Belbins

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• Today: 23° / 11° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:29

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

21 reported · July 2026▲ 163% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Public order3
• Burglary1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Romsey North · Hampshire

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

220 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 284 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

152 food businesses within 2 miles

• 134 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Romsey (2.2 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£372,348 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Test Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,234 average monthly rent▲ 8.4% YoY

• 1 bed £887
• 2 bed £1,142
• 3 bed £1,406

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

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (8.9 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools14
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

130,492 residents in Test Valley · 208/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 262 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 58,870)

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

65 schools · 17,628 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

57inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Test Valley

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
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

197 applications decided

93.4% granted · 184 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Con 25
• LD 16
• Oth 2

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

• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,605 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£795 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,610 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 54,443 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Romsey and Southampton North:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases457 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership330 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s283 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need278 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide

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

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  Romsey (constituency) · 1.0 km

  Romsey was a seat of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1983 to 2010 which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was similar in extent to its replacement R…

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  Timsbury, Hampshire · 1.2 km

  Timsbury is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Michelmersh and Timsbury, in the Test Valley district, in Hampshire, England. It is near the town of Romsey, mainly along the A3057 road running nort…

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  Abbotswood, Hampshire · 1.3 km

  Abbotswood is a new 52-hectare building development planned to have 800 homes. It is located just to the north east of the town of Romsey in the Test Valley local government district.

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  Sir Harold Hillier Gardens · 1.8 km

  The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens is an arboretum comprising 72 hectares accommodating over 42,000 trees and shrubs in about 12,000 taxa, notably a collection of oaks, camellia, magnolia and rhododendron.

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  Stanbridge Earls School · 2.0 km

  Stanbridge Earls School was a coeducational independent special school located near Romsey, Hampshire, England. Students ranged in age from 10 to 19. The school catered for both boarding and day pupils. The school spe…

• The Romsey School · 2.1 km

  The Romsey School is a mixed community academy in Romsey, Hampshire, England. The school was a secondary modern, called Romsey County Secondary School, until the 1970s when it became a comprehensive. In 2000 it became…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)