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Knowl Hill

Knowl Hill is a village in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 910. It has 6 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Wargrave, 4.6 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Knowl Hill 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
Maidenhead
Police force
Thames Valley
59/ 100

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

22°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 11° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:27

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 71% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Twyford · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • We have been made aware of anti-social behaviour issues in the alleyways linked to London Road in Twyford. This has included large groups…
  • We have been notified via social media and our neighbourhood survey of concerns relating to obstructive parking around the shops on Longf…

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

32 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wargrave (4.2 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wargrave (4.2 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: 164.9p · Asda (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (11.9 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

41 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Bird in Hand (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches9
  • Golf courses1
  • 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
  • 33 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

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £30,920 avg

e.g. Front of House Team Member, Kitchen Porter, Class 2 Driver

Source: Adzuna

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 Wokingham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Knowl Hill · 0.5 km

    Knowl Hill is a village in Berkshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) west of Maidenhead on the A4 road toward Reading. The village is split across two civil parishes and local authority areas, with its eastern part in…

  • Bear Place · 1.1 km

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

  • Kiln Green · 1.3 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…

  • Bowsey Hill · 1.5 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…

  • Warren Row · 1.6 km

    Warren Row is a village in Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Hurley. The settlement lies between the A321 road, A4 and A4130 roads, and is located approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Henley…

  • Littlewick Green · 2.0 km

    Littlewick Green is a village in the north of civil parish of White Waltham and the south of the civil parish of Hurley, near Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Knowl Hill?
Knowl Hill is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority.
What is the population of Knowl Hill?
Knowl Hill has an approximate settlement population of 910.
How deprived is Knowl Hill?
The Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, which includes Knowl Hill, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.