Hartest

21°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 17° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:19

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

1 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Sudbury Rural North · Suffolk

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

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)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,612 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Babergh · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7.4 kW
• Nearest: School Lane (6.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

92,345 residents in Babergh · 156/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Babergh

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 (Hartest)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 59 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

162 applications decided

88.9% granted · 144 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Suffolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office359 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership315 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test297 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached225 local signatures · 9,831 nationwide

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

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  Hartest · 0.1 km

  Hartest is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located halfway between Bury St. Edmunds and Sudbury on the B1066 road in the Glem valley. Brockley is two mi…

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  Boxted, Suffolk · 1.4 km

  Boxted is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around 8 miles (13 km) north of Sudbury, in 2005 it had a population of 120. From the 2011 Census the population was included i…

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  Audley End, Suffolk · 1.5 km

  Audley End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lawshall in the Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located between Lambs Lane and Chadacre Hall and is around two miles off the A134 between Bury St…

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  Somerton, Suffolk · 2.3 km

  Somerton is a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England.

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  Brockley, Suffolk · 2.3 km

  Brockley (not to be confused with Brockley Green, 8 miles southwest in Hundon parish) is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Brockley parish includes the hamlets of Pound Green…

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  Shimpling · 2.9 km

  Shimpling is a village and civil parish in south Suffolk, England. About 7 miles (11 km) from Bury St Edmunds, it is part of Babergh district. The village is formed from two halves, the newer Shimpling Street and abou…

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