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Tidmarsh

Tidmarsh is a village in Berkshire, England. It is near Pangbourne railway station, 2 km away. There were around 5 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 Tidmarsh area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Berkshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 161,448 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
West Berkshire
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West
Police force
Thames Valley
65/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 42nd of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Low crime80
Home affordability32
Affordable rents41
Good schools65
Life expectancy81
Low deprivation87
Employment78
Low council tax30

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

9°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:34

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 60% YoY

  • Public order2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Pangbourne and Burghfield · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • We have received reports of increased drug-related activity and anti-social behaviour in the Meadow Way area of Theale.
  • There have been ongoing reports of anti-social behaviour on Reading Road, Burghfield Common, including incidents involving catapults bein…

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

Road safety

221 reported road collisions (2025)

70 killed or seriously injured · 280 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

68 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 56 rated 4–5 ★ (50 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pangbourne (2.0 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pangbourne (2.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£401,830 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across West Berkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£709,368
Semi-detached£415,644
Terraced£336,601
Flat£209,165

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,338 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

  • 1 bed £936
  • 2 bed £1,216
  • 3 bed £1,511

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

Affordability

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,071 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (7.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (7.2 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Elephant Hotel (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

161,448 residents in West Berkshire · 229/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,730
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,143
  • Net moves+587

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 257 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,505 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 72,040)

A £1,670
B £1,949
C £2,227
D £2,505
E £3,062
F £3,619
G £4,176
H £5,011

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

Schools

99 schools · 27,859 pupils

67 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 21 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Bartholomew's SchoolOutstanding
  • Denefield SchoolGood
  • Kennet SchoolGood
  • Theale Green SchoolGood
  • John O'Gaunt School
  • Little Heath School
  • Park House School
  • The Downs School
  • The Willink School
  • Trinity School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Berkshire

Care & health services

149 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes45
  • GP practices17
  • Dentists34
  • Homecare agencies39
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Berkshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

273 applications decided

89.4% granted · 244 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 11
  • LD 28
  • Grn 2
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£861 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,258 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 · 75,598 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.5 women · 65.5 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in RG8

  • The Boat House Surgery
  • Goring & Woodcote Medical Practice
  • North And West Reading Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reading West and Mid Berkshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Tidmarsh · 0.1 km

    Tidmarsh is a village and civil parish in the West Berkshire district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Its development is mainly residential and agricultural, and is centred on the A340 road between Pa…

  • Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows · 0.6 km

    Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows is a 75.7-hectare (187-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reading in Berkshire. Previously known as Pang Valley SSSI, the site is mostly sandwiched betwe…

  • Moor Copse · 0.8 km

    Moor Copse is a 65-hectare (160-acre) nature reserve west of Reading in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Parts of it are in Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meado…

  • Sulham · 1.0 km

    Sulham is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. The larger village of Tidmarsh, with which Sulham shares a grouped parish council, is adjacent to Sulham on the west side, with Tilehurst on the east side.

  • River Bourne, Berkshire · 1.6 km

    The River Bourne is a chalk stream in the English county of Berkshire. It is a tributary of the River Pang and, indirectly, of the River Thames. The Bourne's source is near the village of Chapel Row and it joins the R…

  • Bere Court · 1.8 km

    Bere Court is an English country house. It is a historic Grade I listed building. The house is located southwest of Pangbourne, Berkshire where it was once the manor house.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Tidmarsh?
Tidmarsh is a town in Berkshire, England, in the West Berkshire local authority.
How deprived is Tidmarsh?
The West Berkshire local authority, which includes Tidmarsh, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.