Great Finborough

22°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:18

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▲ 300% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Mid-Suffolk South and West · 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)

32 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stowmarket (3.9 km)
• 8 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 · ESSO (3.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · ESSO (3.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Combs Tannery Carpark (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 51 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

Dr Peter Prinsley

Labour

Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

• Con 3
• LD 4
• Grn 23
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £28,038 avg

e.g. Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Care Assistant - Bank Staff/ Zero Hour Contract, Casual Domestic Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 20% · Biomass 6%

191 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 Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership474 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office338 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership320 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test304 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s303 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Great Finborough · 0.0 km

  Great Finborough is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England; about 3 miles (5 km) south west of Stowmarket and near one of the sources of the River Gipping. It has two…

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  St Andrews, Great Finborough · 0.2 km

  St Andrew's Church is situated in the village of Great Finborough, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Finborough School · 0.3 km

  Finborough School is a co-educational independent school. It is situated in and around Finborough Hall, in the village of Great Finborough, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.

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  Finborough Hall · 0.3 km

  Finborough Hall is a Grade II listed stucco-faced Tuscan-style country house in Great Finborough, Suffolk, England.

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  Onehouse · 1.0 km

  Onehouse is a small village in the English county of Suffolk, about 3 miles west from the centre of Stowmarket near to the Golf Club. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 810.

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  Buxhall · 1.3 km

  Buxhall is a village and a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The nearest town is Stowmarket. It is home to a public house, St Mary's Church, Buxhall Windmill, and a village r…

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