South Ascot

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 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

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, 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

12 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson3
• Other theft3
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other crime2

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)

170 food businesses within 2 miles

• 134 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ascot (2.4 km)
• 2 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: 157.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Nurture Landscapes LTD (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses2

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 2 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)

• Schools7
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,430 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

62 jobs advertised · £37,519 avg

e.g. PPM/Facilities Co-ordinator, Social Media Executive, Family Law Solicitor

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Wind 15% · Solar 10% · Biomass 7%

248 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

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SL5

• Kings Corner Surgery
• Magnolia House Surgery
• Green Meadows 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

• Hurst Lodge School · 0.4 km

  Hurst Lodge School, established in 1945, is a private school originally based in Ascot, Berkshire, England, for girls and boys aged three to eighteen, with about 250 children of all ages. The school is now located in…

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  Windlesham Moor · 0.6 km

  Windlesham Moor is a country house and, for a time in the 20th century a royal residence, at Windlesham in the English county of Surrey. In its capacity as a royal residence, it was, for nearly two years in the late 1…

• Lilly Research Centre · 1.0 km

  The Lilly Research Centre is a medical research centre in Surrey. It is the European headquarters of Eli Lilly and Company.

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  St Mary's School Ascot · 1.1 km

  St Mary's School Ascot is a Roman Catholic independent day and boarding school for girls in Ascot, Berkshire, England. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association. It was named 2015 "Public School of the Year" at…

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  Berystede · 1.3 km

  The Berystede is a hotel in the village of South Ascot, Berkshire, England.

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  Swinley Forest Golf Club · 1.6 km

  Swinley Forest Golf Club is a golf club located in Swinley Forest off Coronation Road, three miles southwest of Ascot, Berkshire, England. It was established in 1909. The course measures a little over 6,000 yards (5,5…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)