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Burley

Burley is a village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 1,384. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic and around 1 restaurant or café, with 8 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Sway, 8 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Burley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the New Forest area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 175,785 residents at roughly 234 people per km².

Council
New Forest
County
Hampshire
Constituency
New Forest West
Police force
Hampshire
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 30th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime75
Home affordability26
Affordable rents32
Good schools84
Life expectancy84
Low deprivation81
Employment82
Low council tax55

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:40

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

59US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Christchurch Barrack Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Ringwood and Fordingbridge · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Op Forestguard
  • Catapult use in Fordingbridge.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

21 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 21 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sway (8.0 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sway (8.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£384,564 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-08

Detached£584,165
Semi-detached£370,085
Terraced£301,061
Flat£195,805

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (7.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Moorhill House Hotel (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,613
B £1,882
C £2,151
D £2,420
E £2,957
F £3,495
G £4,033
H £4,840

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Hounsdown SchoolGood
  • Lift New ForestGood
  • The Arnewood SchoolInadequate
  • Applemore College
  • Noadswood School
  • Priestlands School
  • Ringwood School Academy
  • Testwood School
  • The Burgate School and Sixth Form

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

254 applications decided

90.6% granted · 230 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

New Forest West

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £29,676 avg

e.g. Chef de Partie, Food & Beverage Supervisor, Chef de partie apprentice

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Wind 28% · Biomass 14% · Nuclear 10%

167 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BH24

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest West:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Burley, Hampshire · 0.2 km

    Burley is a village and civil parish in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. It has ancient origins and is now somewhat tourist-oriented.

  • Castle Hill, Hampshire · 1.5 km

    Castle Hill is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located in the civil parish of Burley in the New Forest national park in Hampshire, England. Its single rampart and ditch earthworks enclose approximately fiv…

  • Holmsley railway station · 3.1 km

    Holmsley is a closed railway station in the county of Hampshire which served rural settlements in the New Forest.

  • All Saints' Church, Thorney Hill · 3.6 km

    All Saints' Church is a Church of England church in Thorney Hill, Hampshire, England. It was built in 1905–06 and has been a Grade I listed building since 1985. A World War I memorial in the churchyard is also Grade I…

  • Picket Post · 3.6 km

    Picket Post is a road junction and service area in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It lies on the A31 road.

  • Bagnum · 3.7 km

    Bagnum is a hamlet in the English county of Hampshire. The settlement is within the civil parish of Ringwood, and is located approximately 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south-east of Ringwood town centre.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Burley?
Burley is a town in Hampshire, England, in the New Forest local authority.
What is the population of Burley?
Burley has an approximate settlement population of 1,384.
How deprived is Burley?
The New Forest local authority, which includes Burley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.