Blackwater (Hart)

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:33

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

72 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Public order8
• Criminal damage & arson7

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Yateley, Blackwater and Hawley · Hampshire

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

145 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

316 food businesses within 2 miles

• 255 rated 4–5 ★ (209 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blackwater (1.1 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£479,978 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across Hart · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,417 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,025
• 2 bed £1,305
• 3 bed £1,584

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

12.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.7 times median annual pay (12.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (2.8 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

59 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Sandhurst (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms4
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

99,408 residents in Hart · 462/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,400 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 43,030)

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

41 schools · 15,835 pupils

29 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 11 of 11 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

34inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hart

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
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

119 applications decided

91.6% granted · 109 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alex Baker

Labour

Aldershot

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 8
• LD 13
• Oth 12

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés36

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,945 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£928 median full-time weekly pay

1.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,968 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 43,089 certificates

7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Imports 30% · Gas 14% · Wind 12%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.5 yrs women · 83.3 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• 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 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

• Frogmore, Hampshire · 0.2 km

  Frogmore is a small suburban village in the northeast of the civil parish of Yateley in the county of Hampshire, England.

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  Blackwater Valley · 0.5 km

  Blackwater Valley is a 33.9-hectare (84-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Sandhurst in Berkshire and Blackwater in Hampshire.

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  Sandhurst Town F.C. · 0.9 km

  Sandhurst Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. Formed in 1910, the club plays at Bottom Meadow and compete in Wessex League Division One.

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  Bracknell Town F.C. · 0.9 km

  Bracknell Town Football Club is a football club based in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association and nicknamed The Robins, they are currently members of the Southern League…

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  Darby Green · 0.9 km

  Darby Green is a village in the parish of Yateley, North East Hampshire, England. The electoral ward of Frogmore and Darby Green is separated from the rest of the parish by a small gap around Clarks Farm, until recent…

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  Blackwater railway station · 1.1 km

  Blackwater railway station is a railway station in Blackwater, a town on the borders of Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire in England. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide services on the North Do…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)