Alton (East Hampshire)

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 14° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:29

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

115 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences53
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Drugs13
• Public order13

24 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Alton · Hampshire

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

200 reported road collisions (2024)

42 killed or seriously injured · 248 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

120 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alton (0.6 km)
• 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£446,392 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across East Hampshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 1.2% YoY

• 1 bed £901
• 2 bed £1,179
• 3 bed £1,482

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · ESSO (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (8.7 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Manor Way Carpark (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

125,742 residents in East Hampshire · 244/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 285 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 56,500)

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

60 schools · 18,836 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

51inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hampshire

1,436 CQC-registered services

• Care homes482
• GP practices163
• Dentists325
• Homecare agencies362
• Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

• In a conservation area (Alton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 130 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

142 applications decided

88.7% granted · 126 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Damian Hinds

Conservative

East Hampshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 18
• LD 14
• Grn 1
• Oth 9

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés39

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

846 jobs advertised · £32,846 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Merchandiser - Worthing & Chichester, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,411 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 57,309 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Imports 24% · Wind 15% · Biomass 9%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU34

• The Watercress Medical Group
• Chawton Park Surgery
• Wilson Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Hampshire:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership392 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership375 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s306 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office267 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test205 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Curtis Museum · 0.1 km

  The Curtis Museum in Alton is a local history museum in Hampshire, England.

• First Battle of Alton · 0.1 km

  The First Battle of Alton was a skirmish in 1001 between the English and the Vikings. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle it took place at somewhere called, in Old English, Æthelingadene. Traditionally, the site wa…

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  Alton, Hampshire · 0.1 km

  Alton is a market town and civil parish in East Hampshire, England, near the source of the northern branch of the River Wey. It is on the A31 road 8.5 miles (13.7 km) southeast of Farnham and 16 miles (26 km) northwes…

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  Battle of Alton · 0.1 km

  The Battle of Alton, of the First English Civil War, took place on 13 December 1643 in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England. There, Parliamentary forces serving under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise atta…

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  Church of St Lawrence, Alton · 0.1 km

  The Church of St Lawrence, Alton is an Anglican parish church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is notable both for the range of its architecture and for being the site of the concludin…

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  Alton Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)