Woolmer Green

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 12° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 56m 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

41 reported · July 2026▲ 21% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour13
• Violence & sexual offences13
• Shoplifting7
• Other crime4

Neighbourhood team: Welwyn Hatfield North · Hertfordshire

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

172 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 248 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

70 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

£450,696 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across Welwyn Hatfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,509 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,061
• 2 bed £1,373
• 3 bed £1,643

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (5.4 km)

11 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 215 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

144 applications decided

84% granted · 121 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

5,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised · £32,622 avg

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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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 14% · Biomass 6%

62 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 80.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Welwyn Hatfield:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s419 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership378 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test361 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership215 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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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)