Long Whatton

12°CClear

• Today: 17° / 12° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:39

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▲ 300% YoY

• Drugs3
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Valley · Leicestershire

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

194 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 236 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

44 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 2 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

£276,865 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Charnwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

• 1 bed £677
• 2 bed £845
• 3 bed £1,027

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.7p · Asda (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

9 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 244 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

64inspected 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 homes163
• GP practices107
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

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

214 applications decided

87.9% granted · 188 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Amanda Hack

Labour

North West Leicestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 22
• Grn 7
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £27,331 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Fork Lift Truck Driver, Wood Machinist

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 26% · Gas 24% · Imports 4%

125 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.7 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Leicestershire:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 1,163 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills505 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership463 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office433 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s326 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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)