Arborfield Cross

15°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 13° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:29

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

28 reported · July 2026▲ 47% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Public order2
• Shoplifting2

Neighbourhood team: Fields · 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)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 rated 4–5 ★ (42 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Winnersh (4.4 km)
• 11 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 (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (8.3 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

92 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Bramshill Close (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

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)

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

72% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 24% · Biomass 15% · Nuclear 10%

112 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

9 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in RG2

• Milman & Kennet Surgery
• Long Barn Lane Surgery
• University Medical Group

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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  Arborfield Cross · 0.1 km

  Arborfield Cross is a village in the civil parish of Arborfield and Newland in the Borough of Wokingham in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 763.

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  Arborfield Studios · 0.8 km

  Arborfield Studios is a film and television studio located in Arborfield, Berkshire, England. It is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from central Reading and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Shinfield Studios. Managed by…

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  Arborfield · 1.0 km

  Arborfield is a village in the civil parish of Arborfield and Newland, in the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. It is about 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Reading, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Wokingham. It…

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  Arborfield and Newland · 1.4 km

  Arborfield and Newland is a civil parish in the Wokingham district of Berkshire, England. It had a population of 2,228 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 3,115 at the 2011 Census. It includes Arborfield, Arbo…

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  Arborfield Green · 1.4 km

  Arborfield Green is a new village approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of the village of Arborfield Cross in the English county of Berkshire, previously a British Army garrison called Arborfield Garrison. The army…

• Hundred of Charlton · 1.5 km

  Charlton was a hundred in the English county of Berkshire. Like all hundreds, although never abolished, it effectively ceased to function after 1886.

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