Merritown

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

6 reported · July 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Public order2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Christchurch West · 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)

63 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 rated 4–5 ★ (50 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pokesdown (5.8 km)
• 12 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: 158.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (6.3 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Jets Hurn Airport (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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
• 8 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

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
• Restaurants & cafés3

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

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 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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  RAF Hurn · 0.1 km

  Royal Air Force Hurn or more simply RAF Hurn is a former Royal Air Force station located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of Christchurch, Dorset, England.

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  Bournemouth Airport · 0.3 km

  Bournemouth Airport, previously known as Hurn Airport and Bournemouth International Airport, is an international airport located 4 miles north-northeast of Bournemouth, England.

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  Bournemouth Aviation Museum · 0.7 km

  The Bournemouth Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located next to Bournemouth International Airport, near the village of Hurn in Christchurch, England. It houses a number of aircraft, aero engines, cockpits, and a…

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  Adventure Wonderland · 0.7 km

  Adventure Wonderland was a family theme park situated in the village of Hurn, near Bournemouth, United Kingdom. The park offered rides and attractions aimed at families with children up to the age of 10. It drew much…

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  Hurn · 1.8 km

  Hurn is a village and civil parish in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district of Dorset, England. It is situated between the River Stour and River Avon 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Christchurch and 5 miles (8…

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  Christchurch F.C. · 2.0 km

  Christchurch Football Club is a football club based in Christchurch, Dorset, England. They are currently members of the Wessex League Premier Division and play at the Hurn Bridge Sports Ground.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)