Battisford Tye

18°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 17° · 79% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:18

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Mid-Suffolk South and West · Suffolk

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

139 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stowmarket (5.8 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£320,276 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across Mid Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,001 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £718
• 2 bed £919
• 3 bed £1,118

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · ESSO (4.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Combs Tannery Carpark (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

102,695 residents in Mid Suffolk · 118/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 229 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,317 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 50,370)

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

57 schools · 14,148 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

54inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid Suffolk

691 CQC-registered services

• Care homes196
• GP practices91
• Dentists136
• Homecare agencies209
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 11 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

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

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

187 applications decided

89.8% granted · 168 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Patrick Spencer

Conservative

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

• Con 3
• LD 4
• Grn 23
• Oth 4

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

5,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Class 1 Driver

Source: Adzuna

£764 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,233 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,211 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Nuclear 29% · Biomass 13% · Wind 7%

207 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in IP14

• Mendlesham Medical Group
• Debenham Group Practice
• Stowhealth

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership353 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test336 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s283 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office269 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached267 local signatures · 9,831 nationwide

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

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  Little Finborough · 0.9 km

  Little Finborough is a small village in Suffolk, England about 3.5 miles (6 km) south-west of Stowmarket. It neighbours the village Great Finborough. The settlement was formerly known as ‘Finborough Parva’ and is feat…

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  Gipping Rural District · 1.3 km

  Gipping Rural District was a rural district in the county of East Suffolk, England. It was created in 1934 by the merger of the disbanded Bosmere and Claydon Rural District and the disbanded East Stow Rural District,…

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  Wattisham Flying Station · 2.1 km

  Wattisham Flying Station, formerly Wattisham Airfield, is a British Army airfield and barracks located near the village of Wattisham in Suffolk, England. It is home to the Army Air Corps' Apache attack helicopter forc…

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  Ringshall, Suffolk · 2.2 km

  Ringshall is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around four miles south of Stowmarket, and 13 miles north west of Ipswich.

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  Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel · 2.2 km

  Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel is a Strict Baptist chapel in the village of Wattisham in Suffolk, England. It was built in 1825 and has been a Grade II listed building since 1980.

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  Wattisham · 2.5 km

  Wattisham is a village and civil parish near to the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England. From the 2011 Census the population of the parish was 110, according to the Office for National Statistics, included in the c…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)