Dorney Reach

14°CMist

• Today: 23° / 13° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:28

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▼ 41% YoY

• Public order3
• Vehicle crime3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Burnham, Farnhams and Taplow · 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)

251 food businesses within 2 miles

• 197 rated 4–5 ★ (169 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taplow (2.0 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 (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (3.7 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 (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• 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
• 64 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

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)

23 jobs advertised · £27,570 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Dorney Reach – Flexible Schedule, Online Photography Tutor - Part Time, Online Physics Tutor - Part Time

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

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 Beaconsfield:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership352 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s341 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership289 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office260 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test242 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Monkey Island, Bray · 0.2 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 · 0.3 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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  Dorney Court · 0.5 km

  Dorney Court is a Grade I listed early Tudor manor house, dating from around 1440, located in the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England. It is owned and lived in by the Palmer family.

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  Dorney · 0.6 km

  Dorney is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It borders the River Thames to the west and south, and is bisected by the Jubilee River. In 2011 it had a population of 752. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) w…

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  The Cut, Berkshire · 0.7 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)