Long Whatton

8°CMist

• Today: 15° / 7° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:36

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

56US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026

• Vehicle crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Valley · Leicestershire

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

163 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

43 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: East Midlands Parkway (6.5 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,351 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£960 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £679
• 2 bed £847
• 3 bed £1,029

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

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,332 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: 167.7p · Asda (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 560 kW
• Nearest: Moto Donington Park Services (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

183,971 residents in Charnwood · 659/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,429
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,548
• Net moves+881

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 232 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 79,560)

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

80 schools · 27,415 pupils

49 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Charnwood

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

• In a conservation area (Long Whatton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 40 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

258 applications decided

93.8% granted · 242 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Amanda Hack

Labour

North West Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 23
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £27,258 avg

e.g. People Coordinator, Wood Machinist, Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£761 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,535 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,396 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Gas 39% · Wind 8% · Imports 7%

202 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

14 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in LE12

• Quorn Medical Centre
• Barrow Health Centre
• Forest House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Leicestershire:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 1,192 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills508 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth286 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND228 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK152 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  All Saints Church, Long Whatton · 0.1 km

  All Saints Church is a parish church located in the village of Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England. Built in the 13th century, the church was renovated between the 14th and 16th centuries. The church was partly rebu…

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  Long Whatton · 0.2 km

  Long Whatton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the English county of Leicestershire. It is south of East Midlands Airp…

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  Long Whatton and Diseworth · 1.8 km

  Long Whatton and Diseworth, formerly just Long Whatton is a civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. The parish includes the villages of Long Whatton and Diseworth. The popula…

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  Oakley Wood · 1.9 km

  Oakley Wood is a 48.1-hectare (119-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hathern in Leicestershire.

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  Hathern · 2.2 km

  Hathern is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. The village itself is located in the north of the district, and is just north of Loughborough. It is served by the A6. The pa…

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  Donington Park motorway services · 2.4 km

  Donington Park is a motorway service station owned by Moto, near Kegworth village in the English East Midlands.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)