Woolhampton

18°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 10° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:35

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Bucklebury and Downlands · Thames Valley

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

206 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Midgham (0.2 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£402,790 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across West Berkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,314 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,194
• 3 bed £1,483

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 142.9p · Shell (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · Shell (9.1 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Mercure Newbury West Grange Hotel (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

161,448 residents in West Berkshire · 229/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 289 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

99 schools · 27,859 pupils

67 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

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

82inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

150 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices17
• Dentists34
• Homecare agencies39
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Berkshire

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

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

218 applications decided

86.7% granted · 189 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Olivia Bailey

Labour

Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £36,320 avg

e.g. Health & Safety Consultant, Associate, General Catering Assistant, Chef de Partie

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Imports 30% · Gas 14% · Wind 12%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

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

• Do not ban social media for under 16s368 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership325 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership321 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015276 local signatures · 3,696 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test274 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Woolhampton · 0.1 km

  Woolhampton is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. The village straddles the Bath Road between the towns of Reading, 8 miles (13 km) to the east, and Newbury, 6 miles (10 km) to the west.

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  Midgham railway station · 0.2 km

  Midgham railway station, formerly known as Woolhampton railway station, is a railway station in the English county of Berkshire. It is located in the village of Woolhampton, but takes its current name from the village…

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  Woolhampton Reed Bed · 0.3 km

  Woolhampton Reed Bed is a 6-hectare (15-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Woolhampton in Berkshire.

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  Woolhampton Lock · 0.5 km

  Woolhampton Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, in the village of Woolhampton in the English county of Berkshire. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 feet 11 inches (2.72 m) and is administered by the Canal and Riv…

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  Elstree School · 0.7 km

  Elstree School is an English preparatory school for children aged 3–13 at Woolhampton House in Woolhampton, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. The school is co-educational.

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  Upper Woolhampton · 0.7 km

  Upper Woolhampton is a village in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated on higher ground, 0.5 miles (800 m) to the north of the parent village of Woolhampton. Both the Grade II listed parish church of St Pet…

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