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Snailwell

Snailwell is a town or village in Suffolk, England. There is one bus stop and the nearest railway station is Newmarket, 4.8 km away. In June 2026, there was one recorded street crime, most commonly vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Snailwell area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 179,948 residents at roughly 174 people per km².

Council
West Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 27th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability60
Affordable rents41
Good schools51
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation55
Employment72
Low council tax70

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 11° · 47% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:27

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

264 reported road collisions (2024)

87 killed or seriously injured · 357 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

40 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 35 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newmarket (4.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newmarket (4.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£296,879 average 1.6% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£452,809
Semi-detached£281,843
Terraced£231,019
Flat£146,457

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,179 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £815
  • 2 bed £1,057
  • 3 bed £1,314

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (5.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: McDonald's, Newmarket (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,090
D £2,351
E £2,874
F £3,397
G £3,919
H £4,703

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

Schools

82 schools · 25,230 pupils

53 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

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

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolGood
  • Newmarket AcademyGood
  • Samuel Ward AcademyGood
  • Stour Valley Community SchoolGood
  • Sybil Andrews AcademyGood
  • Breckland School
  • Castle Manor Academy
  • Ixworth High School
  • King Edward VI CEVC School
  • Mildenhall College Academy
  • St Benedict's Catholic School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Suffolk

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Snailwell)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

210 applications decided

93.3% granted · 196 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat

Ely and East Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 15
  • Con 23
  • LD 1
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 19

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

Amenities nearby

  • GPs & clinics1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

50 jobs advertised · £34,566 avg

e.g. Customer Service Executive, Stylist, PPA/ Supply Teachers

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

64% low-carbon electricity

Gas 35% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 15% · Solar 9%

149 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ely and East Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Snailwell · 0.1 km

    Snailwell is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Newmarket.

  • Snailwell Meadows · 0.7 km

    Snailwell Meadows is a 14.8-hectare (37-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Snailwell in Cambridgeshire.

  • RAF Snailwell · 1.0 km

    Royal Air Force Snailwell or more simply RAF Snailwell is a former Royal Air Force station located near to the village of Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, located 3 miles (5 km) north of Newmarket, Suffolk, England.

  • Landwade · 1.8 km

    Landwade is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Exning, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is 4 miles north of Newmarket. It was one of the smallest parishes in the…

  • Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen · 1.9 km

    Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen is a 155.9-hectare (385-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Fordham in Cambridgeshire, England. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,…

  • Brackland Rough · 2.6 km

    Brackland Rough is a 10.7-hectare (26-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Fordham in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire as For…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Snailwell?
Snailwell is a town in Suffolk, England, in the West Suffolk local authority.
How deprived is Snailwell?
The West Suffolk local authority, which includes Snailwell, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.