupils

50 primary · 12 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 29 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · St Albans

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

• In a conservation area (Sandridge)
• Within the Green Belt
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

333 applications decided

85.9% granted · 286 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat

Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 2
• Con 5
• LD 43
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools5
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

44 jobs advertised · £37,844 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£1,135 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,492 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,877 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 32% · Solar 25% · Gas 20% · Nuclear 18%

85 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• 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 Harpenden and Berkhamsted:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s401 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership357 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership324 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test230 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office224 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  St Leonard's Church, Sandridge · 0.1 km

  St Leonard's Church is in Sandridge, a village in Hertfordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church. The building is Grade II* listed: notable features include its chancel arch made from recycled Roman br…

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  Sandridge Lychgate · 0.1 km

  Sandridge Lychgate is a war memorial in the village of Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. The timber lychgate with its flanking walls is listed Grade II, and is the entrance to the churchyard of St Leonard's Church, S…

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  Sandridge · 0.1 km

  Sandridge is a village and civil parish between the city centre of St Albans and Wheathampstead, in the St Albans district, in Hertfordshire, England, forming part of the contiguous built-up area of St Albans.

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  The Queen's Head, Sandridge · 0.1 km

  The Queens Head is a public house in the village of Sandridge to the north of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

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  Sandridge Rovers F.C. · 0.5 km

  Sandridge Rovers Football Club is an English football club based in Sandridge, Hertfordshire. They currently compete in the Herts County League Division Two and play their home matches at the Spencer Recreation Ground…

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  Sandringham School · 1.3 km

  Sandringham School is a secondary school with academy status in Marshalswick, St Albans, Hertfordshire. It was established in 1988 following a merger of two local schools, Marshalswick School and Wheathampstead School…

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