Ferndown

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 11° · 7% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:37

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

48 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour22
• Violence & sexual offences11
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Public order4

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: East Dorset Urban · Dorset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

686 reported road collisions (2024)

156 killed or seriously injured · 883 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

141 food businesses within 2 miles

• 131 rated 4–5 ★ (125 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lakeside (5.9 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£325,410 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,051 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £728
• 2 bed £961
• 3 bed £1,184

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (11.2 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Westover Kia (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches19
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 197 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

184 schools · 51,332 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 68 of 86 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

158inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

385 CQC-registered services

• Care homes121
• GP practices59
• Dentists84
• Homecare agencies86
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

662 applications decided

92.4% granted · 612 granted, 50 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Christopher Chope

Conservative

Christchurch

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 30
• LD 42
• Grn 4
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

250 jobs advertised · £37,672 avg

e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Rescue Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,403 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 186,790 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

57% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Imports 30% · Gas 14% · Wind 12%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Christchurch:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office316 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership304 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases286 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership273 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test245 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Ferndown Upper School · 0.2 km

  Ferndown Upper School is a comprehensive school and sixth form located in Ferndown, Dorset. Opened in 1972, it has grown to accommodate a broad and successful curriculum including a specialism in STEM and the Arts.

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  Ferndown · 0.3 km

  Ferndown is a town and civil parish in Dorset in southern England. It lies immediately to the north of Bournemouth and Poole, and about 4 miles (6 km) east of Wimborne Minster. The parish, which until 1986 was called…

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  St Mary's Church, Ferndown · 0.9 km

  St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Ferndown, Dorset.

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  Ferndown Common · 1.0 km

  Ferndown Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the edge of Ferndown in Dorset, England. It is currently owned by the Wimborne Estate and leased to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC)…

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  Trickett's Cross · 1.9 km

  Trickett's Cross is an estate situated on the outskirts of Ferndown, Dorset, England. It lies at the junction of two primary routes, the A31 road and A348 road. It has a church and a youth centre which runs clubs, suc…

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  West Moors · 2.0 km

  West Moors is a village in Dorset, England, on the northern fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation, just outside the larger settlements of Ferndown and Verwood. The parish of West Moors had an estimated populatio…

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