Three Legged Cross

22°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 22° / 11° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:30

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

20 reported · July 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson6
• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft1

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)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 54 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kingsmere (2.1 km)
• 12 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 (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (2.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Verwood Pharmacy (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds3

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

662 applications decided

92.4% granted · 612 granted, 50 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £30,400 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Three Legged Cross – Flexible Schedule, Class 2 HIAB Driver, Weekend Food & Beverage Assistant

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

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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  Three Legged Cross · 0.3 km

  Three Legged Cross is an extended village within Verwood civil parish in east Dorset, England. It lies to the south of the town of Verwood and to the north of West Moors. Its population in 2014 was estimated at 2,740.

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  Woolsbridge · 1.5 km

  Woolsbridge is a village in Dorset, England. Woolsbridge was formerly under the control of the Earl of Normanton and is a part of the civil parish of Cranbourne. It is located near the New Forest.

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  Mannington, Dorset · 2.1 km

  Mannington and its southerly neighbour Lower Mannington are hamlets in the English county of Dorset. They are located within Holt parish 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Ferndown and 2.5 miles (4 km) south-east of Verwood. T…

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  Moors Valley Railway · 2.2 km

  The Moors Valley Railway is a 7+1⁄4 in narrow gauge passenger railway, in the Moors Valley Country Park at Ashley Heath, Dorset, England near Ringwood in Hampshire. There are 21 steam locomotives, 2 diesel locomotives…

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  Verwood Town F.C. · 2.3 km

  Verwood Town Football Club are a football club based in Verwood, Dorset, England. The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They play in the Dorset Premier L…

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  Moors Valley Country Park · 2.3 km

  Moors Valley Country Park, officially Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, is a Country Park jointly managed by Dorset Council and Forestry England. It is situated in Ashley Heath, Dorset on the border with Hampshire…

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