Ballinger Common

18°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 16° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:24

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▲ 120% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Chesham · 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)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 26 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Great Missenden (2.8 km)
• 0 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 (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Great Missenden Link Road Car Park (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds2

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 31 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

Greg Smith

Conservative

Mid Buckinghamshire

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 22% · Biomass 6%

179 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in HP16

• The John Hampden Surgery
• Prospect House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Buckinghamshire:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership391 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s361 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership356 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office336 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test293 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Ballinger, Buckinghamshire · 0.0 km

  Ballinger is a hamlet and common in the parish of Great Missenden, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the nearby Chiltern Hills, close to the border with the parish of Chesham.

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  The Lee · 1.0 km

  The Lee is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north east of Great Missenden and 3 miles (4.8 km) south east of Wendover. Within the pari…

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  Pednor House · 1.4 km

  Pednor House is a house near Chartridge parish of Buckinghamshire. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since November 1983.

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  Pednor · 1.9 km

  Pednor is a hamlet in the parish of Chartridge, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills two miles (3.2 km) northwest of Chesham and seven miles southeast of Wendover.

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  Chartridge · 2.0 km

  Chartridge is a village in Buckinghamshire, England situated two miles north-west of Chesham.

• Hyde End, Buckinghamshire · 2.4 km

  Hyde End is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Great Missenden, it is located between the hamlets of Hyde Heath and South Heath along the B485 road between Chesham and Great Missenden, in the Chiltern Hills, Buckin…

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