Swallowfield

18°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 17° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:25

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026

• Bicycle theft1
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Fields · Thames Valley

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

160 reported road collisions (2024)

19 killed or seriously injured · 181 casualties · 9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mortimer (5.4 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£498,941 average▼ 3.1% YoY

Across Wokingham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,470 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,056
• 2 bed £1,349
• 3 bed £1,650

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.5 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (10.4 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

51 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: The Cake College (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

177,502 residents in Wokingham · 992/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 316 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,498 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 75,150)

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

84 schools · 33,224 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

71inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wokingham

168 CQC-registered services

• Care homes45
• GP practices24
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies50

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wokingham

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

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

269 applications decided

93.7% granted · 252 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Clive Jones

Liberal Democrat

Wokingham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 19
• LD 29
• Grn 1

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Swallowfield – Flexible & Remote, Online Yoga Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£954 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,259 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 73,180 certificates

6.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

7% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Imports 46% · Wind 5% · Biomass 2%

216 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 87.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 69.4 women · 68 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wokingham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s397 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership310 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases309 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office282 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Swallowfield · 0.1 km

  Swallowfield is a village and civil parish in the Wokingham district, in Berkshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Reading, and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the county boundary with Hampshire. The civil parish of…

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  Swallowfield Meadow · 0.1 km

  Swallowfield Meadow is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Swallowfield, south of Reading in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Swallowfield Parish Council.

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  River Blackwater (River Loddon) · 0.8 km

  The River Blackwater is a tributary of the Loddon in England and sub-tributary of the Thames. It rises at two springs in Rowhill Nature Reserve between Aldershot, Hampshire and Farnham, Surrey. It curves a course nort…

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  Swallowfield Park · 1.0 km

  Swallowfield Park is a Grade II* listed stately home and estate in the English county of Berkshire. The house is near the village of Swallowfield, some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the town of Reading.

• Beaumys Castle · 1.6 km

  Beaumys Castle, also known as Beams Castle, was a 14th-century fortified manor house in the parish of Swallowfield in the English county of Berkshire.

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  Riseley, Berkshire · 1.6 km

  Riseley is a village in the English county of Berkshire, adjacent to the border with Hampshire. It is located around 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Reading and 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Basingstoke, and is bypassed to…

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