Bovingdon Green

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:31

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US 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

26 reported · August 2026▼ 24% YoY

• Shoplifting7
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Burglary3

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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)

158 food businesses within 2 miles

• 134 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Marlow (2.2 km)
• 0 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 (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (4.2 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

50 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Marefield Road (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses1
• 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)

• 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

• Within the Green Belt
• 111 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

Emma Reynolds

Labour

Wycombe

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)

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

34,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 72% · Wind 13% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

291 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in SL7

• Marlow Medical Group
• Arc Bucks Pcn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wycombe:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 545 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND368 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks155 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases149 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills116 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Bovingdon Green, Buckinghamshire · 0.2 km

  Bovingdon Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Great Marlow, just to the west of the town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England.

• Forty Green, Marlow · 0.6 km

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  The Hand & Flowers · 1.2 km

  The Hand & Flowers is a gastropub in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England that opened in 2005. Owned and operated by Tom Kerridge and his wife Beth Cullen-Kerridge, it gained its first Michelin star within a year of openi…

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  Great Marlow · 1.2 km

  Great Marlow is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, lying north of the town of Marlow and south of High Wycombe. The parish includes the hamlets of Bovingdon Green, Burroughs Grove, Chisbridge Cross and Marlow…

• Sir William Borlase's Grammar School · 1.3 km

  Sir William Borlase's Grammar School is a selective state grammar school accepting girls and boys aged 11–18, in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on West Street, close to the town centre. It consists of…

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  Remnantz · 1.4 km

  Remnantz is a country house in Marlow in Buckinghamshire. It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)