Braishfield

9°CClear

• Today: 12° / 7° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:38

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026

• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Romsey North · Hampshire

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

245 reported road collisions (2025)

71 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 32 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Romsey (4.1 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£372,289 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Test Valley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,235 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,144
• 3 bed £1,408

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

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

1,778 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: 159.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools18
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,717
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,193
• Net moves+524

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 247 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (Braishfield)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

252 applications decided

92.1% granted · 232 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Caroline Nokes

Conservative

Romsey and Southampton North

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Con 25
• LD 16
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, Residential End of Tenancy Cleaners, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites

Source: Adzuna

£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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 68% · Wind 15% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 5%

279 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 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

7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SO51

• Alma Road Surgery
• Abbeywell Surgery
• Romsey Hub Eupcs Ooh

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases462 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks305 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills195 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND181 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately133 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Braishfield · 0.2 km

  Braishfield is a village and civil parish north of Romsey in Hampshire, England. The name is thought to be derived from the Old English bræsc + feld, meaning 'open land with small branches or brushwood'. The hamlet of…

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  Sir Harold Hillier Gardens · 1.6 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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  Abbotswood, Hampshire · 2.3 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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  Church of St John the Baptist, Upper Eldon · 2.7 km

  The Church of St John the Baptist, Upper Eldon, is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of King's Somborne, Hampshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* l…

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  Timsbury, Hampshire · 2.8 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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  Romsey (constituency) · 2.9 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)