Earsham

10°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 9° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:19

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, 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

14 reported · August 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Harleston · Norfolk

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)

69 food businesses within 2 miles

• 63 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 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

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 193 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

Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

Waveney Valley

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)

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 7%

152 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

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in NR35

• Bungay Medical Centre
• Cats
• Cats - Suffolk

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects258 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Earsham · 0.1 km

  Earsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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  Earsham railway station · 0.3 km

  Earsham was a railway station in Earsham, Norfolk, England. It was located on the Waveney Valley Line which connected Beccles with the Great Eastern Main Line. It opened in 1860 and closed to passengers in 1953, and t…

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  Bungay railway station · 1.0 km

  Bungay railway station was located on the now disused Waveney Valley Line which ran between Tivetshall and Beccles. The station was closed in 1953 and the buildings eventually demolished to make way for the A143 road.…

• Clays (company) · 1.1 km

  Clays is a British printing company based in Bungay, Suffolk.

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  Bungay Castle · 1.3 km

  Bungay Castle is a Grade I listed building in the town of Bungay, Suffolk.

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  Bungay · 1.3 km

  Bungay is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It lies in the Waveney Valley, 5+1⁄2 miles west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a mea…

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