Whissendine

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 12° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:28

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Rutland North · Leicestershire

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

33 reported road collisions (2024)

11 killed or seriously injured · 43 casualties · 8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Central Station (4.2 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£299,980 average▼ 4.4% YoY

Across Rutland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£962 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

• 1 bed £677
• 2 bed £840
• 3 bed £994

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · ESSO (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (9.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Mick Appleby Racing & Breading (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

41,048 residents in Rutland · 108/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 303 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,738 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 18,140)

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

27 schools · 7,772 pupils

17 primary · 3 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 6 of 6 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

20inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rutland

46 CQC-registered services

• Care homes11
• GP practices6
• Dentists12
• Homecare agencies14
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rutland

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

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

131 applications decided

90.1% granted · 118 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 2
• Con 7
• LD 10
• Oth 8

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Labourer, Electrician

Source: Adzuna

£776 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,310 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 18,463 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Solar 16% · Gas 12% · Biomass 9%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.8 women · 65 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.2
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s298 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership284 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills266 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Whissendine · 0.5 km

  Whissendine is a village and civil parish in Rutland, England, north-west of the county town, Oakham. The population at the 2001 census was 1,189, increasing to 1,253 at the 2011 census.

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  St Andrew's Church, Whissendine · 0.7 km

  St Andrew's Church is a church in Whissendine, Rutland. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Whissendine Brook · 2.5 km

  The Whissendine Brook is a small watercourse in the East Midlands region of England. It is a tributary of the Langham Brook and part of the River Soar catchment.

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  Whissendine railway station · 2.5 km

  Whissendine railway station was a station serving the villages of Whissendine in Rutland and Wymondham and Edmondthorpe in Leicestershire. The station itself was about one and a half miles from each, and was in Leices…

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  Rutland and Melton · 2.7 km

  Rutland and Melton was a county constituency spanning Leicestershire and Rutland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 2024. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP)…

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  Wymondham Rough · 3.1 km

  Wymondham Rough is a 6.0 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) east of Stapleford in Leicestershire. The SSSI is part of the 12.5 hectare Wymondham Rough nature reserve, which is managed by th…

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