Bramfield

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 9° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:21

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026

• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Halesworth and Southwold · Suffolk

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

385 reported road collisions (2025)

109 killed or seriously injured · 496 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Halesworth (4.1 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£277,949 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£842 average monthly rent▲ 5.1% YoY

• 1 bed £603
• 2 bed £792
• 3 bed £940

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 (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,524 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

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: EV Driver Darsham Hamper Co-Op (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

246,058 residents in East Suffolk · 195/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,457
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,339
• Net moves+2,118

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 138 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,335 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 122,720)

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

114 schools · 31,855 pupils

84 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 48 of 56 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

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

692 CQC-registered services

• Care homes197
• GP practices92
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies208
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

• In a conservation area (Bramfield)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 27 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

472 applications decided

93% granted · 439 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour

Suffolk Coastal

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 15
• LD 9
• Grn 16
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

8 jobs advertised · £33,990 avg

e.g. Skip Lorry Driver, Administrator, Retained VIP Doctor – Premium Financial Package

Source: Adzuna

£734 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,540 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 · 129,067 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 8%

141 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in IP19

• Cutlers Hill Surgery
• C1 Esterase

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Suffolk Coastal:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks397 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases261 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND163 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects163 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills161 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Bramfield, Suffolk · 0.1 km

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  Church Farm Marshes · 2.1 km

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  Dew's Ponds · 2.3 km

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