Chieveley

11°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:33

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

12 reported · August 2026▲ 140% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bucklebury and Downlands · Thames Valley

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

221 reported road collisions (2025)

70 killed or seriously injured · 280 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

32 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newbury Racecourse (7.3 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£401,830 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across West Berkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,338 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £936
• 2 bed £1,216
• 3 bed £1,511

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

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,071 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: 159.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (8.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Moto Chieveley Services (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

161,448 residents in West Berkshire · 229/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,730
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,143
• Net moves+587

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 257 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,505 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 72,040)

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

99 schools · 27,859 pupils

67 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 21 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Berkshire

149 CQC-registered services

• Care homes45
• GP practices17
• Dentists34
• Homecare agencies39
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Berkshire

• In a conservation area (Chieveley)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

273 applications decided

89.4% granted · 244 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal Democrat

Newbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 11
• LD 28
• Grn 2
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £42,000 avg

e.g. Team Member - Greggs, Store Manager - Greggs, Electrical Technician

Source: Adzuna

£861 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,258 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 · 75,598 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 15% · Solar 14% · Imports 8%

212 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.5 women · 65.5 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in RG20

• Watership Down Health
• The Downland Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newbury:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND342 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks258 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases248 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills190 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth179 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

• 
  Chieveley House · 0.1 km

  Chieveley House, on the High Street in the village of Chieveley, Berkshire, England, is a Grade II* listed country house dating from the early 18th century. It has had a number of notable owners including Valentine Wy…

• 
  Chieveley · 0.4 km

  Chieveley is a village and large civil parish centred 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Newbury in Berkshire, close to the M4 motorway and A34 road. Chieveley services are within the parish.

• 
  Chieveley services · 1.7 km

  Chieveley services is a UK motorway service station just off the M4 motorway at Chieveley near Newbury in Berkshire, England. It is owned by Moto. It is situated on the A34 between Oxford and Winchester just off Junct…

• 
  Snelsmore · 1.7 km

  Snelsmore is a hamlet in Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Chieveley. The settlement lies near to junction 13 of the M4 motorway, and is located approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Newbury.

• 
  Bussock Camp · 1.7 km

  Bussock Camp is the site of an Iron Age bivallate hillfort located in Berkshire, England. It has a double bank and ditch to the south and east, with only a single bank remaining the north and western sides. The entran…

• 
  Beedon · 2.3 km

  Beedon is a village and civil parish about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Newbury in West Berkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)