Little Bealings

19°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 18° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:17

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Woodbridge and Wickham Market · Suffolk

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

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)

91 food businesses within 2 miles

• 83 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Woodbridge (4.2 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£278,376 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (4.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Milsoms Kesgrave Hall (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools14
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

246,058 residents in East Suffolk · 195/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,335 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

436 applications decided

92.7% granted · 404 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Music Tutoring Job in Bealings – Flexible Schedule, Online Music Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership353 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test336 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s283 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office269 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached267 local signatures · 9,831 nationwide

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

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  Bealings railway station · 0.5 km

  Bealings railway station was a station in Little Bealings, Suffolk, on the line between Ipswich and Lowestoft. It was 7 miles 20 chains (11.7 km) down the line from Ipswich. While the station closed on 17 September 19…

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  Little Bealings · 0.8 km

  Little Bealings is a village in Suffolk, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. The population had fallen to 420 at the 2011 Census. Its nearest towns are Ipswich and…

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  Kesgrave Hall School · 0.9 km

  Kesgrave Hall School was a private boys' boarding school in Kesgrave, England, catering to pupils with high academic potential who were unable to flourish in mainstream schools.

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  Kesgrave Hall · 0.9 km

  Kesgrave Hall is a country house located in woodlands north of the town of Kesgrave, which itself is on the eastern outskirts of Ipswich, in Suffolk, England. It was constructed in 1812 by William Cunliffe-Shawe, and…

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  Sinks Valley, Kesgrave · 1.3 km

  Sinks Valley is a 24.9-hectare (62-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kesgrave, on the eastern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk, United Kingdom.

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  Martlesham · 1.6 km

  Martlesham is a village in Suffolk, England about two miles (3 km) south-west of Woodbridge and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Ipswich. It is often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old…

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