Bourne End

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:30

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

20 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Marlow · Thames Valley

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

684 reported road collisions (2025)

154 killed or seriously injured · 883 casualties · 12.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

151 food businesses within 2 miles

• 132 rated 4–5 ★ (111 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bourne End (0.2 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£477,450 average

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,475 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,035
• 2 bed £1,310
• 3 bed £1,603

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

6,778 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (6.1 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Wooburn Green (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK34,289
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK30,524
• Net moves+3,765

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 250 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

273 schools · 97,379 pupils

181 primary · 35 secondary · 57 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Buckinghamshire

566 CQC-registered services

• Care homes136
• GP practices89
• Dentists155
• Homecare agencies133
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Buckinghamshire

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

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

1,241 applications decided

85.1% granted · 1,056 granted, 185 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Joy Morrissey

Conservative

Beaconsfield

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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

34,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

43 jobs advertised · £36,365 avg

e.g. MOT Tester, Heat Pump Engineer, Warehouse Operative

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% 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

31% low-carbon electricity

Gas 67% · Wind 18% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 6%

273 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South 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

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in SL8

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Beaconsfield:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND227 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks192 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones184 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth159 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence134 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Bourne End Railway Bridge · 0.2 km

  Bourne End Railway Bridge is a railway bridge carrying the Marlow Branch Line, and a footpath over the River Thames in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach between Cookham Lock and…

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  Bourne End railway station · 0.2 km

  Bourne End railway station is a railway station in Buckinghamshire, England, that serves Bourne End. It is on the Marlow Branch Line between Maidenhead and Marlow, 4 miles 36 chains (7.2 km) down the line from Maidenh…

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  Bourne End, Buckinghamshire · 0.6 km

  Bourne End is a village mostly in the parish of Wooburn, but partly in that of Little Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. It is about five miles (8 km) south-east of High Wycombe and three miles (5 km) east of Marlow,…

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  River Wye, Buckinghamshire · 0.7 km

  The River Wye is a chalk river in Buckinghamshire, England. It takes its name from the town of High Wycombe through which it flows, rather than the town being named after the river, as is more commonly the case.

• Bourne End Academy · 0.7 km

  Bourne End Academy is a co-educational secondary school in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a secondary school which takes pupils from the age of 11 to 18. It is smaller than an average secondary school, wi…

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  Well End, Buckinghamshire · 0.8 km

  Well End is a hamlet in the parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated on the north-west side of the village of Bourne End. Although it lies in a separate parish, it is geographically contigu…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)