Ash and Ash Vale

18°CMist

• Today: 20° / 16° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:24

12h 51m 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

81 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences36
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Public order8

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Farnborough South · Hampshire

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

150 reported road collisions (2024)

34 killed or seriously injured · 182 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

323 food businesses within 2 miles

• 265 rated 4–5 ★ (220 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: North Camp (0.4 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,963 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Rushmoor · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,387 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

• 1 bed £980
• 2 bed £1,271
• 3 bed £1,533

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (5.4 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: The Squirrel (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

99,756 residents in Rushmoor · 2,555/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 196 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,320 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (40% of 42,720)

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

43 schools · 13,140 pupils

30 primary · 3 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 12 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

37inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rushmoor

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

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

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

40 applications decided

97.5% granted · 39 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alex Baker

Labour

Aldershot

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 18
• Con 10
• LD 3
• Ref 6
• Oth 2

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens283
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,050 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

416 jobs advertised · £47,681 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician - London and Greater London, Roadside Technician - Bromley, Roadside Technician - Milton Keynes

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,498 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 49,788 certificates

8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Imports 28% · Solar 16% · Biomass 7%

199 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

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

14 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in GU14

• Giffard Drive Surgery
• Voyager Family Health
• Alexander House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aldershot:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership454 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases415 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces411 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s390 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test375 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Area · 0.3 km

  Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Area is a 2.7-hectare (6.7-acre) Local Nature Reserve Surrey. It is owned by Guildford Borough Council and managed by the Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Group.

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  North Camp railway station · 0.3 km

  North Camp railway station serves the civil parish of Ash, in Surrey, England. It takes its name from the nearby North Camp area of Farnborough. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which provides services…

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  Salesian College, Farnborough · 0.7 km

  Salesian College is an independent Roman Catholic school in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Founded in 1901 as a small preparatory school for boys, it soon expanded to provide secondary education owing to its increas…

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  Ash Vale railway station · 1.1 km

  Ash Vale railway station serves the village of Ash Vale, in Surrey, England. It is at the junction of the London to Alton line and the Ascot–Ash Vale line, 32 miles 38 chains (52.3 km) down the line from London Waterl…

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  Keogh Barracks · 1.1 km

  Keogh Barracks is a British Army installation on Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett, Surrey, England.

• North Camp · 1.1 km

  North Camp is a suburb of Farnborough, in Hampshire, England. It adjoins the military town of Aldershot, as part of the Farnborough/Aldershot built-up area.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)