Little Irchester

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• Today: 10° / 5° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:26

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

• 7.2 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

74 reported · August 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Public order8
• Shoplifting5

Neighbourhood team: Irchester · Northamptonshire

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

557 reported road collisions (2025)

161 killed or seriously injured · 705 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

377 food businesses within 2 miles

• 295 rated 4–5 ★ (234 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wellingborough (1.8 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£252,884 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across North Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£992 average monthly rent▲ 5.2% YoY

• 1 bed £683
• 2 bed £882
• 3 bed £1,067

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

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

4,989 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: 156.9p · BP (0.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (0.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Victoria Park (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds6

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK18,012
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK14,560
• Net moves+3,452

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 160 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

393 CQC-registered services

• Care homes111
• GP practices37
• Dentists62
• Homecare agencies145
• Hospitals & hospices7

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Northamptonshire

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

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

324 applications decided

88.9% granted · 288 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

27 jobs advertised · £39,349 avg

e.g. Gas Engineer, HGV Class 1 (C) Drivers, Behaviour Support Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£750 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% 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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Biomass 34% · Gas 14% · Imports 5%

97 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

7 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in NN8

• Queensway Medical Centre
• The Redwell Medical Centre
• Albany House Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wellingborough and Rushden:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND241 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants177 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills147 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK132 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Wellingborough London Road railway station · 0.2 km

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  Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum · 0.4 km

  The Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum is a small railway museum and metre gauge railway near Irchester, near Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England.

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  Wellingborough Town F.C. · 0.7 km

  Wellingborough Town F.C. is a football club based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. They play in the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands. The club was formed in 2004 after the previous club beari…

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  Wellingborough Whitworth F.C. · 0.7 km

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• Wellingborough School (cricket ground) · 0.8 km

  The Wellingborough School Ground is a cricket ground which was used by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in 43 First-class matches for 45 years between 1946 and 1991, and 17 List A games between 1970 and 1991. It…

• HM Prison Wellingborough · 1.1 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)