Ashley Heath

9°CClear

• Today: 14° / 9° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:44

9h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

82US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• 5.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

18 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Vehicle crime2
• Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: East Dorset Urban · Dorset

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

337 reported road collisions (2025)

96 killed or seriously injured · 440 casualties · 19.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

26 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lakeside (1.7 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£384,564 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,244 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £864
• 2 bed £1,132
• 3 bed £1,391

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

10.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,495 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: 158.9p · Esso (2.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (2.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Boundary Lane (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 29%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,107
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,608
• Net moves+1,499

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 239 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 83,530)

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

84 schools · 21,771 pupils

53 primary · 9 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 21 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · New Forest

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
• 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

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

254 applications decided

90.6% granted · 230 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Christopher Chope

Conservative

Christchurch

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 24
• LD 14
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,441 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,051 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

17% low-carbon electricity

Gas 75% · Imports 8% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 5%

309 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BH24

• Ringwood Medical Centre
• Cornerways Medical Centre
• Pes@Specsavers Ringwood, Hampshire

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Christchurch:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases288 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND180 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks171 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately165 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Ashley Heath · 0.4 km

  Ashley Heath is a village in Dorset, England, adjacent to the villages of St Leonards and St Ives, with which it forms the civil parish of St Leonards and St Ives. Ashley Heath is located 8 miles (13 km) north-east of…

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  Ashley Heath Halt railway station · 0.5 km

  Ashley Heath Halt was a railway station in England on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway formerly in the county of Hampshire. Opened in 1927, it served the areas of St Leonards and St Ives as well as the village o…

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  St Leonards and St Ives · 0.7 km

  St Leonards and St Ives is a civil parish in Dorset, England. The parish contains the settlements of Ashley, Ashley Heath, St Ives and St Leonards, which have merged to form a single urban area.

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  St Leonards, Dorset · 0.9 km

  St Leonards is a village in south east Dorset, England, situated on the A31 road approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Ringwood, Hampshire, 8 miles (13 km) north of Bournemouth and 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east…

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  Lions Hill · 0.9 km

  Lions Hill is a 42.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1985.

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  St Ives, Dorset · 1.0 km

  St Ives is a village in the county of Dorset in the south of England. It lies close to the border between Dorset and Hampshire, near Ringwood, Verwood and Ferndown. The village is adjacent to St Leonards and Ashley He…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)