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Hollesley

Hollesley is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 583. There are around 1 restaurants and cafés and 11 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hollesley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 246,058 residents at roughly 195 people per km².

Council
East Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Police force
Suffolk
65/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 43rd of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability58
Affordable rents84
Good schools38
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation50
Employment62
Low council tax74

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 15° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:18

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 100% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Deben and Orford · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • The identification, disruption and removal of County Lines and local drug dealing.
  • Targeting persistent and prolific shoplifters and retail crime across the area.

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

Road safety

328 reported road collisions (2024)

105 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

6 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

2 active warnings & alerts

  • Flood alert: The tidal Deben estuary
  • Flood alert: The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Melton (8.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£278,376 average 1.2% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£405,565
Semi-detached£265,776
Terraced£205,795
Flat£140,660

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£840 average monthly rent 4.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £602
  • 2 bed £791
  • 3 bed £938

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Morrisons (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools8
  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

246,058 residents in East Suffolk · 195/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 158 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,335 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 122,720)

A £1,557
B £1,816
C £2,075
D £2,335
E £2,854
F £3,372
G £3,891
H £4,670

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

Schools

114 schools · 31,855 pupils

84 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 48 of 56 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

101inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Farlingaye High SchoolGood
  • Felixstowe SchoolGood
  • Kesgrave High SchoolGood
  • Pakefield High SchoolGood
  • Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormGood
  • Alde Valley AcademyRequires improvement
  • Beccles High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
  • Bungay High School
  • East Point Academy
  • Ormiston Denes Academy
  • Sir John Leman High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Suffolk

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
  • 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

436 applications decided

92.7% granted · 404 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour

Suffolk Coastal

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 11
  • Con 15
  • LD 9
  • Grn 16
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£734 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,540 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,067 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 32% · Gas 31% · Nuclear 25% · Biomass 12%

135 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • 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 Suffolk Coastal:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hollesley · 0.2 km

    Hollesley is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk east of Ipswich in eastern England. Located on the Bawdsey peninsula five miles south-east of Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of…

  • HM Prison Warren Hill · 1.3 km

    HM Prison Warren Hill is a male prison located near the village of Hollesley in Suffolk, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated next to Hollesley Bay Prison.

  • HM Prison Hollesley Bay · 1.4 km

    HM Prison Hollesley Bay, known locally as Hollesley Bay Colony or simply The Colony, is a Category D men's prison and Young Offender Institution, located in the village of Hollesley, about 8 miles (13 km) from the tow…

  • Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton · 2.3 km

    Buckanay Farm Pit, Alderton is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Alderton in Suffolk. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

  • River Alde · 2.3 km

    The River Alde and River Ore form a river system in Suffolk, England passing by Snape and Aldeburgh. The River Alde and River Ore meet northwest of Blaxhall. From there downriver the combined river is known as the Riv…

  • Shingle Street · 2.4 km

    Shingle Street is a coastal settlement on the North Sea coast of the English county of Suffolk. It is 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Felixstowe and 12 miles (19 km) east of Ipswich at the mouth of the River Ore and opp…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hollesley?
Hollesley is a town in Suffolk, England, in the East Suffolk local authority.
What is the population of Hollesley?
Hollesley has an approximate settlement population of 583.
How deprived is Hollesley?
The East Suffolk local authority, which includes Hollesley, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.