Hartwell

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• Today: 20° / 9° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:32

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Drugs1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Deanshanger and Grange Park · Northamptonshire

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

751 reported road collisions (2024)

133 killed or seriously injured · 990 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 16 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£292,754 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,078 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £748
• 2 bed £950
• 3 bed £1,160

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Esso (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (10.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Northampton Supercharger (5.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

425,727 residents in West Northamptonshire · 309/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 185,940)

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

208 schools · 69,080 pupils

148 primary · 17 secondary · 43 other

Ofsted: 88 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

187inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

447 CQC-registered services

• Care homes107
• GP practices57
• Dentists64
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 79% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Northamptonshire

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

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

449 applications decided

90.4% granted · 406 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Bool

Conservative

South Northamptonshire

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 8
• Con 17
• LD 7
• Ref 39
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

21,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

89 jobs advertised · £38,451 avg

e.g. Industry Placement Officer - Construction, Responsive Repairs Electrician, Yard Marshal

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,629 disposable income per head (2024)

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

64% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,687 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Biomass 29% · Wind 12% · Solar 9%

208 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.9 women · 61.6 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Northamptonshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership425 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office413 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 401 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s354 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership327 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Hartwell, Northamptonshire · 0.1 km

  Hartwell is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, bordering Buckinghamshire. The village is next to Salcey Forest and the M1 motorway. It is 7 miles (11 km) south of Northampton and 13 miles (2…

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  Salcey Forest · 1.7 km

  Salcey Forest is a fragment of a former medieval hunting forest east of the village of Hartwell, between Northampton and Newport Pagnell in Northamptonshire. It is managed by Forestry England and to promote biodiversi…

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  Ashton, West Northamptonshire · 1.9 km

  Ashton is a village in West Northamptonshire about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Roade village close to the Northampton to Milton Keynes A508, ca.3 miles (5 km) south of junction 15 of the M1 motorway, 6 miles (10 km)…

• Salcey Green · 2.6 km

  Salcey Green is an area of farm and wood land within the parish of Hanslope in the Borough of Milton Keynes, England. In 1830 it was the scene of an infamous bare-knuckle fight between boxers Simon Byrne and Alexande…

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  Long Street, Buckinghamshire · 2.8 km

  Long Street is a hamlet in the parish of Hanslope, in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the road that leads from Hanslope to Hartwell, North…

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  Roade · 3.1 km

  Roade is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)