Lackford

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:23

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

288 reported road collisions (2025)

85 killed or seriously injured · 373 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£295,860 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,183 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £818
• 2 bed £1,061
• 3 bed £1,320

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

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

2,544 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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Asda (7.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: SW Lackford Lakes (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,255
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,232
• Net moves+1,023

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 172 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

82 schools · 24,787 pupils

53 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

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

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

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

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

260 applications decided

95% granted · 247 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 15
• Con 24
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 19

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

• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in IP28

• Market Cross Surgery
• The Reynard Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks204 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills179 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK169 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Lackford · 0.3 km

  Lackford is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around four miles north-west of Bury St Edmunds on the A1101, in 2005 it had a population of 270.

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  West Stow Heath · 1.0 km

  West Stow Heath is a 44.3-hectare (109-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of West Stow in Suffolk. It is part of the Breckland Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the C…

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  West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village · 1.2 km

  West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is an archaeological site and an open-air museum located near to West Stow in Suffolk, eastern England. Evidence for intermittent human habitation at the site stretches from the Mesolithi…

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  Lackford Lakes · 1.2 km

  Lackford Lakes is a 105.8-hectare (261-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) north and east of Lackford in Suffolk. The SSSI is part of the 131-hectare (320-acre) Lackford Lakes nature reserve, w…

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  Flempton · 1.9 km

  Flempton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is on the A1101 road 5 miles NW from Bury St Edmunds.

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  Black Ditches, Cavenham · 2.1 km

  Black Ditches is an earthwork close to the village of Cavenham of Suffolk, and part of it is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The earthwork is 4.5 miles long between the River Lark at Lackford…

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