Amersham

17°CMist

• Today: 25° / 16° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:21

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

60 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Public order8
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Shoplifting6

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Amersham · Thames Valley

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

607 reported road collisions (2024)

106 killed or seriously injured · 765 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

145 food businesses within 2 miles

• 129 rated 4–5 ★ (103 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Amersham (1.0 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£490,508 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,474 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,035
• 2 bed £1,310
• 3 bed £1,602

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

11.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.3 times median annual pay (11.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (6.8 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: The Crown Inn-Amersham (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches38
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

553,079 residents in Buckinghamshire · 353/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,527 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 238,540)

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

274 schools · 97,646 pupils

182 primary · 35 secondary · 57 other

Ofsted: 80 of 93 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Buckinghamshire

563 CQC-registered services

• Care homes134
• GP practices89
• Dentists155
• Homecare agencies134
• Hospitals & hospices9

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Buckinghamshire

• In a conservation area (Amersham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 178 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

1,132 applications decided

86.9% granted · 984 granted, 148 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Green

Liberal Democrat

Chesham and Amersham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 50
• LD 26
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 14

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés49

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

486 jobs advertised · £37,822 avg

e.g. Commercial Account Executive, ECT Needed in Primary School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Picker Packer

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,111 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 90,273 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Nuclear 20% · Wind 16% · Biomass 8%

191 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.9 women · 65.3 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in HP6

• Amersham Health Centre
• The Practice Plc
• Ccg (Cford&Maldon) Ophthalmology Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chesham and Amersham:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s359 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership353 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership304 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office260 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test209 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Amersham Market Hall · 0.0 km

  Amersham Market Hall, formerly known as Amersham Town Hall, is a municipal building in the High Street in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. The structure is a Grade II* listed building.

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  St Mary's Church, Old Amersham · 0.1 km

  St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish in Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. The church is a grade I listed building.

• Amersham Hall · 0.1 km

  Amersham Hall was a "school for the sons of dignified gentlemen" in England. From 1829 to 1861 it was in Elmodesham House in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, relocating in 1861 to Caversham in Oxfordshire. The Caversham sit…

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  Amersham Museum · 0.2 km

  Amersham Museum at 49 and 51 High Street is a small local museum based in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the High Street in Old Amersham.

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  Amersham Meeting House · 0.3 km

  The Amersham Meeting house is a Friends meeting house on Whielden Street in Amersham, a market town in the Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England. It is listed at Grade II* on the National Heritage List for Englan…

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  Amersham Hospital · 0.5 km

  Amersham Hospital is located in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. It is one of three hospitals in the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)