Blackwater (Hart)

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:30

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

64 reported · August 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Shoplifting10
• Public order6

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Yateley, Blackwater and Hawley · Hampshire

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

140 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 198 casualties · 14.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

318 food businesses within 2 miles

• 255 rated 4–5 ★ (210 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£472,755 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Hart · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,414 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,023
• 2 bed £1,303
• 3 bed £1,581

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

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

1,420 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 (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

9 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,561
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,107
• Net moves+454

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hart

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
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

184 applications decided

86.4% granted · 159 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

5,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£928 median full-time weekly pay

1.7% 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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 29% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

194 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.5 yrs women · 83.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in GU17

• Minley Medical Centre
• The Oakley Health Group

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

• 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)