Smallford

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:28

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

40US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

31 reported · August 2026▲ 63% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour16
• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft2

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: London Colney, St Stephens and St Albans East · Hertfordshire

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

230 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 326 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

281 food businesses within 2 miles

• 226 rated 4–5 ★ (184 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hatfield (4.0 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£655,974 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across St Albans · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,931 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,271
• 2 bed £1,633
• 3 bed £2,019

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

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

1,801 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: 167.7p · Asda (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (11.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

72 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Nissan Glyn Hopkin Ltd (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds4

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,315
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,391
• Net moves−76

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 288 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

80 schools · 34,051 pupils

50 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

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

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

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

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
• 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

299 applications decided

84.3% granted · 252 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Daisy Cooper

Liberal Democrat

St Albans

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £38,757 avg

e.g. Team Leader Days, FLT Reach Truck Driver, Van driver

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 6%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in AL4

• Specialist Community Diabetes Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Albans:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks390 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND269 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills187 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after154 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth140 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Smallford · 0.2 km

  Smallford is a village in the City and District of St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. It is sandwiched between Hatfield and St Albans. It was served by Smallford railway station on the Hatfield and St Albans Ra…

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  Smallford railway station · 0.3 km

  Smallford railway station was a station on the former St Albans Branch Line in the UK. The station opened as Springfield in 1866, and was renamed in 1879. The station closed permanently on New Year's Day 1969 when a h…

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  Alban Way · 0.7 km

  The Alban Way is a shared-use path along the former Hatfield and St Albans Railway in Hertfordshire, England. The route is 6.3 miles (10.1 km) long and is owned by St Albans City & District Council and Welwyn Hatfield…

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  Sleapshyde · 0.8 km

  Sleapshyde is a small village in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. It is located between Hatfield and St Albans, to the south of Smallford and to the north of Colney Heath, of which it is located in the civil parish of.…

• Torilla (house) · 1.2 km

  Torilla is a Grade II* listed house in Wilkin's Green Lane in Hatfield, England. It was designed in 1934–35 by F. R. S. Yorke in the modernist style and has influences from Le Corbusier's Maison La Roche. This was t…

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  St Peter Rural · 1.3 km

  St Peter Rural was a civil parish in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1947. The local council was St Peter Rural Parish Council.

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