Richmond upon Thames

11°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 9° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

• 8.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

164 reported · August 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour53
• Violence & sexual offences44
• Shoplifting19
• Other theft14

Neighbourhood team: South Twickenham · Metropolitan

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

355 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 394 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 417 rated 4–5 ★ (331 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Fulwell (0.3 km)
• 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£813,931 average

Across Richmond upon Thames · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,333 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,732
• 2 bed £2,222
• 3 bed £2,684

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

17.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 17.6 times median annual pay (16.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,352 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: 157.9p · Esso (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (7.6 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 62.5 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Fulwell (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches74
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

195,279 residents in Richmond upon Thames · 3,402/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK16,317
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,882
• Net moves−565

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 282 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,486 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 85,800)

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

85 schools · 39,001 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 25 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Richmond upon Thames

212 CQC-registered services

• Care homes42
• GP practices45
• Dentists78
• Homecare agencies27
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Richmond upon Thames

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

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

450 applications decided

85.8% granted · 386 granted, 64 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Munira Wilson

Liberal Democrat

Twickenham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• LD 54

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

• Schools20
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens1480
• Restaurants & cafés98

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,530 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

501 jobs advertised · £39,932 avg

e.g. Tyre Fitter, Nursery Practitioner L3 - Part Time, Environmental Advisor

Source: Adzuna

£1,057 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£51,388 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,778 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

235 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 87.2 yrs women · 83.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 70.3 women · 69.3 men

43% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in TW2

• Kneller Hall Medical Centre
• Jubilee Surgery
• The Green & Fir Road

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Twickenham:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU7,165 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks448 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND229 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills205 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after127 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

• The Mall School · 0.1 km

  The Mall School is an independent preparatory school and nursery for boys and girls, in Twickenham, London. The nursery can take up to 75 children aged 6 months to 4 years and the school welcomes pupils from Reception…

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  Fulwell bus garage · 0.2 km

  Fulwell Bus Garage is a Transport for London bus garage located in Twickenham in west London. It is north of Fulwell railway station and operates as two halves, with entrances on the A311 Wellington Road and B358 Stan…

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  Fulwell, London · 0.2 km

  Fulwell is a neighbourhood of outer West London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It straddles the west of the "ancient" parish and urban district borders of Twickenham and Teddington.

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  St Michael's, Fulwell · 0.3 km

  St Michael's Fulwell is a Grade II listed Church of England church on Wilcox Road in Fulwell, a neighbourhood of Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Founded in 1913, it closed from 2000 to 2014 a…

• Waldegrave School · 0.4 km

  Waldegrave School is a comprehensive secondary school with academy status in Twickenham, London, England. It takes girls between the ages of 11 and 16 and has a coeducational sixth form, opened in September 2014. Ther…

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  Thames Valley Grammar School · 0.4 km

  Thames Valley Grammar School was a co-educational grammar school in Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)