Raydon

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:20

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

2 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Hadleigh and Nayland · Suffolk

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

162 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

4 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Manningtree (7.3 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,612 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Babergh · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£968 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

• 1 bed £719
• 2 bed £919
• 3 bed £1,113

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

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 180.7p · Asda (10.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bypass Nurseries (4.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

92,345 residents in Babergh · 156/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 212 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 44,270)

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

56 schools · 14,984 pupils

38 primary · 5 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Babergh

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
• 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

162 applications decided

88.9% granted · 144 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Green / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 6
• LD 4
• Grn 10
• Ref 2
• Oth 9

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

4,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg

e.g. Mobile Seed Plant Operator, 3.5 Ton Driver

Source: Adzuna

£682 median full-time weekly pay

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

£27,849 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,181 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• 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 South Suffolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office359 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership315 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test297 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached225 local signatures · 9,831 nationwide

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

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  Raydon · 0.3 km

  Raydon is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles south-east of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also includes the hamlets of Lower Raydon (west) and The Woodlands…

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  Holton St Mary · 1.8 km

  Holton St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Located on the B1070 around five miles south-west of Ipswich and half a mile from the A12. In 2021 the parish ha…

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  Wenham Magna · 1.8 km

  Wenham Magna, also known as Great Wenham, is a village and a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England.

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  Raydon Wood railway station · 2.3 km

  Raydon Wood railway station was a station in Suffolk, on a short branch line from Bentley Junction to Hadleigh. There was a goods shed on a passing loop which included a small siding on the south side of the station a…

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  Shelley, Suffolk · 2.7 km

  Shelley is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Located on the west bank of the River Brett around three miles south of Hadleigh. In 2021 the parish had a population o…

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  Railway Walk, Hadleigh · 2.8 km

  Railway Walk, Hadleigh is an 11.6 hectare Local Nature Reserve which runs for 2 miles along the route of the former Hadleigh railway south-east from Hadleigh in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by Babergh District Cou…

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