Pitstone

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:31

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, 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

16 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Burglary3
• Vehicle crime3
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Great Brickhill, Wing and Ivinghoe · 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)

40 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tring (3.3 km)
• 3 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: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Shell (3.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Saba UK-Tring Station (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 47 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

Laura Kyrke-Smith

Labour

Aylesbury

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 & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

34,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

47 jobs advertised

e.g. Senior Industrialisation Engineer, Test and Development Support Technician, Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer - 12 month FTC

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

68% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Gas 31% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 6%

130 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

7 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LU7

• Dr Jl Henderson & Partners
• Salisbury House Surgery
• Leighton Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aylesbury:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND298 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation235 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases201 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth200 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks183 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  St Mary's Church, Pitstone · 0.5 km

  St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the…

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  Pitstone & Ivinghoe F.C. · 0.7 km

  Pitstone & Ivinghoe Football Club are a football club based in Pitstone, near Leighton Buzzard, England. They are members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division Two. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks…

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  Pitstone · 0.7 km

  Pitstone is a village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England. It is at the foot of the central range of the Chiltern Hills, centred 6 miles (10 km) east of Aylesbury and 5 miles south of Leighton Buzzard. I…

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  Pitstone Windmill · 0.8 km

  Pitstone Windmill is a Grade II* listed windmill in England. It is thought to have been built in the early 17th century, and stands in the northeastern corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and…

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  Pitstone Quarry · 1.0 km

  Pitstone Quarry is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. It is the area between the lake and the railway line in College Lake nature reserve.

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  College Lake nature reserve · 1.2 km

  College Lake is a 65 hectare nature reserve in a former chalk quarry in Pitstone in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. It is one of the flagship reserves of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)