Ware

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• Today: 11° / 8° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:27

9h 27m 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

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

170 reported · August 2026▲ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences54
• Anti-social behaviour46
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Shoplifting12

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ware · Hertfordshire

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

157 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

202 food businesses within 2 miles

• 162 rated 4–5 ★ (139 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ware (0.3 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£455,973 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,533 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,086
• 2 bed £1,382
• 3 bed £1,673

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

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

2,114 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 (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Premier Inn Ware (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools14
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,636
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,501
• Net moves+1,135

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 276 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

90 schools · 33,136 pupils

61 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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

• In a conservation area (Ware)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 221 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

282 applications decided

85.1% granted · 240 granted, 42 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Dean

Labour

Hertford and Stortford

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 14
• LD 10
• Grn 15
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens21
• Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

223 jobs advertised · £32,938 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver, Sports Coach, Tree Surgeon (Self-Employed)

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 6%

174 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SG12

• Dolphin House Surgery
• New River Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hertford and Stortford:

• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission1,168 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks308 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth267 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND232 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills190 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Christ Church, Ware · 0.1 km

  Christ Church is a Church of England church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. The parish was formed out of the ancient parish in 1858 and covers the East and South sides of Ware. The building was consecrated in 1858 an…

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  Ware, Hertfordshire · 0.2 km

  Ware is a town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies to the east of the county town of Hertford. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 19,627.

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  Ware railway station · 0.3 km

  Ware railway station is a stop on the Hertford East branch line off the West Anglia Main Line in the East of England, serving the town of Ware, Hertfordshire. It is 22 miles 16 chains (35.7 km) down the line from Lond…

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  St Mary's Church, Ware · 0.3 km

  St Mary's Church is a grade I listed parish church in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.

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  Ware Rural District · 0.4 km

  Ware Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the east of the county.

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  Scott's Grotto · 0.5 km

  Scott's Grotto in Ware, Hertfordshire, is a Grade I listed building and with six chambers the most extensive shell grotto in the United Kingdom. "It is, although on a small scale, far more complex than Alexander Pope'…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)