Farnham Common and Farnham Royal

18°CMist

• Today: 22° / 16° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:24

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

239 reported · July 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences99
• Anti-social behaviour34
• Public order22
• Shoplifting19

24 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Britwell and Haymill · Thames Valley

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

209 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 235 casualties · 13.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

428 food businesses within 2 miles

• 336 rated 4–5 ★ (243 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Burnham (2.4 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£352,024 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,569 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,144
• 2 bed £1,428
• 3 bed £1,716

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

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (3.3 km)

28 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

80 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Britwell Community Centre (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Consultation on new homelessness and rough sleeping strategy· 4 Sept 2026
• Face to face service at Britwell to continue· 27 Aug 2026
• Slough children’s social care rated inadequate· 25 Aug 2026
• Adult learning courses – enrol now!· 24 Aug 2026
• Sunny GCSE results day for Slough students· 20 Aug 2026

Source: Slough Council

158,500 residents in Slough · 4,872/km²

• Under 16: 25%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 73 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (43% of 57,340)

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

59 schools · 34,305 pupils

28 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 16 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Slough

152 CQC-registered services

• Care homes16
• GP practices24
• Dentists25
• Homecare agencies69
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Slough

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

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

141 applications decided

83.7% granted · 118 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Joy Morrissey

Conservative

Beaconsfield

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 19
• LD 10
• Grn 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools12
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés39

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£784 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,714 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 64,996 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

22% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Imports 37% · Solar 11% · Biomass 6%

193 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.8 women · 60.1 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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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  Farnham Royal · 0.3 km

  Farnham Royal is a village and civil parish within Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the south of the county, immediately north of Slough, and around 22 miles west of Charing Cross, Central London. Within the parish…

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  Beechwood School · 0.3 km

  Beechwood School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Britwell area of Slough, Berkshire, England.

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  Britwell · 0.5 km

  Britwell is a residential housing estate and civil parish in the north west of Slough, Berkshire, South East England. It is about 23 miles (37 km) west of Charing Cross, the centremost point of London.

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  Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire · 1.0 km

  Stoke Park is a private sporting and leisure estate in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. The mansion building is located in the middle of 300 acres (1.2 km2) of parkland, lakes, gardens and monuments. In 1908, the estate…

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  Cocksherd Wood · 1.4 km

  Cocksherd Wood is a 4.8-hectare (12-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Slough in Berkshire. It is owned by Slough Borough Council and managed by Evergreen 2000. The reserve is known locally as Bluebell Wood.

• Baylis Court School · 1.5 km

  Baylis Court School is a girls' secondary school with academy status in Slough, Berkshire, England, for students aged 11–18. It is the only single-sex non-selective school in Slough, and has a sixth form which was par…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)