Merritown

13°CSunny

• Today: 13° / 8° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:39

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• 5.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Christchurch West · Dorset

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

677 reported road collisions (2025)

164 killed or seriously injured · 764 casualties · 16.9 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

£1,398 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £918
• 2 bed £1,169
• 3 bed £1,456

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

5,298 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (7.7 km)

11 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK22,521
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK24,630
• Net moves−2,109

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 169 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

388 CQC-registered services

• Care homes120
• GP practices61
• Dentists85
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

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

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

561 applications decided

82.9% granted · 465 granted, 96 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 9
• LD 27
• Grn 5
• Ref 3
• Oth 23

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£729 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in BH23

• Highcliffe Medical Centre
• Christchurch Medical Practice
• Farmhouse Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Christchurch:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases288 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND180 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks171 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately165 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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)