Ash and Ash Vale

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:33

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

94 reported · August 2026▲ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Other theft7
• Vehicle crime7

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Farnborough South · Hampshire

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

147 reported road collisions (2025)

32 killed or seriously injured · 168 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

321 food businesses within 2 miles

• 266 rated 4–5 ★ (218 top)
• 11 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

£326,799 average

Across Rushmoor · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,385 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £979
• 2 bed £1,269
• 3 bed £1,532

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

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

1,241 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 (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,392
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,839
• Net moves−447

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 197 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rushmoor

1,439 CQC-registered services

• Care homes483
• GP practices166
• Dentists324
• Homecare agencies359
• Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 89% 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)

82 applications decided

95.1% granted · 78 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

411 jobs advertised · £45,964 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver (Part Time 24 hours) - Weybridge, Delivery Driver - Weybridge, ECT English Teacher

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

34% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Solar 20% · Imports 14% · Wind 7%

219 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 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:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases419 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces411 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth273 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death264 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND256 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  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)