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Marlow

Marlow is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 18,261. It has 1 pharmacy and 12 restaurants and cafés, along with 7 bus stops and Marlow railway station 1 km away. The average sold house price is around £821,498, and there were around 62 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 Marlow 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

21°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 20% 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

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

109 reported · July 2026 56% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences24
  • Anti-social behaviour17
  • Other crime14
  • Other theft13

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Marlow · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • The residents of Marlow have voiced that Anti-social behaviour in the area is the most prominent issue they would like their local neighb…
  • The residents of Marlow have voted Speeding as one of their top concerns. The team will work to plan various days of enforcement and spee…

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

169 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 144 rated 4–5 ★ (126 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Marlow (0.6 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Marlow (0.6 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: 163.9p · ESSO (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (5.3 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

60 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: George and Dragon (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres8
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches37
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds10

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

  • In a conservation area (Marlow)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 197 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

Your MP

Joy Morrissey

Conservative

Beaconsfield

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

466 jobs advertised · £35,625 avg

e.g. Drive with Uber, Operational Security Lead and Vulnerability Manager, Chef Manager - Contract Catering

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

Grid electricity

70% low-carbon electricity

Solar 32% · Wind 31% · Imports 18% · Gas 11%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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 Beaconsfield:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Marlow Place · 0.1 km

    Marlow Place is a country house in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

  • St Peter's Church, Marlow · 0.2 km

    St Peter's Church is a Catholic parish church in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. It started from a mission church founded in 1844 and was completed in 1846. It was designed by Augustus Pugin in the Gothic Revival style and f…

  • Marlow Bridge · 0.3 km

    Marlow Bridge is a road traffic and foot bridge over the River Thames in England between the town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire and the village of Bisham in Berkshire. It crosses the Thames just upstream of Marlow Lock,…

  • Court Garden, Marlow · 0.3 km

    Court Garden in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, is a Grade II* listed building on the National Heritage List for England. It was built as a house in about 1758 by Dr William Battie, an eminent physician. It was sold…

  • Marlow Rowing Club · 0.3 km

    Marlow Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames in England, on the southern bank of the Thames at Bisham in Berkshire, opposite the town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire just beside Marlow Bridge and on the reach ab…

  • Marlow Town Hall · 0.4 km

    Marlow Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. The structure, which is used as a cinema, is a Grade II* listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Marlow?
Marlow is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority.
What is the population of Marlow?
Marlow has an approximate settlement population of 18,261.
How deprived is Marlow?
The Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, which includes Marlow, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.