Hermitage

23°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 12° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:28

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order2
• Burglary1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Bucklebury and Downlands · Thames Valley

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

206 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newbury Racecourse (7.1 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£402,790 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across West Berkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,314 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,194
• 3 bed £1,483

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (9.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Thatcham Priors Court Road 001 (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

161,448 residents in West Berkshire · 229/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 289 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

82inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

150 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices17
• Dentists34
• Homecare agencies39
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Berkshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

218 applications decided

86.7% granted · 189 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Farm Trader, Delivery Driver (Class 2)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Solar 19% · Imports 11% · Gas 10%

56 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newbury:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership420 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s359 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership327 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office271 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test264 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Pinewood Halt railway station · 0.2 km

  Pinewood Halt railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It served the northern parts of Hermitage and Oare both in Berkshire. The halt was opened on 11 September 1933 in…

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  Oare, Berkshire · 0.6 km

  Oare is a small village in the civil parish of Chieveley in the English county of Berkshire.

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  Hermitage, Berkshire · 0.8 km

  Hermitage is a village and civil parish, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. The civil parish is made up of a number of settlements: Hermitage village, Little Hungerford and Wellhouse.

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  Hermitage railway station · 1.0 km

  Hermitage railway station was a railway station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway which served the villages of Hermitage and Oare in Berkshire. The station closed in 1962. The station house remains and is…

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  Denison Barracks · 1.1 km

  Denison Barracks is a British Army installation at Hermitage in Berkshire, England.

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  Grimsbury Castle · 1.2 km

  Grimsbury Castle is an Iron Age "multiple enclosure" Hill Fort comprising a large circular encampment on a high hill. It is within Grimsbury Wood, between Cold Ash and Hermitage, in the county of Berkshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)