Hessett

18°CMist

• Today: 25° / 18° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:16

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

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)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thurston (3.9 km)
• 2 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: 135.9p · BP (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (4.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: MFG BP West Suffolk (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches5
• 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
• 27 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)

5,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £33,072 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Driving License Required

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 12% · Wind 11%

210 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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  Hessett · 0.1 km

  Hessett is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Hessett is located around four miles south-east of Bury St Edmunds. It is a rural village with a single north-south road…

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  Drinkstone · 1.5 km

  Drinkstone is a small settlement and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Its name is derived from Dremic's homestead. It was located in the hundred of Thedwastre. It is near the A14 road and is 6 miles (10 km) southeas…

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  Beyton · 1.7 km

  Beyton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The village is around 8 miles (13 km) east of Bury St Edmunds, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Thurston and 8 miles (13…

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  Rougham, Suffolk · 2.6 km

  Rougham is a village and former civil parish 19 miles (31 km) north west of Ipswich, now in the parish of Rushbrooke with Rougham, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Until April 2019 Roug…

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  Bradfield St George · 2.7 km

  Bradfield St. George is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Bury St Edmunds. In 2011 the parish had a population of 420.

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  Tostock · 2.8 km

  Tostock is a small village around eight miles east of Bury St. Edmunds in the county of Suffolk. It is a very traditional Suffolk village, with a good example of a fourteenth-century church.

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