Farnham Common and Farnham Royal

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:28

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

228 reported · August 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences101
• Anti-social behaviour26
• Other theft21
• Vehicle crime18

15 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Britwell and Haymill · Thames Valley

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

229 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

433 food businesses within 2 miles

• 340 rated 4–5 ★ (246 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

£349,397 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Slough · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,565 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,142
• 2 bed £1,425
• 3 bed £1,712

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

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

847 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: 158.9p · Esso (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (6.8 km)

17 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)

• Live consultation links· 4 Nov 2026
• Applications open for Crisis and Resilience Fund grants· 4 Nov 2026
• Auditor’s public interest report published· 29 Oct 2026
• Government announces plans to progress with a mayoral strategic authority for the Thames Valley· 28 Oct 2026
• Council Tax Support Scheme consultation launches· 26 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,789
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,599
• Net moves−2,810

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 72 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 34,094 pupils

28 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

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

49 inspected 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)

164 applications decided

78.7% granted · 129 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Joy Morrissey

Conservative

Beaconsfield

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 17
• LD 10
• Grn 1
• Oth 3

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,670 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 25% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 9%

219 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

11 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in SL2

• Berkshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Farnham Road Practice
• Kumar Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Beaconsfield:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND227 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks192 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones184 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth159 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence134 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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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…

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