Eye (Mid Suffolk)

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 79% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:17

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▼ 31% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Debenham and Eye · Suffolk

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

139 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Diss (6.2 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£320,276 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across Mid Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,001 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £718
• 2 bed £919
• 3 bed £1,118

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (6.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: IP23 7AF (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

102,695 residents in Mid Suffolk · 118/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 229 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,317 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 50,370)

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

57 schools · 14,148 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

54inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid 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 (Eye)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 154 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

187 applications decided

89.8% granted · 168 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

Waveney Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

• Con 3
• LD 4
• Grn 23
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£764 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,233 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 · 49,211 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Nuclear 28% · Biomass 10% · Wind 5%

228 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership476 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership410 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office315 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases222 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Eye, Suffolk · 0.1 km

  Eye is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Diss, 17.5 miles (28 km) north of Ipswich and 23 miles (37 km) south-west…

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  Eye Castle · 0.1 km

  Eye Castle is a motte and bailey medieval castle with a prominent Victorian addition in the town of Eye, Suffolk. Built shortly after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the castle was sacked and largely destroyed…

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  Eye Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Eye Town Hall is a municipal building in Broad Street in Eye, Suffolk, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Eye Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

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  The Pennings, Eye · 0.3 km

  The Pennings is a 2.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Eye in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Mid Suffolk District Council.

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  Eye railway station · 0.4 km

  Eye railway station was located in Eye, Suffolk on a branch from Mellis. It was 94 miles 24 chains (151.8 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street. It was closed to passengers on 2 February 1931 and to goods on 13 J…

• Eye Priory · 0.6 km

  Eye Priory was a Benedictine Priory dedicated to St Peter in the town of Eye in the English county of Suffolk. It was founded by Robert Malet c. 1080, and was originally an Alien Priory dependent on Bernay Abbey in No…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)