Wokingham

19°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 16° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:25

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

58 reported · July 2026▼ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Public order5
• Shoplifting5
• Other theft4

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Winnersh · Thames Valley

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

160 reported road collisions (2024)

19 killed or seriously injured · 181 casualties · 9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

179 food businesses within 2 miles

• 142 rated 4–5 ★ (125 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Winnersh (0.7 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£498,941 average▼ 3.1% YoY

Across Wokingham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,470 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,056
• 2 bed £1,349
• 3 bed £1,650

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

10.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.5 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (10.4 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

117 charging locations within ~8 km

• 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Chatsworth Avenue (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

177,502 residents in Wokingham · 992/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 316 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,498 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 75,150)

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

84 schools · 33,224 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 21 other

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

71inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wokingham

168 CQC-registered services

• Care homes45
• GP practices24
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies50

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wokingham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

269 applications decided

93.7% granted · 252 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Clive Jones

Liberal Democrat

Wokingham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 19
• LD 29
• Grn 1

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

977 jobs advertised · £42,748 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Superflex Roadside Technician, Superflex Roadside Patrol - Reading

Source: Adzuna

£954 median full-time weekly pay

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

£32,259 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 73,180 certificates

6.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

22% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Imports 37% · Solar 11% · Biomass 6%

193 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 87.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 69.4 women · 68 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

10 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in RG41

• Woosehill Practice
• Ent Clinic
• Macmillan House

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wokingham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s397 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership310 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases309 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office282 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Marvellous Festivals · 0.4 km

  Marvellous Festivals is an annual single-stage music festival held in Dinton Pastures Country Park. The festival has been held since 2003.

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  Winnersh · 0.5 km

  Winnersh is a suburban village and civil parish in the borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. The village is located around 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Wokingham town centre and around 4 miles (6.4 km) southeas…

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  Sindlesham Court · 0.6 km

  Sindlesham Court, near Wokingham, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built before 1760, as it is shown on Rocque's Map of 1761. It was the home of…

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  Winnersh railway station · 0.7 km

  Winnersh railway station, previously known as Sindlesham and Hurst Halt and then Winnersh Halt, is a railway station located in the centre of the village of Winnersh in Berkshire, England. It is served by South Wester…

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  Sindlesham · 0.7 km

  Sindlesham is an estate village in the borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. It is located around 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Reading and around 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the town of Bracknell, and just south o…

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  The Forest School, Winnersh · 0.8 km

  The Forest School is an 11-18 co-educational secondary school located in Winnersh, Berkshire, England. It is located on Robin Hood Lane, the B3030 road, next to Winnersh railway station. Originally, participation in Y…

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