Prestwood and Great Missenden

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:32

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

16 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Other theft3
• Public order3
• Other crime2

2 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Missendens · 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)

61 food businesses within 2 miles

• 56 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Great Missenden (2.1 km)
• 1 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 (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (9.8 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: The Polecat Inn (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools21
• 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)

• 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
• 28 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

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens38
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

34,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £38,407 avg

e.g. Junior Business Systems Developer, Labourer, CPCS / NPORS Dozer Driver

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Gas 21% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 12%

91 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

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:

• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation1,584 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks343 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND305 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases255 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills233 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• 
  Prestwood · 0.5 km

  Prestwood is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about half a mile west of its post town, Great Missenden.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Prestwood · 0.8 km

  Holy Trinity Church, Prestwood is the Church of England church serving the Buckinghamshire village and parish of Prestwood. The church, its lych gate and the church school, and Church Cottage at 134 Wycombe Road are l…

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  Prestwood F.C. · 1.3 km

  Prestwood F.C. are a football club based in Prestwood, near High Wycombe, England. They currently play in the Aylesbury & District League Premier Division. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association

• Angling Spring Wood · 1.4 km

  Angling Spring Wood is in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England with an area of 16.37 hectares. It is owned by Chiltern District Council. The woodland is located close to Gipsy House, the former residence of Roald…

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  Prestwood Local Nature Reserve · 1.6 km

  Prestwood Local Nature Reserve or Prestwood (Picnic Site) is a 2.1 hectares (5.2 acres) Local Nature Reserve in Prestwood in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The site is owne…

• Gipsy House · 2.0 km

  Gipsy House is a house in the village of Great Missenden in the English county of Buckinghamshire. It was the home of the writer Roald Dahl and his family for several decades. The house is situated on Whitefield Lan…

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