Watton at Stone

11°CSunny

• Today: 17° / 10° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:31

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

11 reported · July 2026▲ 57% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Public order2
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: East Herts Rural · Hertfordshire

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

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)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Watton-at-Stone (0.4 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£460,778 average▲ 4% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (7.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: The Chequers Inn (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds2

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

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)

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

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

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

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

293 applications decided

88.7% granted · 260 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Chris Hinchliff

Labour

North East Hertfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Music Tutor - Part Time, Chef - Live in available, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 61% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 10% · Biomass 5%

47 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hertfordshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office374 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership347 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test330 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Watton-at-Stone · 0.1 km

  Watton-at-Stone is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 4 miles (6 km) north of Hertford, its post town, and 5 miles (8 km) south-east of the centre of Steve…

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  Watton-at-Stone railway station · 0.4 km

  Watton-at-Stone railway station serves the village of Watton-at-Stone in Hertfordshire, England. It is 23 miles 72 chains down the line from London King's Cross on the Hertford Loop Line between Hertford North and Ste…

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  Heath Mount School · 1.7 km

  Heath Mount School is a Church of England co-educational independent prep school near Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, England. It admits pupils aged 3 to 13. It was founded as Heath Mount Academy in Hampstead in 1796.…

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  Woodhall Park · 1.7 km

  Woodhall Park is a Grade I listed country house near Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, England. The 18th century neo-classical building is set in a walled park in the Beane valley. It has been the home of Heath Mount Sc…

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  Whempstead · 2.3 km

  Whempstead is a hamlet in the parish of Watton-at-Stone, situated north of Hertford and to the south-east of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, it is close to the villages of Benington and Dane End. The hamlet consists of ap…

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  Stapleford railway station · 2.7 km

  Stapleford railway station was a station on the Hertford Loop Line, and was situated in the village of Stapleford, Hertfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)