Newell Green

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 8° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:31

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

35 reported · August 2026▼ 24% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Other theft3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bracknell Northern Parishes · Thames Valley

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

131 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 148 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

196 food businesses within 2 miles

• 157 rated 4–5 ★ (140 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bracknell (2.3 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£391,521 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Bracknell Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,462 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,067
• 2 bed £1,345
• 3 bed £1,643

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

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (10.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,545 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: 158.9p · Esso (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Bracknell North (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

124,607 residents in Bracknell Forest · 1,139/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,128
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,071
• Net moves+1,057

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 271 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,265 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 54,740)

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

46 schools · 22,104 pupils

29 primary · 6 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 17 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bracknell Forest

94 CQC-registered services

• Care homes19
• GP practices15
• Dentists22
• Homecare agencies29
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bracknell Forest

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

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

105 applications decided

90.5% granted · 95 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal Democrat

Maidenhead

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 10
• LD 7
• Grn 3
• Oth 1

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,430 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

121 jobs advertised · £41,633 avg

e.g. Backs Warehouse Team Leader, Technical Engineering Manager - Mechanical, Electronics & NPD, Senior Building Surveyor - Housing Resources team

Source: Adzuna

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,177 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 58,727 certificates

6.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 63% · Wind 20% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 7%

258 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67 women · 65.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in RG42

• Binfield Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidenhead:

• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015258 local signatures · 3,919 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases248 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks234 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND195 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth189 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Lawrence Hill, Berkshire · 0.4 km

  Lawrence Hill is a northern suburb of Bracknell in the English county of Berkshire. It stands within the civil parish of Warfield.

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  Piggy Wood · 0.7 km

  Piggy Wood is a 2.3-hectare (5.7-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Bracknell in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.

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  Quelm Park · 0.8 km

  Quelm Park is a suburb of Bracknell, in Berkshire, England.

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  Warfield · 1.1 km

  Warfield is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 11,260.

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  Whitegrove Copse · 1.1 km

  Whitegrove Copse is a 3.6-hectare (8.9-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Bracknell in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.

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  Warfield Church · 1.1 km

  Warfield Parish Church is a Grade II* listed building. It is located on Church Lane, Warfield, in Berkshire, England, ¾ of a mile north-east of the modern centre of the village. It is dedicated to the archangel Michae…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)