Shenleybury

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:27

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

113 reported · August 2026▲ 157% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences61
• Anti-social behaviour19
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Potters Bar and Shenley · Hertfordshire

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

223 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 317 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

108 food businesses within 2 miles

• 90 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Radlett (2.7 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£553,008 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Hertsmere · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,829 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,258
• 2 bed £1,604
• 3 bed £1,941

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 (12.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,090 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: 153.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8.3 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

76 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: HINNEX STALBANS HI EXPRESS 1 (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches26
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,918
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,715
• Net moves+203

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 214 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

58 schools · 22,822 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 19 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hertsmere

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
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

217 applications decided

84.3% granted · 183 granted, 34 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Schools4
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,480 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 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

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in WD7

• The Red House Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertsmere:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities1,185 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules462 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth160 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities154 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide

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

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  Shenley Hospital · 0.9 km

  Shenley Hospital was a psychiatric hospital at Shenley in Hertfordshire. It had two sister institutions, Harperbury Hospital and Napsbury Hospital, within a few miles of its location.

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  Arsenal Training Centre · 1.0 km

  The Arsenal Training Centre, branded as the Sobha Realty Training Centre for sponsorship reasons, and often referred to by the synecdoche London Colney, is the training complex for Arsenal Football Club, located in Lo…

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  Watling Chase Community Forest · 1.0 km

  Watling Chase Community Forest is an area of 72 square miles located in north London and south Hertfordshire around the towns of Potters Bar, Radlett, Borehamwood and Barnet. It includes Aldenham Country Park, Scratch…

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  Watling Chase Timberland Trail · 1.1 km

  The Watling Chase Timberland Trail is a 10.5 mile footpath in the Watling Chase Community Forest in Hertfordshire. It starts at Elstree & Borehamwood railway station, where it links with the London Loop, and goes main…

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  Watford Football Club Training Ground · 1.1 km

  The Watford Football Club Training Ground is the training ground and academy of the EFL Championship club Watford F.C. The centre is located on the University College London Union (UCLU) Shenley Sports grounds, in St…

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  Kingsley Green · 1.1 km

  Kingsley Green is a mental health and learning disability site in Hertfordshire, England, just southeast of the village of London Colney.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)