Blackwater (Hart)

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 6° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:35

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

92 reported · August 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Shoplifting14
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson8

7 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Sandhurst · Thames Valley

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

131 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 148 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

389 food businesses within 2 miles

• 305 rated 4–5 ★ (247 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blackwater (0.2 km)
• 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£391,521 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Bracknell Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,462 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,067
• 2 bed £1,345
• 3 bed £1,643

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

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (10.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,545 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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.2 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

59 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Sandhurst (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

124,607 residents in Bracknell Forest · 1,139/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,128
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,071
• Net moves+1,057

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 271 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,265 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 54,740)

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

46 schools · 22,104 pupils

29 primary · 6 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 17 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bracknell Forest

94 CQC-registered services

• Care homes19
• GP practices15
• Dentists22
• Homecare agencies29
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bracknell Forest

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

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

105 applications decided

90.5% granted · 95 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alex Baker

Labour

Aldershot

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 10
• LD 7
• Grn 3
• Oth 1

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,430 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,177 disposable income per head (2024)

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

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 58,727 certificates

6.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

34% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 14% · Imports 12% · Solar 9%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67 women · 65.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in GU17

• Minley Medical Centre
• The Oakley Health Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aldershot:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases419 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces411 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth273 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death264 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND256 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Wish Stream · 0.1 km

  Wish Stream is a small, steep English river, which is a tributary of the River Blackwater. The border between the counties of Berkshire and Surrey follows the course in the Camberley area. The stream rises on heath la…

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  Blackwater railway station · 0.1 km

  Blackwater railway station is a railway station in Blackwater, a town on the borders of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire in England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide services on the North Do…

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  The Concrete Elephant · 0.4 km

  The Concrete Elephant is a sculpture and local landmark standing along the A30 in Camberley on approach to The Meadows roundabout.

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  Blackwater, Hampshire · 0.6 km

  Blackwater is a town in the Hart District of Hampshire, England. It forms part of the Farnborough/Aldershot Built-up Area and almost is contiguous with Camberley, and situated 32 miles (51 km) west-southwest of London.

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  Blackwater Valley · 0.7 km

  Blackwater Valley is a 33.9-hectare (84-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Sandhurst in Berkshire and Blackwater in Hampshire.

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  Royal Military Academy Ground · 0.8 km

  Royal Military Academy Ground is a cricket ground in Sandhurst, Berkshire near Camberley, Surrey. The ground itself is located within the grounds of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. The first recorded match on…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)