Felixstowe

11°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 10° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:21

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, 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

83 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Other theft9
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Felixstowe · Suffolk

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)

220 food businesses within 2 miles

• 201 rated 4–5 ★ (185 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Felixstowe (0.4 km)
• 43 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

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (6.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: East of England Co-operative Food (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches35
• Playgrounds9

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
• 29 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

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour

Suffolk Coastal

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)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés69

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

157 jobs advertised · £38,192 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Suffolk, Grounds Maintenance Operative, Customer Service Coordinator – Shipping & Logistics

Source: Adzuna

£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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 9%

163 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

7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in IP11

• Howard House Surgery
• Grove Medical Centre
• Haven Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Suffolk Coastal:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks397 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases261 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND163 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects163 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills161 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Felixstowe · 0.0 km

  Felixstowe is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk District of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. Fel…

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  Felixstowe railway station · 0.4 km

  Felixstowe railway station is the eastern passenger terminus of the Felixstowe Branch Line, in the east of England and is the only surviving station serving the coastal town of Felixstowe, Suffolk. It is 15 miles 51 c…

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  Felixstowe Town Hall · 0.5 km

  Felixstowe Town Hall is a municipal building in Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. The building is the meeting place of Felixstowe Town Council.

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  Felixstowe Pier · 0.8 km

  Felixstowe Pier is a pleasure pier in the Edwardian seaside town of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. It opened in August 1905 and measures 2,640 feet in length, once ranking among the longest in the country. Steamer serv…

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  Ipswich Town F.C. Women · 0.8 km

  Ipswich Town Football Club Women is a women's team affiliated with Ipswich Town Football Club. The club currently competes in the Women's Super League 2, the second tier of women's English football.

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  Felixstowe & Walton United F.C. · 0.9 km

  Felixstowe and Walton United Football Club is a football club based in Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. Formed in 2000 by a merger of Felixstowe Port & Town and Walton United, the club are currently members of the Isthmi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)