Hare Hatch

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:33

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Twyford · Thames Valley

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

194 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 253 casualties · 10.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

71 food businesses within 2 miles

• 54 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Twyford (2.6 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£491,944 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Wokingham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,466 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,054
• 2 bed £1,345
• 3 bed £1,646

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

10.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.5 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,232 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: 156.9p · BP (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

43 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: EVC Castle Royle (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches25
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

177,502 residents in Wokingham · 992/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,285
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,508
• Net moves+777

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 295 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,498 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 75,150)

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

84 schools · 33,224 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wokingham

169 CQC-registered services

• Care homes45
• GP practices25
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies49

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wokingham

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

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

280 applications decided

97.1% granted · 272 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 19
• LD 29
• Grn 1

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

• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £32,653 avg

e.g. Client Services Assistant, Gardener/Maintenance Person, Client Services Executive

Source: Adzuna

£954 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,259 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: D · 73,180 certificates

6.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 87.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 69.4 women · 68 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in RG10

• Wargrave Practice
• Twyford Surgery
• Wokingham Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wokingham:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases311 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015269 local signatures · 3,919 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills240 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks238 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Hare Hatch · 0.4 km

  Hare Hatch is a hamlet in Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Ruscombe. According to the Post Office the majority of the population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Wargrave. The…

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  Kiln Green · 0.9 km

  Kiln Green is a small village in the civil parish of Wargrave in the English county of Berkshire. It is at grid reference SU813784 on the A4 Bath Road between Knowl Hill to the east and Hare Hatch to the west. The vil…

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  Bear Place · 1.4 km

  Bear Place is an English country house. It is a historic Grade II* listed building. The house is located northeast of Wargrave, Berkshire.

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  Ruscombe · 1.7 km

  Ruscombe is a village and civil parish, east of Twyford in the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England.

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  Church of St James the Great, Ruscombe · 1.7 km

  The Church of St James the Great is a Church of England parish church in Ruscombe, Berkshire, England. It is a grade I listed building.

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  Bowsey Hill · 1.9 km

  Bowsey Hill is a hill in Berkshire, England. It is situated in the civil parish of Wargrave in the unitary authority of Wokingham Borough. Rising to a height of 142 metres (466 ft), it has some five or six houses on i…

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