Weston (Dorset)

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 8° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:40

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

51 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Portland · Dorset

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

675 reported road collisions (2025)

215 killed or seriously injured · 893 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

121 food businesses within 2 miles

• 81 rated 4–5 ★ (81 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,589 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,056 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £732
• 2 bed £967
• 3 bed £1,191

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

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

5,771 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: 172.9p · ESSO (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · ESSO (7.5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Portland Easton (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds8

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,787
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,709
• Net moves+4,078

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 174 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 49,648 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 67 of 85 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

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
• 98 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

683 applications decided

91.7% granted · 626 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lloyd Hatton

Labour

South Dorset

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

39 jobs advertised · £37,949 avg

e.g. Handy Person, Support Worker Carer, Control Systems Engineer

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Solar 15% · Wind 14% · Biomass 7%

219 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in DT5

• Royal Manor Health Care
• Hmp The Verne
• Hmp Yoi Portland

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Dorset:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers438 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks378 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases330 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence229 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK168 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• 
  Easton railway station (England) · 0.2 km

  Easton railway station was the terminus of the Portland Branch Railway, which operated on the Isle of Portland in the south of the English county of Dorset.

• 
  Easton Gardens · 0.2 km

  Easton Gardens is a public garden, located at Tophill, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is found at Easton Square, the centre of Easton village. The gardens have remained a focal point since their opening in 1904…

• 
  Easton, Dorset · 0.2 km

  Easton is a village on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. The village is situated at Tophill, within the centre of the island. As with the rest of Portland's villages and settlements, Easton, including the settl…

• 
  St George's Centre · 0.3 km

  St George's Centre is a former school, built in the 19th century, and now a community information and activity centre on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is located in the area of Reforne, near the village of…

• 
  The George Inn, Portland · 0.3 km

  The George Inn is a Grade II-listed 18th-century public house on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is situated within the village of Easton, at the west end of the hamlet of Reforne. The pub is located close t…

• 
  All Saints Church, Portland · 0.4 km

  All Saints Church is a Church of England church in Easton, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. It was consecrated in 1917 and has been a listed grade II building since September 1978. The church succeeded to the rights,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)