Mears Ashby

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 16° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:22

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 83% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Earls Barton · 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)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 44 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wellingborough (6.6 km)
• 5 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 (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (11.8 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Bannatynes Health Club - Wellingborough (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches1

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 (Mears Ashby)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 29 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

Stuart Andrew

Conservative

Daventry

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Mears Ashby – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths 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

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Biomass 21% · Wind 17% · Imports 3%

250 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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 Daventry:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership423 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office412 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases402 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s352 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test345 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Sywell Aviation Museum · 1.5 km

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  Sywell Aerodrome · 2.1 km

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  Northamptonshire · 2.1 km

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