South Heath

17°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 12° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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)

37 food businesses within 2 miles

• 33 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Great Missenden (1.7 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 (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (11.5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Great Missenden Link Road Car Park (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches27
• 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)

£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
• 59 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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £41,982 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 11% · Biomass 8%

52 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

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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  Great Missenden War Memorial · 1.2 km

  The Great Missenden War Memorial is located at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. The memorial marks the deaths of local individuals who died fighting in World War…

• Hyde End, Buckinghamshire · 1.4 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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  Ballinger, Buckinghamshire · 1.5 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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  Missenden Abbey · 1.5 km

  Missenden Abbey is a former Arrouasian (Augustinian) monastery, founded in 1133 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. The abbey was dissolved in 1538, and the abbey church demolished. In 1574 a house, a…

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  Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre · 1.6 km

  The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a museum in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England. Children's and short story writer Roald Dahl lived in the village in Gipsy House for 36 years until hi…

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  Great Missenden · 1.6 km

  Great Missenden is a village and civil parish in the Misbourne Valley of the Chiltern Hills, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated between the towns of Amersham and Wendover; it adjoins the village of Little Kin…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)