Rickinghall and Botesdale

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:21

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Mid-Suffolk North and East · Suffolk

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

163 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£317,979 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across Mid Suffolk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,005 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY

• 1 bed £721
• 2 bed £922
• 3 bed £1,122

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,688 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

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: English Electric Moto (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

102,695 residents in Mid Suffolk · 118/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,046
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,506
• Net moves+2,540

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 191 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,317 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 50,370)

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

57 schools · 14,148 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

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

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

231 applications decided

91.8% granted · 212 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

Waveney Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

• Con 3
• LD 4
• Grn 23
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,625 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£764 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,233 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 · 49,211 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 8%

158 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in IP22

• Lawns Practice
• Parish Fields Practice
• Botesdale Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects258 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Rickinghall · 0.6 km

  Rickinghall is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is split between two parishes, Rickinghall Inferior and Rickinghall Superior, which join with Botesdale to make a single built-up a…

• St Botolph's Chapel, Botesdale · 0.7 km

  St Botolph's Chapel is located in Botesdale, Suffolk. Built as a chapel of ease for the parish church of St Mary's Church, Redgrave, it now serves as the parish church, since St Mary's was declared redundant in 2004.…

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  St Mary's Church, Rickinghall Superior · 0.9 km

  St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Rickinghall Superior, in the village of Rickinghall, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Gr…

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  Botesdale · 1.3 km

  Botesdale is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The village is about 6 miles (10 km) south west of Diss, 25 miles (40 km) south of Norwich and 16 miles (26 km) nor…

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  Rickinghall Superior · 1.5 km

  Rickinghall Superior is a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It covers the eastern part of the village of Rickinghall, and also the hamlets of Candle Street and Allwood Green. The estimated…

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  Rickinghall Inferior · 2.2 km

  Rickinghall Inferior is a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. According to the 2011 census there were 233 males and 216 females in this civil parish, for a total population of 449. It include…

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