Merley

21°CCloudy

• Today: 21° / 12° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

25 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour13
• Violence & sexual offences8
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Poole North · Dorset

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

707 reported road collisions (2024)

110 killed or seriously injured · 793 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

198 food businesses within 2 miles

• 176 rated 4–5 ★ (163 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Parkstone (6.5 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,399 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,170
• 3 bed £1,457

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

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (3.1 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Merley Court Holiday Park (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

400,198 residents in Bournemouth, Christchurch an · 2,469/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 166 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,436 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 190,200)

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

117 schools · 54,556 pupils

66 primary · 21 secondary · 30 other

Ofsted: 38 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

100inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bournemouth, Christchurch an

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

566 applications decided

81.6% granted · 462 granted, 104 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat

Mid Dorset and North Poole

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 9
• LD 28
• Grn 5
• Ref 3
• Oth 23

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£729 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,164 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 215,334 certificates

9.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Solar 34% · Wind 32% · Imports 18% · Gas 9%

48 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.5 women · 61.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Dorset and North Poole:

• Cap Academy Trust CEO Pay and Protect School Funding for Children646 local signatures · 3,627 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test320 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership286 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Oakley, Dorset · 0.5 km

  Oakley is a village community in Dorset, England. Sitting just south of the River Stour it borders the suburb of Merley and the village of Canford Magna to the East and South and the Town of Wimborne 2 km to the North…

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  Merley · 0.6 km

  Merley is a large housing estate in Poole, a mile (2 km) south of Wimborne Minster. Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford. The village merges with that of Oakley, and the housing…

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  Merley House, Wimborne · 1.2 km

  Merley House in Ashington, Wimborne, Dorset, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1752 by the bibliophile Ralph Willett and remained…

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  Lady Wimborne Bridge · 1.3 km

  The Lady Wimborne Bridge is a former railway bridge built in 1853, and now a listed building. Its highly ornate design reflects the power of landowners over British railway companies in the mid-nineteenth century. Bu…

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  River Allen, Dorset · 1.5 km

  The River Allen is a river in Dorset in South West England. It flows for 14 miles (23 km) to its confluence with the River Stour at Wimborne Minster. It has two main tributaries, the Gussage Stream and the Crichel Str…

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  Corfe & Barrow Hills · 1.5 km

  Corfe & Barrow Hills is a 102.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest located in Ashington, Dorset, notified in 1986. One part of it is a Local Nature Reserve also called Corfe & Barrow Hills, while a…

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