Water Oakley

20°CCloudy

• Today: 23° / 12° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Vehicle crime1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Windsor West · Thames Valley

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

149 reported road collisions (2024)

27 killed or seriously injured · 179 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

126 food businesses within 2 miles

• 101 rated 4–5 ★ (87 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taplow (3.5 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£576,992 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,805 average monthly rent▲ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,249
• 2 bed £1,572
• 3 bed £1,921

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

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (3.8 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

60 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: The Oakley Court Hotel (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

153,497 residents in Windsor and Maidenhead · 781/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 304 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£1,953 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 67,630)

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

83 schools · 27,804 pupils

46 primary · 10 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Windsor and Maidenhead

190 CQC-registered services

• Care homes43
• GP practices46
• Dentists44
• Homecare agencies31
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Windsor and Maidenhead

• Within the Green Belt
• 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

326 applications decided

78.5% granted · 256 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 6
• LD 21
• Ref 1
• Oth 12

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,211 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 71,997 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 68.9 women · 67.3 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidenhead:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership360 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office289 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test282 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Bray Film Studios · 0.1 km

  Bray Film Studios is a British film and television facility in Water Oakley near Bray, Berkshire. It is best known for its association with Hammer Film Productions.

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  Water Oakley · 0.3 km

  Water Oakley is a hamlet on the River Thames in the civil parish of Bray, in the Windsor and Maidenhead district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It is the location of both Bray Film Studios and the Oa…

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  Oakley Court · 0.5 km

  Oakley Court is a Victorian Gothic country house set in 35 acres (14 ha) overlooking the River Thames at Water Oakley in the civil parish of Bray in the English county of Berkshire. It was built in 1859 and is current…

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  Bray Pennyroyal Field · 0.5 km

  Bray Pennyroyal Field is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire.

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  Queen's Eyot · 0.6 km

  Queen's Eyot is an island in the River Thames in England on the reach above Boveney Lock, just upstream of Oakley Court near Windsor, Berkshire.

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  The Cut, Berkshire · 0.9 km

  The Cut is a river in England that rises in North Ascot, Berkshire. It flows for around 14 miles (23 km), through the rural Northern Parishes of Winkfield, Warfield and Binfield in Bracknell Forest on its way down to…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)