Wheathampstead

14°CClear

• Today: 17° / 12° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:34

13h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

26 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Vehicle crime3

Neighbourhood team: Harpenden and Rural · Hertfordshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 287 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harpenden (4.1 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£651,448 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across St Albans · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,931 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,271
• 2 bed £1,632
• 3 bed £2,018

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Asda (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Bowers Way Car Park (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools16
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds8

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 306 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

79 schools · 34,051 pupils

50 primary · 12 secondary · 17 other

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

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

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

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

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

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

333 applications decided

85.9% granted · 286 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat

Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

26 jobs advertised · £30,147 avg

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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

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Gas 25% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 10%

110 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harpenden and Berkhamsted:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s401 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership357 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership324 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test230 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office224 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Wheathampstead · 0.1 km

  Wheathampstead is a large village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, north of St Albans. Included within the parish is the small hamlet of Amwell. The built up area of Wheathampstead had an estimated populati…

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  St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead · 0.2 km

  St Helen's Church is the oldest church in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, although the date of its origins is unknown. The wooden Anglo-Saxon structure pre-dated the Norman conquest of England, but no records…

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  Wheathampstead railway station · 0.5 km

  Wheathampstead railway station was a railway station serving Wheathampstead on the Great Northern Railway branch line to Dunstable. While little of it remains now, east of Wheathampstead is the Ayot Greenway which fol…

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  Devil's Dyke, Hertfordshire · 0.7 km

  Devil's Dyke is the remains of a prehistoric defensive ditch which lies at the east side of the village of Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England. It is protected as a Scheduled Monument. It is generally agreed to hav…

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  Nomansland Common · 1.7 km

  Nomansland Common is an area of common land in Hertfordshire, England to the south of Harpenden and the south-west of Wheathampstead.

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  Marshalls Heath · 2.0 km

  Marshalls Heath is a hamlet and a 4-hectare (10-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Wheathampstead parish, Hertfordshire, England. The nature reserve is owned by Wheathampstead Parish Council and managed by the council toge…

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