Welford (West Northamptonshire)

7°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 5° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:27

9h 20m 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

770 reported road collisions (2025)

163 killed or seriously injured · 1,016 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£289,726 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,084 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £752
• 2 bed £954
• 3 bed £1,166

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

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

5,714 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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: 1 West Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK22,696
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK22,216
• Net moves+480

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 182 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

147 primary · 18 secondary · 43 other

Ofsted: 87 of 94 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

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

449 CQC-registered services

• Care homes108
• GP practices56
• Dentists65
• Homecare agencies169
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Northamptonshire

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

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

498 applications decided

85.3% granted · 425 granted, 73 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Stuart Andrew

Conservative

Daventry

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 8
• Con 17
• LD 8
• Ref 39
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

21,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 31% · Biomass 23% · Imports 3%

191 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

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in NN6

• The Long Buckby Practice
• Crick Medical Practice
• The Saxon Spires Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Daventry:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases404 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills244 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks225 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth223 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND213 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  St Mary's Church, Welford · 0.0 km

  St Mary's Church is an Anglican church and the parish church of Welford. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the east side of the junction of Church Lane and West Street.

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  Welford, Northamptonshire · 0.1 km

  Welford is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England, just south of the River Avon and the border with Leicestershire. At the 2011 census, the populati…

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  Welford Congregational Church · 0.1 km

  Welford Congregational Church is a Congregational church built in 1793 in the village of Welford, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade II listed building and stands on the east side of West End.

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  Welford Reservoir · 1.2 km

  Welford Reservoir is in the English county of Northamptonshire.

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  Jurassic Way · 1.3 km

  The Jurassic Way is a designated and signed long-distance footpath that connects the Oxfordshire town of Banbury with the Lincolnshire town of Stamford in England. It largely follows an ancient ridgeway traversing Bri…

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  Sulby Reservoir (Northamptonshire) · 1.7 km

  Sulby Reservoir is in the English county of Northamptonshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)