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Tewin Wood

Tewin Wood is a village in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has one restaurant or café, one bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Watton-at-Stone, 3.1 km away. In June 2026, there was one recorded street crime, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tewin Wood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Hertfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 150,155 residents at roughly 316 people per km².

Council
East Hertfordshire
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 26th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime94
Home affordability23
Affordable rents24
Good schools65
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation97
Employment92
Low council tax46

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°CCloudy

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:27

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

9 reported · July 2026 80% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences9

Neighbourhood team: East Herts Rural · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.
  • The new priorities for May to August are cracking down on anti-social behaviour in Buntingford town centre and to tackle fly-tipping acro…

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

Road safety

191 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

82 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 71 rated 4–5 ★ (63 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Welwyn North (1.9 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Welwyn North (1.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£460,778 average 4% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£891,577
Semi-detached£530,307
Terraced£417,636
Flat£252,893

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,519 average monthly rent 2.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,076
  • 2 bed £1,370
  • 3 bed £1,657

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

Affordability

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (7.8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

58 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Tewin Bury Farm Hotel (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools16
  • Sports pitches29
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 307 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 68,050)

A £1,637
B £1,909
C £2,182
D £2,455
E £3,000
F £3,546
G £4,091
H £4,910

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

Schools

91 schools · 33,200 pupils

62 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 32 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

81inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Presdales SchoolOutstanding
  • The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeOutstanding
  • Hockerill Anglo-European CollegeGood
  • LeventhorpeGood
  • Richard Hale SchoolGood
  • Avanti Grange Secondary School
  • Birchwood High School
  • Freman College
  • St Mary's Catholic School
  • The Bishop's Stortford High School
  • The Chauncy School
  • The Sele School
  • TLC Live Online School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

293 applications decided

88.7% granted · 260 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Kevin Bonavia

Labour

Stevenage

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 14
  • LD 10
  • Grn 16
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£961 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,888 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,645 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 17% · Biomass 11%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stevenage:

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

Notable places nearby

  • The White Horse, Burnham Green · 0.4 km

    The White Horse is a grade II listed public house in Whitehorse Lane, Burnham Green, in the parish of Datchworth in Hertfordshire. The building dates from around the seventeenth century. It was formerly known as The C…

  • Tewin Orchard and Hopkyns Wood · 0.9 km

    Tewin Orchard and Hopkyns Wood is a 4.3-hectare (11-acre) nature reserve in Tewin in Hertfordshire. It is managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.

  • The Horns, Bull's Green · 1.3 km

    The Horns is a pub in Bull's Green, in the civil parish of Datchworth, in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is situated on Bramfield Road.

  • Welwyn Tunnel rail crash · 1.4 km

    The Welwyn Tunnel rail crash took place in Welwyn North Tunnel, north of Welwyn station on the Great Northern Railway, on 9 June 1866. According to L T C Rolt, "from the point of view of damage to engines and rolling…

  • Broadway Malyan · 1.5 km

    Broadway Malyan is a global architecture, urbanism and design practice. It was established in 1958 by architects Cyril Broadway and John Malyan.

  • Welwyn Tunnels · 1.6 km

    The Welwyn North Tunnel and Welwyn South Tunnel are two railway tunnels on the East Coast Main Line between Welwyn North and Knebworth railway stations in Hertfordshire, England. They are 1,046 yards (956 m) and 446 y…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Tewin Wood?
Tewin Wood is a town in Hertfordshire, England, in the East Hertfordshire local authority.
How deprived is Tewin Wood?
The East Hertfordshire local authority, which includes Tewin Wood, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.