Bray

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 17° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:24

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▼ 42% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Maidenhead South · Thames Valley

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

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)

279 food businesses within 2 miles

• 214 rated 4–5 ★ (186 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taplow (2.3 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£576,992 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (4.1 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

62 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Autotechnics UK LTD (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£1,953 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

326 applications decided

78.5% granted · 256 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal Democrat

Maidenhead

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 6
• LD 21
• Ref 1
• Oth 12

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

46 jobs advertised · £40,489 avg

e.g. Online Physics Tutoring Job in Bray – Flexible Schedule, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Sign Up To Drive With Uber - Flexible Alternative To Driving Jobs

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Imports 28% · Solar 15% · Biomass 7%

204 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidenhead:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership360 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office289 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test282 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Monkey Island, Bray · 0.3 km

  Monkey Island is an island in the River Thames in England, on the reach above Boveney Lock. Its nearest village is Bray, Berkshire. The dominant building on the island is a small hotel since the late 19th century. The…

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  M4 Thames Bridge · 0.4 km

  The M4 Thames Bridge Maidenhead is a motorway bridge between Dorney Reach, Buckinghamshire and Bray near Maidenhead, Berkshire in England built in the 1960s.

• Pigeonhill Eyot · 0.5 km

  Pigeonhill Eyot is an island in the River Thames in England just above Bray Lock, near Bray, Berkshire. It sits between the lock and Headpile Eyot and lock weirs run from the island to the Bray bank.

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  The Cut, Berkshire · 0.6 km

  The Cut is a river in England that rises in North Ascot, Berkshire. It flows for around 14 miles (23 km), through the rural Northern Parishes of Winkfield, Warfield and Binfield in Bracknell Forest on its way down to…

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  Bray Lock · 0.7 km

  Bray Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England near Bray and Dorney Reach, and is just above the M4 Bridge across the Thames. The lock is on the Buckinghamshire side of the river on the opposite bank from…

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  Bray Pit · 0.8 km

  Bray Pit is a nature reserve on the edge of the village of Holyport in Berkshire, England. The nature reserve was under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, but as of Decemb…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)