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Barnwell

Barnwell is a village in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of around 369. It has around 1 restaurant and café and 2 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Barnwell area — all from official UK open data.

The wider council area has around 359,523 residents at roughly 364 people per km².

Council
North Northamptonshire
County
Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby
Police force
Northamptonshire
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 141st of 294 English council areas — better than 52% of them.

Home affordability64
Affordable rents59
Good schools57
Life expectancy33
Employment48
Low council tax54

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 70% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 50% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:24

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

489 reported road collisions (2024)

109 killed or seriously injured · 642 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

9 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 9 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£256,610 average 3.4% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Detached£409,963
Semi-detached£252,781
Terraced£203,525
Flat£118,316

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£988 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £681
  • 2 bed £878
  • 3 bed £1,063

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

Affordability

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · ESSO (6.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · ESSO (6.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Highfield Road (7.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

359,523 residents in North Northamptonshire · 364/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,424 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 161,180)

A £1,616
B £1,885
C £2,155
D £2,424
E £2,963
F £3,501
G £4,040
H £4,848

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

Schools

154 schools · 58,508 pupils

111 primary · 20 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 61 of 68 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

144inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Brooke Weston AcademyGood
  • Corby Business AcademyGood
  • Kettering Science AcademyGood
  • Prince William SchoolGood
  • Rushden AcademyGood
  • Sir Christopher Hatton AcademyGood
  • Southfield School for GirlsGood
  • The Ferrers SchoolGood
  • Wollaston SchoolGood
  • Lodge Park AcademyRequires improvement
  • Manor SchoolInadequate
  • Montsaye AcademyInadequate
  • Bishop Stopford School
  • Corby Technical School
  • Huxlow Academy
  • Kingswood Secondary Academy
  • The Latimer Arts College
  • Weavers Academy
  • Weldon Village Academy
  • Wrenn School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Northamptonshire

Care & health services

395 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes113
  • GP practices37
  • Dentists62
  • Homecare agencies145
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Northamptonshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

258 applications decided

89.9% granted · 232 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Lee Barron

Labour

Corby and East Northamptonshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 4
  • Con 11
  • LD 1
  • Grn 8
  • Ref 39
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£750 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,357 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

65% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 49,917 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Biomass 28% · Imports 4% · Wind 4%

265 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.3 women · 58.7 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in PE8

  • Wittering Medical Centre
  • Wansford
  • Oundle

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Corby and East Northamptonshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Barnwell, Northamptonshire · 0.5 km

    Barnwell is a village and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in Northamptonshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the town of Oundle, 78 miles (126 km) north of London and 14 miles (22.5 km) south…

  • Barnwell Manor · 0.5 km

    Barnwell Manor is a Grade II listed country estate near the village of Barnwell, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Oundle, in Northamptonshire, England. The historic former home of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester,…

  • Barnwell railway station · 0.5 km

    Barnwell railway station is a former railway station in Barnwell, Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway line which connected Peterborough and Northampton.

  • Barnwell Castle · 0.7 km

    Barnwell Castle is a ruined castle, south of the town of Oundle, and north of the village of Barnwell, Northamptonshire. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is a Scheduled Anci…

  • Oundle Rural District · 1.6 km

    Oundle was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1935.

  • Armston · 1.6 km

    Armston is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Polebrook, in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 22.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Barnwell?
Barnwell is a town in Northamptonshire, England, in the North Northamptonshire local authority.
What is the population of Barnwell?
Barnwell has an approximate settlement population of 369.