Wellingborough

20°COvercast

• 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

482 reported · July 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences158
• Anti-social behaviour130
• Drugs28
• Public order27

46 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wellingborough - South · 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)

422 food businesses within 2 miles

• 334 rated 4–5 ★ (264 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wellingborough (1.2 km)
• 55 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 (2.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (10.8 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Broad Green (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres9
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds17

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 (Wellingborough)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 102 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)

• Schools23
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies10
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens25
• Restaurants & cafés91

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

761 jobs advertised · £37,813 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Delivery Technician, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Biomass 19% · Wind 15% · Solar 14%

212 gCO₂/kWh · 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 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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  Wellingborough · 0.0 km

  Wellingborough is a market town in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, 65 miles (105 km) from London and 10 miles (16 km) from Northampton, north of the River Nene.

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  All Hallows Church, Wellingborough · 0.1 km

  The All Hallows Church is a Church of England parish church in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The church is a Grade I listed building.

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  Borough of Wellingborough · 0.1 km

  The Borough of Wellingborough was a non-metropolitan district and borough in Northamptonshire, England, from 1974 to 2021. It was named after Wellingborough, its main town, but also included surrounding rural areas.

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  Croyland Abbey, Wellingborough · 0.3 km

  Croyland Abbey is a Grade II-listed manor house, in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

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  Swansgate Shopping Centre · 0.3 km

  The Swansgate Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the town centre of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. It is the second largest shopping centre in Northamptonshire after the Grosvenor Centre in Northampto…

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  Wellingborough and Rushden · 0.5 km

  Wellingborough and Rushden is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The seat is currently held by Labour MP Gen Kitchen, after the recall of MP Peter Bone in Dece…

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