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Great Waldingfield

Great Waldingfield is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 1,256. There are four bus stops and the nearest railway station is Sudbury, 3.6 km away. In June 2026, there were around 9 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Great Waldingfield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Babergh area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 92,345 residents at roughly 156 people per km².

Council
Babergh
County
Suffolk
Constituency
South Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 52nd of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Home affordability24
Affordable rents44
Good schools66
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation67
Employment72
Low council tax72

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 78% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:18

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 60% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Waldingfield, Boxford and Bures · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Target those supplying drugs in our communities and protecting those vulnerable to associated exploitation
  • Partnership working within the licencing community with a focus on rural community.

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

Road safety

162 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

50 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 43 rated 4–5 ★ (42 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sudbury (3.6 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sudbury (Suffolk) (3.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,612 average 1.9% YoY

Across Babergh · to 2026-06

Detached£482,180
Semi-detached£309,393
Terraced£238,862
Flat£150,955

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£968 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £719
  • 2 bed £919
  • 3 bed £1,113

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

Affordability

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · ESSO (2.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · ESSO (2.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: PIS Gt Waldingfield (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

92,345 residents in Babergh · 156/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 212 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 44,270)

A £1,561
B £1,821
C £2,081
D £2,342
E £2,862
F £3,382
G £3,903
H £4,683

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

Schools

56 schools · 14,984 pupils

38 primary · 5 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ormiston Sudbury AcademyRequires improvement
  • East Bergholt High School
  • Hadleigh High School
  • Holbrook Academy
  • Thomas Gainsborough School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Babergh

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

162 applications decided

88.9% granted · 144 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

James Cartlidge

Conservative

South Suffolk

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 6
  • LD 4
  • Grn 10
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Great Waldingfield – Flexible & Remote, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£682 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,849 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,181 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Nuclear 36% · Gas 17% · Imports 8%

73 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Suffolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Great Waldingfield · 0.1 km

    Great Waldingfield is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England about two miles (3 km) north-east of Sudbury and two miles (3 km) south-west of its sister village, Little Waldingfield. The…

  • Babergh Hundred · 1.0 km

    Babergh was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 71,882 acres (290.90 km2). Its name survives in that of Babergh District, the local government district of southern Suffolk that includes the former hundred as well as t…

  • Chilton Hall · 1.6 km

    Chilton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Chilton, Suffolk, England.

  • St Mary's Church, Chilton · 1.9 km

    St Mary's Church is a redundant Church of England parish church in the civil parish of Chilton, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade I listed building, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

  • Acton, Suffolk · 1.9 km

    Acton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. The parish also includes the hamlets of Cuckoo Tye and Newman's Green. It is located three miles North East of Sudbury.

  • Chilton, Suffolk · 2.0 km

    Chilton is a civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Sudbury, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 367.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Great Waldingfield?
Great Waldingfield is a town in Suffolk, England, in the Babergh local authority.
What is the population of Great Waldingfield?
Great Waldingfield has an approximate settlement population of 1,256.
How deprived is Great Waldingfield?
The Babergh local authority, which includes Great Waldingfield, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.