Higham Ferrers

18°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 12° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:26

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

153 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences45
• Anti-social behaviour43
• Shoplifting31
• Public order8

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Higham Ferrers · Northamptonshire

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

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)

284 food businesses within 2 miles

• 239 rated 4–5 ★ (212 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wellingborough (5.6 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£256,610 average▲ 3.4% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (5.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (7.1 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 43 kW
• Nearest: Wood Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

359,523 residents in North Northamptonshire · 364/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,424 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

• In a conservation area (Higham Ferrers)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 52 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

258 applications decided

89.9% granted · 232 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Gen Kitchen

Labour

Wellingborough and Rushden

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

31 jobs advertised · £33,855 avg

e.g. Warehouse Operative - Weekends, Bank Team Leader at Victoria House, Online Music Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 33% · Gas 18% · Imports 4%

110 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wellingborough and Rushden:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s468 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership417 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office348 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test319 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership224 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Higham Ferrers Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Higham Ferrers Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England. The structure, which serves as the offices and meeting place of Higham Ferrers Town Council, is a Gra…

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  St Mary's Church, Higham Ferrers · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Chichele College · 0.2 km

  Chichele College is a former medieval chantry college situated in Higham Ferrers, in Northamptonshire, England. Chantry colleges were founded primarily in the 14th and 15th centuries in England. Chicele College was es…

• Higham Ferrers railway station · 0.3 km

  Higham Ferrers is a former railway station on the Higham Ferrers branch line from Wellingborough. It served the market town of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England.

• The Ferrers School · 0.4 km

  The Ferrers School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, UK.

• Warmonds Hill · 0.4 km

  Warmonds Hill is a district of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire located north west of the town centre.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)