Stotfold

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:25

9h 23m 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 · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

41 reported · August 2026▲ 24% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour14
• Violence & sexual offences13
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Biggleswade, Sandy, Potton and Shefford · Bedfordshire

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

158 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 225 casualties · 11.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 79 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Arlesey (2.6 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£422,835 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across North Hertfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,434 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,024
• 2 bed £1,284
• 3 bed £1,576

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,767 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: 159.9p · Esso (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Esso (5.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Stotfold Town Council Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

133,210 residents in North Hertfordshire · 355/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,446
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,042
• Net moves+404

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 256 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,449 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,040)

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

69 schools · 19,871 pupils

53 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Hertfordshire

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

237 applications decided

90.3% granted · 214 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alistair Strathern

Labour

Hitchin

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 23
• Con 7
• LD 20
• Oth 1

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens36
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £28,000 avg

e.g. Care Navigator, Work from Home Independent Contractor, Practice Nurse

Source: Adzuna

£983 median full-time weekly pay

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

£31,048 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: C · 66,549 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 18% · Biomass 11%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SG5

• Larksfield And Arlesey Medical Practice
• Bancroft Medical Centre
• Regal Chambers Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hitchin:

• Dedicated funding for Epidermolysis Bullosa and rare skin conditions research584 local signatures · 11,555 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases477 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks405 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND292 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth264 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Stotfold · 0.3 km

  Stotfold is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The town covers 2,207 acres (8.93 km2) and the River Ivel passes through the town. The population of the parish at the…

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  Church of St Mary, Stotfold · 0.6 km

  The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church for Stotfold and nearby Fairfield in Bedfordshire. The church comes under the Diocese of St Albans and is Grade II* listed.

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  Stotfold Mill · 0.9 km

  Stotfold Mill, formerly Randall’s Mill, is a Grade-II listed watermill in Bedfordshire and it is on the River Ivel.

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  Stotfold F.C. · 0.9 km

  Stotfold Football Club is a football club based at Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England. They play in the Southern League Division One Central. The club is affiliated to the Bedfordshire County Football Association.

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  Stotfold Mill Meadows · 1.0 km

  Stotfold Mill Meadows is a 3.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Stotfold in Bedfordshire. It was declared an LNR by Central Bedfordshire Council in 2010, and is managed by the Stotfold Mill Preservation Trust, wh…

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  Etonbury Academy · 1.1 km

  Etonbury Academy is an extended secondary school with Academy Status that is located in Central Bedfordshire, catering for the 9 – 19 age range; each split across Year 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)