Haughley

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 52% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:25

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

• 7.0 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

13 reported · August 2026▲ 160% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Vehicle crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Mid-Suffolk North and East · Suffolk

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

163 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stowmarket (3.7 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£317,979 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across Mid Suffolk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,005 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £721
• 2 bed £922
• 3 bed £1,122

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,688 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

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: MS Bury Street (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches5
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,046
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,506
• Net moves+2,540

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 191 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid 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
• 51 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

231 applications decided

91.8% granted · 212 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,625 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Class 1 Driver, Team Manager

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 8%

106 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 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

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in IP14

• Mendlesham Medical Group
• Debenham Group Practice
• Stowhealth

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects258 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

• Haughley · 0.4 km

  Haughley is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is located 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the town of Stowmarket, overlooking the Gipping valley, next to the A14 corr…

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  Haughley Castle · 0.7 km

  Haughley Castle was a medieval castle situated in the village of Haughley, some 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the town of Stowmarket, Suffolk. Prominent historians such as J. Wall consider it "the most perfect e…

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  Haughley railway station · 1.1 km

  Haughley railway station was located in Haughley, Suffolk on the Great Eastern Main Line between Liverpool Street Station and Norwich. It opened on 2 July 1849 named Haughley Junction and was a replacement for a stati…

• Haughley Road railway station · 1.4 km

  Haughley Road railway station was the original station serving Haughley, Suffolk. It closed in 1849 and was replaced by Haughley railway station which was positioned to serve both branches to the north of the newly co…

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  Old Newton with Dagworth · 1.6 km

  Old Newton with Dagworth is a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The parish contains the village of Old Newton, as well as the hamlets of Brown Street, Dagworth and Ward Green. In 2005 its p…

• Hillcroft Preparatory School · 2.0 km

  Hillcroft Preparatory School was an independent private co-educational school, located at Walnutree Manor, Haughley Green. Established in 1911, it was the oldest co-educational preparatory day school in Suffolk.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)