Upper Lambourn
Upper Lambourn is a village in Berkshire, England, with 2 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Upper Lambourn 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.
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- West Berkshire
- County
- Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Police force
- Thames Valley
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 42nd of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.
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
8°COvercast
- Today: 10° / 6° · 29% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:36
9h 33m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, 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
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
13 food businesses within 2 miles
- 9 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 2 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Hungerford (12.3 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£401,830 average▼ 0.4% YoY
Across West Berkshire · to 2026-08
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: 176.9p · Asda (12 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (12 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
8 charging locations within ~8 km
- 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: Lambourn High Street Car Park (2.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools7
- Sports pitches31
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)
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
- 28 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
- 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 RG17
- Kintbury & Woolton Hill Surgery
- Lambourn Surgery
- Hungerford Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newbury:
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND342 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks258 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases248 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills190 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth179 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Upper Lambourn · 0.3 kmUpper Lambourn is a small village in the county of Berkshire, England. The village is situated in the civil parish of Lambourn, and is 1.2 miles (2 km) to the north-west of the village of Lambourn, just off the Lambou…
- Croker's Hole · 1.8 km
Croker's Hole is a 4.4-hectare (11-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Upper Lambourn in Berkshire.
Fognam Chalk Quarry · 1.9 kmFognam Chalk Quarry is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. It is in the North Wessex Downs.
Lambourn · 2.1 kmLambourn is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. It lies just north of the M4 motorway between Swindon and Newbury, and borders Wiltshire to the west and Oxfordshire to the north. After Newmarket it…
Lambourn railway station · 2.5 kmLambourn railway station was a railway station in Lambourn, Berkshire, England, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.
Park Farm Down · 2.5 kmPark Farm Down or Parkfarm Down is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Lambourn in Berkshire. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Upper Lambourn?
- Upper Lambourn is a town in Berkshire, England, in the West Berkshire local authority.
- How deprived is Upper Lambourn?
- The West Berkshire local authority, which includes Upper Lambourn, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.