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Bourne End

Bourne End is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 5,320. It has around 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and 11 restaurants and cafés, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bourne End, 0.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £684,863. There were around 20 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bourne End area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Windsor and Maidenhead area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 153,497 residents at roughly 781 people per km².

Council
Windsor and Maidenhead
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Maidenhead
Police force
Thames Valley
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 88th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability6
Affordable rents11
Good schools33
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation96
Employment72
Low council tax97

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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 17° · 71% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

35 reported · July 2026 35% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Public order4

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Marlow · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • The residents of Marlow have voiced that Anti-social behaviour in the area is the most prominent issue they would like their local neighb…
  • The residents of Marlow have voted Speeding as one of their top concerns. The team will work to plan various days of enforcement and spee…

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

Road safety

149 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 179 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

151 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 133 rated 4–5 ★ (111 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bourne End (0.2 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bourne End (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£576,992 average 2.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-06

Detached£1,125,462
Semi-detached£603,738
Terraced£482,009
Flat£307,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,805 average monthly rent 1.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,249
  • 2 bed £1,572
  • 3 bed £1,921

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

Affordability

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Asda (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (5.9 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

66 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Wooburn Green (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches20
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

153,497 residents in Windsor and Maidenhead · 781/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 304 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£1,953 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 67,630)

A £1,302
B £1,519
C £1,736
D £1,953
E £2,387
F £2,820
G £3,254
H £3,905

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

Schools

83 schools · 27,804 pupils

46 primary · 10 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Charters SchoolGood
  • Holyport CollegeGood
  • Cox Green SchoolRequires improvement
  • Windsor Girls' SchoolRequires improvement
  • Altwood Church of England School
  • Churchmead Church of England (VA) School
  • Desborough College
  • Furze Platt Senior School
  • Newlands Girls' School
  • The Windsor Boys' School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Windsor and Maidenhead

Care & health services

190 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices46
  • Dentists44
  • Homecare agencies31
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Windsor and Maidenhead

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

326 applications decided

78.5% granted · 256 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Joy Morrissey

Conservative

Beaconsfield

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 6
  • LD 21
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

71 jobs advertised · £39,040 avg

e.g. Online History Tutoring Job in Bourne End – Flexible Schedule, Corporate Sales Team Lead, Become a Primary school Tutor in Bourne End (Buckinghamshire) – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,211 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 71,997 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Gas 17% · Biomass 16% · Imports 11%

89 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 68.9 women · 67.3 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Beaconsfield:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bourne End Railway Bridge · 0.2 km

    Bourne End Railway Bridge is a railway bridge carrying the Marlow Branch Line, and a footpath over the River Thames in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach between Cookham Lock and…

  • Bourne End railway station · 0.2 km

    Bourne End railway station is a railway station in Buckinghamshire, England, that serves Bourne End. It is on the Marlow Branch Line between Maidenhead and Marlow, 4 miles 36 chains (7.2 km) down the line from Maidenh…

  • Bourne End, Buckinghamshire · 0.6 km

    Bourne End is a village mostly in the parish of Wooburn, but partly in that of Little Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. It is about five miles (8 km) south-east of High Wycombe and three miles (5 km) east of Marlow,…

  • River Wye, Buckinghamshire · 0.7 km

    The River Wye is a chalk river in Buckinghamshire, England. It takes its name from the town of High Wycombe through which it flows, rather than the town being named after the river, as is more commonly the case.

  • Bourne End Academy · 0.7 km

    Bourne End Academy is a co-educational secondary school in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a secondary school which takes pupils from the age of 11 to 18. It is smaller than an average secondary school, wi…

  • Well End, Buckinghamshire · 0.8 km

    Well End is a hamlet in the parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated on the north-west side of the village of Bourne End. Although it lies in a separate parish, it is geographically contigu…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bourne End?
Bourne End is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority.
What is the population of Bourne End?
Bourne End has an approximate settlement population of 5,320.
How deprived is Bourne End?
The Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, which includes Bourne End, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.