Otley (East Suffolk)

22°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

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

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2

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)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 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 (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Coddenham Centre (7.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

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
• 17 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

Patrick Spencer

Conservative

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 22% · Biomass 6%

177 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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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  Otley, Suffolk · 0.2 km

  Otley is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is around 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Ipswich. The parish, which covers an area of about 9 square kilometres (3.…

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  Otley Hall · 0.8 km

  Otley Hall is a 16th-century English manor house in the civil parish of Otley, in the East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The manor was previously known as Netherhall Manor.

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  Suffolk Rural College · 1.5 km

  Suffolk Rural College is an English further education college in the village of Otley, Suffolk.

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  Moat Farm Meadows · 1.8 km

  Moat Farm Meadows is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Otley in Suffolk.

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  Ashbocking · 2.3 km

  Ashbocking is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is about seven miles north of Ipswich, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 318, increasing to 356…

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  Helmingham · 2.6 km

  Helmingham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 12 miles (20 km) east of Stowmarket, and 12 miles north (20 km) of Ipswich. It has a population of 170, increasing to 186 at th…

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