Billesdon

6°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:32

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▲ 400% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Harborough North · Leicestershire

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

111 reported road collisions (2025)

56 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£341,706 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Harborough · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£973 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £713
• 2 bed £911
• 3 bed £1,117

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

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,596 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: 158.9p · Esso (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: The Coplow Centre (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Local Government Re-organisation update· 29 Oct 2026
• Kibworth Air Quality Management Area to be revoked following air quality improvements· 27 Oct 2026
• Councils proceed with judicial review claim in view of pause on local government reorganisation· 15 Oct 2026
• Market Harborough Christmas Lights Switch On kicks off the festive season in the district· 12 Oct 2026
• Community champions celebrated at Harborough District Community Awards· 2 Oct 2026

Source: Harborough Council

97,626 residents in Harborough · 165/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,339
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,256
• Net moves+2,083

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 283 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,390 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 44,900)

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

50 schools · 15,634 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harborough

633 CQC-registered services

• Care homes165
• GP practices107
• Dentists134
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

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

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

192 applications decided

90.1% granted · 173 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 15
• LD 7
• Grn 3
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£857 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,293 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,939 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 28% · Biomass 25% · Imports 3%

139 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Leicestershire): 61.4 women · 61.5 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

8 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LE7

• The Billesdon Surgery
• The Anstey Surgery
• The County Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills267 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks231 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases163 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately147 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Church of St John the Baptist, Billesdon · 0.1 km

  The Church of St John the Baptist is a church in Billesdon, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Billesdon · 0.2 km

  Billesdon is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 745 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 901 at the 2011 census. It is just off the A47, nine…

• Billesdon Rural District · 0.9 km

  Billesdon was a rural district of Leicestershire, England. It originated with the Billesdon Poor Law Union, formed in 1835. In 1894 the area became a rural district. It was named for the village of Billesdon.

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  Frisby, Leicestershire · 2.0 km

  Frisby is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire that lies approximately 7.3 miles (11.7 km) southeast of the city of Leicester, that is now largely a deserted medieval village. The 201…

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  Rolleston, Leicestershire · 2.1 km

  Rolleston is a parish and estate village near Billesdon in Leicestershire, England, and part of Harborough district. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Skeffington.

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  Skeffington Hall · 2.2 km

  Skeffington Hall is a 15th-century Manor House which stands in parkland off the main street of the village of Skeffington, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is privately owned.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)