Woolmer Green

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:31

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

25 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Welwyn Hatfield North · Hertfordshire

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

122 reported road collisions (2025)

28 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 10.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

71 food businesses within 2 miles

• 62 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Knebworth (1.8 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£446,043 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Welwyn Hatfield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,512 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,063
• 2 bed £1,375
• 3 bed £1,646

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,172 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 (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (11.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

61 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: The Chequers Inn (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools20
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

119,834 residents in Welwyn Hatfield · 925/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,150
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,008
• Net moves−2,858

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 208 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,452 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 50,550)

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

54 schools · 17,978 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Welwyn Hatfield

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
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

161 applications decided

82% granted · 132 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew Lewin

Labour

Welwyn Hatfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 16
• Con 12
• LD 15
• Ref 3
• Oth 2

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

• Schools4
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

11 jobs advertised · £30,278 avg

e.g. Stevenage FC Community Coach, Care Assistant, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites

Source: Adzuna

£864 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,179 disposable income per head (2024)

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

58% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 56,499 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 17% · Nuclear 16% · Solar 12%

76 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

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

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in SG3

• Knebworth & Marymead Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Welwyn Hatfield:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules251 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND245 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks221 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth193 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills150 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Woolmer Green · 0.1 km

  Woolmer Green is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The 2011 census figure for the population is 661 people.

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  Mardley Heath · 0.9 km

  Mardley Heath is a 41.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Welwyn in Hertfordshire. It is owned by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and managed by the council together with the Friends of Mardley Heath.

• Broadway Malyan · 1.3 km

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

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  Oaklands, Hertfordshire · 1.4 km

  Oaklands is a hamlet in the civil parish of Welwyn, in Hertfordshire, England. It is in the Haldens Ward of the Borough of Welwyn Hatfield. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 8077.

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  The Tilbury, Datchworth · 1.5 km

  The Tilbury is a public house and restaurant in Datchworth, Hertfordshire, England. It was formerly known as The Inn on the Green and The Three Horseshoes.

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  St Martin's Church, Knebworth · 1.5 km

  St Martin's Church is an active Anglican church in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England. The building, which is designated grade II*, was designed by Edwin Lutyens in an Italianate style. It is constructed in brick.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)