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Horringer

Horringer is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 780. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 9 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bury St Edmunds, 4.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Horringer area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 179,948 residents at roughly 174 people per km².

Council
West Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds
Police force
Suffolk
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 27th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability60
Affordable rents41
Good schools51
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation55
Employment72
Low council tax70

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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:19

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Other theft1
  • Public order1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Bury St Edmunds Rural South · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Recent reports of Anti-Social Behaviour in Rougham
  • Reducing retail crime. Retain crime remains both a local and national priority.

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

Road safety

264 reported road collisions (2024)

87 killed or seriously injured · 357 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

49 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 42 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bury St Edmunds (4.2 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bury St Edmunds (4.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£296,879 average 1.6% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£452,809
Semi-detached£281,843
Terraced£231,019
Flat£146,457

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,179 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £815
  • 2 bed £1,057
  • 3 bed £1,314

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

Affordability

7.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.7 times median annual pay (8.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.9p · BP (7.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (7.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Bannatyne Bury St Edmunds (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (34% of 84,240)

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,090
D £2,351
E £2,874
F £3,397
G £3,919
H £4,703

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

Schools

82 schools · 25,230 pupils

53 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 40 of 45 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolGood
  • Newmarket AcademyGood
  • Samuel Ward AcademyGood
  • Stour Valley Community SchoolGood
  • Sybil Andrews AcademyGood
  • Breckland School
  • Castle Manor Academy
  • Ixworth High School
  • King Edward VI CEVC School
  • Mildenhall College Academy
  • St Benedict's Catholic School

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

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

Planning decisions

210 applications decided

93.3% granted · 196 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Nick Timothy

Conservative

West Suffolk

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure 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

Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 15
  • Con 23
  • LD 1
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 19

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £33,072 avg

e.g. Online Swimming Tutor - Part Time, Online Italian Tutor - Part Time, Online Art History Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£755 median full-time weekly pay

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

£23,636 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 94,014 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 20% · Biomass 6%

191 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Horringer · 0.1 km

    Horringer, formerly also called Horningsheath, is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It lies on the A143 about two miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds. The populatio…

  • Ickworth · 0.8 km

    Ickworth is a small civil parish, almost coextensive with the estate of the National Trust's Ickworth House, in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, eastern England, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west of Bury St Edmunds.…

  • Ickworth House · 1.2 km

    Ickworth House is a country house at Ickworth, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. It is a neoclassical building set in parkland. The house was the residence of the Marquesses of Bristol until 1998; the house wa…

  • Horringer Court Caves · 1.4 km

    Horringer Court Caves is a 3.8-hectare (9.4-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.

  • Little Horringer Hall · 1.4 km

    Little Horringer Hall is a Grade II-listed house in Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

  • St Mary's Church, Ickworth · 1.6 km

    Ickworth Church is a former parish church in Ickworth Park near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Horringer?
Horringer is a town in Suffolk, England, in the West Suffolk local authority.
What is the population of Horringer?
Horringer has an approximate settlement population of 780.
How deprived is Horringer?
The West Suffolk local authority, which includes Horringer, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.