Stoke-by-Clare

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 16° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:17

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

2 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Haverhill Rural and Suffolk South West · Suffolk

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

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)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Castle Hedingham (8.0 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,879 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Esso (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (6.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ehringshausen Way Car Park (7.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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

• In a conservation area (Stoke-by-Clare)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 59 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

210 applications decided

93.3% granted · 196 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Nick Timothy

Conservative

West Suffolk

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £18,613 avg

e.g. Morning Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Nuclear 28% · Biomass 11% · Wind 7%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership473 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office405 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test328 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance245 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Stoke-by-Clare · 0.1 km

  Stoke-by-Clare is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England located in the valley of the River Stour, about two miles west of Clare. In 2011 the parish had a population of 512.

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  Stoke railway station (Suffolk) · 0.3 km

  Stoke railway station was a station that served the village of Stoke-by-Clare in Suffolk, England. It opened in 1865 on the Stour Valley Railway between Sudbury and Cambridge.

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  Stoke College · 0.3 km

  Stoke College in Stoke-by-Clare, near Clare, Suffolk, England, was a co-educational day school for children aged 11 to 18, with boarding for children aged 11 to 18. It was built on the site of a major medieval monasti…

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  Ashen, Essex · 1.1 km

  Ashen is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located about 8 km (5.0 mi) east-southeast of Haverhill and is 36 km (22 mi) north from the county town of Chelmsford. The village lies to the south of the…

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  Baythorne End · 1.9 km

  Baythorne End is a hamlet in the English county of Essex, England. It is located directly on the border with Suffolk. The hamlet is within the civil parish of Birdbrook and forms a part of the Braintree parliamentary…

• Boyton End, Suffolk · 2.4 km

  Boyton End is a hamlet in Suffolk, England, about 3 miles or 5 km east of the town of Haverhill, and almost on the Stour Valley Path. Boyton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Alia Boituna.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)