Easton (East Suffolk)

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 22° / 17° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:16

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

328 reported road collisions (2024)

105 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wickham Market (5.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£278,376 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£840 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £602
• 2 bed £791
• 3 bed £938

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

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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: The Co-operative Food - Wickham Market (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 158 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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
• 40 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

436 applications decided

92.7% granted · 404 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Patrick Spencer

Conservative

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

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)

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 9% · Solar 5%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs 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

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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  Easton Park (Suffolk estate) · 0.1 km

  Easton Park was a stately home in Easton, Suffolk, England. For several centuries it served as the seat of prominent families—including the Wingfields, the Earls of Rochford, and the Dukes of Hamilton—whose political,…

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  Easton, Suffolk · 0.1 km

  Easton in England is situated on the River Deben around three miles south of Framlingham and is the former estate village of Easton Park, one-time seat of the Duke of Hamilton. The population of the parish at the 2011…

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  Letheringham · 1.1 km

  Letheringham is a sparsely populated civil parish in the East Suffolk district in Suffolk, England, on the Deben River.

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  Kettleburgh · 1.3 km

  Kettleburgh is a small village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk. The population of this Civil Parish at the 2011 Census was 231.

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  Hoo, Suffolk · 2.5 km

  Hoo is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of the town of Wickham Market and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Framlingham.…

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  Parham Hall · 2.6 km

  Parham Old Hall is a historic medieval mansion close to the village of Parham, in Suffolk, England. Closely associated with the Barons Willoughby of Parham, it is a Grade II listed building on the National Heritage Li…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)