Fleckney

20°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 24° / 16° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:24

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

31 reported · July 2026▲ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Burglary3
• Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Harborough North · Leicestershire

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

64 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 89 casualties · 6.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,848 average▲ 9.7% YoY

Across Harborough · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£963 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £707
• 2 bed £902
• 3 bed £1,106

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (11.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: School Road Car Park (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Record number of free Heritage Open Days events coming to Harborough district· 20 Aug 2026
• Hospitality Grant Fund launched to support local businesses· 13 Aug 2026
• Communities invited to apply for new neighbourhood planning grants· 12 Aug 2026
• Examination of proposed Local Plan to begin this week· 11 Aug 2026
• Record tourism figures put Harborough district in the spotlight· 31 Jul 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 308 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

42inspected 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 homes163
• GP practices107
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

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

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

172 applications decided

88.4% granted · 152 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alberto Costa

Conservative

South Leicestershire

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
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £36,392 avg

e.g. Product Developer, Trainee Maintenance Operative, Become a Marketing Tutor in Fleckney – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£857 median full-time weekly pay

1.7% 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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Biomass 21% · Wind 16% · Solar 9%

223 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 81.7 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Leicestershire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership444 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office386 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth360 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s343 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test318 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Fleckney · 0.2 km

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  Saddington · 2.1 km

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• Kibworth Cricket Club New Ground · 2.5 km

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  Wistow Hall · 2.6 km

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  Kilby - Foxton Canal · 2.6 km

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  Foston, Leicestershire · 2.7 km

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