Cavendish

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 56% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:19

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Public order2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Haverhill Rural and Suffolk South West · Suffolk

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

264 reported road collisions (2024)

87 killed or seriously injured · 357 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,879 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,179 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

• 1 bed £815
• 2 bed £1,057
• 3 bed £1,314

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

7.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.7 times median annual pay (8.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · ESSO (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · ESSO (9.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7.4 kW
• Nearest: School Lane (6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (34% of 84,240)

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

82 schools · 25,230 pupils

53 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 40 of 45 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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

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

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

210 applications decided

93.3% granted · 196 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Nick Timothy

Conservative

West Suffolk

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 15
• Con 23
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 19

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£755 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,636 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 · 94,014 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

64% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 33% · Gas 31% · Solar 14% · Wind 11%

134 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership473 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office405 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test328 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance245 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish · 0.0 km

  St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cavendish, Suffolk.

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  Cavendish, Suffolk · 0.0 km

  Cavendish is a village and civil parish in the Stour Valley in Suffolk, England.

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  Cavendish railway station · 0.5 km

  Cavendish railway station was a station that served the village of Cavendish in Suffolk, England. It opened in 1865 on the Stour Valley Railway between Sudbury and Cambridge.

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  Colt's Hall, Cavendish · 1.7 km

  Colt's Hall is an old manor house in Cavendish, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Pentlow · 1.9 km

  Pentlow is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It is just south of the River Stour, and nearby settlements include the villages of Foxearth and Cavendish and the haml…

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  Glemsford railway station · 2.6 km

  Glemsford railway station was a station that served the village of Glemsford in Suffolk, England. It opened in 1865 on the Stour Valley Railway between Sudbury and Cambridge.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)