Whitchurch (Buckinghamshire)

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 17° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:25

12h 52m 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 · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 60% YoY

• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Winslow and District · 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)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Golding Spring Central (5.7 km)
• 3 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Sir Henry Lee Crescent (5.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches13
• 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)

£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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 63 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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 30% · Gas 11% · Biomass 0%

42 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 Aylesbury:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s428 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership394 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test334 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office324 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership264 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Bolbec Castle · 0.6 km

  Bolbec Castle or Bolebec Castle, was a castle in the village of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England.

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  Oving, Buckinghamshire · 0.9 km

  Oving is a village and also a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about three and a half miles north east of Waddesdon, four miles south of Winslow.

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  The Firs, Whitchurch · 1.2 km

  The Firs is a country house in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire.

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  Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire · 1.3 km

  Whitchurch is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is on the A413 road about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Aylesbury and 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Winslow. The…

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  Creslow · 1.8 km

  Creslow is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is close to Whitchurch, about six and a half miles from Aylesbury. It is in the civil parish of Whitchurch.

• Pitchcott · 1.9 km

  Pitchcott is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Waddesdon, slightly less than 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Winslow and slightly…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)