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Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead)

Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead) is a village in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has one pharmacy and one restaurant or café, 12 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Wraysbury, 0.7 km away. There were around 15 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Windsor and Maidenhead area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 153,497 residents at roughly 781 people per km².

Council
Windsor and Maidenhead
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Windsor
Police force
Thames Valley
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My Area Score

Good

Ranked 88th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability6
Affordable rents11
Good schools33
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation96
Employment72
Low council tax97

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 18° · 82% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:23

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

22 reported · July 2026 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Vehicle crime4
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Windsor East · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Catapults and other Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Drug Crime

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

100 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 77 rated 4–5 ★ (62 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wraysbury (0.7 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wraysbury (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£576,992 average 2.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-06

Detached£1,125,462
Semi-detached£603,738
Terraced£482,009
Flat£307,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (6.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (8.2 km)

39 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

124 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 35 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Dynamic International Freight Services LTD (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

153,497 residents in Windsor and Maidenhead · 781/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 304 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£1,953 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 67,630)

A £1,302
B £1,519
C £1,736
D £1,953
E £2,387
F £2,820
G £3,254
H £3,905

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Charters SchoolGood
  • Holyport CollegeGood
  • Cox Green SchoolRequires improvement
  • Windsor Girls' SchoolRequires improvement
  • Altwood Church of England School
  • Churchmead Church of England (VA) School
  • Desborough College
  • Furze Platt Senior School
  • Newlands Girls' School
  • The Windsor Boys' School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Windsor and Maidenhead

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

326 applications decided

78.5% granted · 256 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 6
  • LD 21
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Windsor:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wraysbury railway station · 0.7 km

    Wraysbury railway station serves the village of Wraysbury in Berkshire, England, as well as the larger villages of Stanwell Moor and Poyle. It is 21 miles 40 chains (34.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The fi…

  • Wraysbury Reservoir · 0.9 km

    Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London, just west of the M25 near the village of Wraysbury, and directly under the western approach path of Heathrow Airport. Construction of the reservoir was begun…

  • Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve · 1.0 km

    Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve is a 4.1-hectare (10-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Horton in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

  • Horton, Berkshire · 1.2 km

    Horton is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is between Windsor and Staines-upon-Thames.

  • Wraysbury · 1.3 km

    Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport. It is located on the east bank of the River Thames,…

  • Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit · 1.4 km

    Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit is a 58.0-hectare (143-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wraysbury in Berkshire. It is part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site, and Special Protection Area. Th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead)?
Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead) is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority.
How deprived is Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead)?
The Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, which includes Horton (Windsor and Maidenhead), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.