Knowl Hill

8°CClear

• Today: 12° / 7° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:31

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Twyford · Thames Valley

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

176 reported road collisions (2025)

45 killed or seriously injured · 213 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

32 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£583,688 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,800 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,246
• 2 bed £1,567
• 3 bed £1,916

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

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

1,715 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: 169.9p · Asda (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (11.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,978
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,347
• Net moves+631

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 285 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£1,953 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

83 schools · 27,804 pupils

46 primary · 10 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

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

190 CQC-registered services

• Care homes43
• GP practices46
• Dentists44
• Homecare agencies31
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Windsor and Maidenhead

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

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

291 applications decided

71.8% granted · 209 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 8
• LD 21
• Ref 1
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £24,572 avg

e.g. Chef de Partie, Kitchen Porter, Waste Operative

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

• 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

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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