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Culford

Culford is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 school and 1 bus stop, with Bury St Edmunds railway station 5.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Culford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 179,948 residents at roughly 174 people per km².

Council
West Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 27th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability60
Affordable rents41
Good schools51
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation55
Employment72
Low council tax70

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

23°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:21

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Other theft1
  • Public order1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Bury St Edmunds Rural North · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Over the past few months there has been a growing number of reports regarding youth related anti-social behaviour in Barningham and Stant…
  • In the last fortnight there has been a steady increase in theft from motor vehicles in rural areas where vans have been broken into and p…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 8 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bury St Edmunds (5.1 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bury St Edmunds (5.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£296,879 average 1.6% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£452,809
Semi-detached£281,843
Terraced£231,019
Flat£146,457

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.9p · BP (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (8.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Marshalls Nissan (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,090
D £2,351
E £2,874
F £3,397
G £3,919
H £4,703

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolGood
  • Newmarket AcademyGood
  • Samuel Ward AcademyGood
  • Stour Valley Community SchoolGood
  • Sybil Andrews AcademyGood
  • Breckland School
  • Castle Manor Academy
  • Ixworth High School
  • King Edward VI CEVC School
  • Mildenhall College Academy
  • St Benedict's Catholic School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (West Stow and Culford Park)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

210 applications decided

93.3% granted · 196 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Nick Timothy

Conservative

West Suffolk

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

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)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £33,072 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Care Assistant - Driving License Required

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

96% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Solar 31% · Nuclear 16% · Gas 5%

20 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Culford · 0.2 km

    Culford is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6 km) north of Bury St Edmunds and 62 miles (100 km) north east of London in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.

  • Culford Park · 0.4 km

    Culford Park in Culford, Suffolk, England, is a country house that is the former seat of the Bacon, Cornwallis and Cadogan families, and now the home of Culford School.

  • Culford School · 0.6 km

    Culford School, formerly the East Anglian School for Boys, is a co-educational private boarding and day school in the English public school tradition for pupils age 1–18 in the village of Culford, 4 miles (6 km) north…

  • The Iron Bridge, Culford Park · 1.0 km

    The Iron Bridge is a grade I listed early cast-iron bridge crossing a tributary of the River Lark in the grounds of Culford Park in the village of Culford near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

  • Fornham Hall · 1.8 km

    Fornham Hall was a large 18th-century country house near Bury St Edmunds. It was demolished in 1957. The Estate included manorial land is part of the parish of Fornham St Genevieve.

  • West Stow · 1.8 km

    West Stow is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The village lies north of Bury St. Edmunds, south of Mildenhall and Thetford and west of the villages of Culford…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Culford?
Culford is a town in Suffolk, England, in the West Suffolk local authority.
How deprived is Culford?
The West Suffolk local authority, which includes Culford, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.