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Woodside

Woodside is a village in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has one pharmacy and is served by 19 bus stops, with Ascot railway station located 3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 10 recorded street crimes, 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 Woodside area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bracknell Forest area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 124,607 residents at roughly 1,139 people per km².

Council
Bracknell Forest
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Windsor
Police force
Thames Valley
74/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 6th of 294 English council areas — better than 98% of them.

Low crime73
Home affordability39
Affordable rents38
Good schools95
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation89
Employment65
Low council tax88

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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 41% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Crime

12 reported · July 2026 500% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Burglary2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Bracknell Northern Parishes · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Address community concerns regarding excessive vehicle speeds. Speeding has been identified as an ongoing issue within our communities wi…
  • Tackle the illegal and anti-social use of e-scooters and e-bikes across, Moordale Avenue, Wokingham Road and Lily Hill Park,

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

Road safety

102 reported road collisions (2024)

18 killed or seriously injured · 125 casualties · 8.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

63 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 48 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ascot (3.0 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ascot (3.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£396,103 average 0.2% YoY

Across Bracknell Forest · to 2026-06

Detached£738,202
Semi-detached£448,893
Terraced£352,517
Flat£215,716

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,456 average monthly rent 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,063
  • 2 bed £1,341
  • 3 bed £1,637

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

52 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Pets Corner (Ascot) (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches15
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,607 residents in Bracknell Forest · 1,139/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 284 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,265 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 54,740)

A £1,510
B £1,762
C £2,013
D £2,265
E £2,768
F £3,271
G £3,775
H £4,530

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

Schools

45 schools · 22,062 pupils

29 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 17 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Edgbarrow SchoolOutstanding
  • King's Academy Easthampstead ParkGood
  • Garth Hill College
  • Ranelagh School
  • Sandhurst School
  • The Brakenhale School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bracknell Forest

Care & health services

92 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes18
  • GP practices15
  • Dentists22
  • Homecare agencies29
  • Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bracknell Forest

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

116 applications decided

91.4% granted · 106 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 20
  • Con 10
  • LD 7
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

182 jobs advertised · £37,881 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Bricklayer (Self-Employed)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidenhead:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Woodside, Berkshire (hamlet) · 0.3 km

    Woodside is a hamlet in Berkshire, England, within the civil parishes of Winkfield and Sunninghill and Ascot in the boroughs of Bracknell Forest and Windsor and Maidenhead. The settlement lies near to the A332 road an…

  • Fernhill Park, Berkshire · 0.9 km

    Fernhill Park is a landed private estate and country house, situated on the edge of the village of Cranbourne in the civil parish of Winkfield in the English county of Berkshire, within the former bounds of Windsor Fo…

  • Sunninghill Park · 1.2 km

    Sunninghill Park was a country house and estate of about 665 acres directly north of Cheapside, in the civil parishes of Sunninghill and Ascot and Winkfield, adjoining Windsor Great Park in the English county of Be…

  • Brookside, Berkshire · 1.4 km

    Brookside is a village in the civil parish of Winkfield in the county of Berkshire, England.

  • Ascot Place · 1.5 km

    Ascot Place is an 18th-century mansion on the edge of Windsor Great Park, set in 400 acres (1.6 km2) of parkland between Cranbourne, North Ascot and Winkfield in the English county of Berkshire.

  • Papplewick School · 1.6 km

    Papplewick School is a non-selective independent day and boarding preparatory school for boys aged 6–13 in Ascot, England. It occupies a 15-acre semi-rural campus across from Ascot Racecourse.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Woodside?
Woodside is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Bracknell Forest local authority.
How deprived is Woodside?
The Bracknell Forest local authority, which includes Woodside, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.