Chandler's Ford

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 8° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:35

9h 32m 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 · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

42 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Other theft4
• Anti-social behaviour3

4 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Romsey East · Hampshire

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

186 reported road collisions (2025)

49 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

192 food businesses within 2 miles

• 150 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chandler's Ford (1.0 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£312,753 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Eastleigh · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,214 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £862
• 2 bed £1,111
• 3 bed £1,363

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,981 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (6.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

73 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Kids Today LTD (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

136,443 residents in Eastleigh · 1,712/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,741
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,683
• Net moves+1,058

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 263 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 61,310)

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

47 schools · 20,623 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastleigh

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
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

133 applications decided

89.5% granted · 119 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liz Jarvis

Liberal Democrat

Eastleigh

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 35
• Oth 3

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

129 jobs advertised · £35,521 avg

e.g. Dealership Tyre Fitter, Conveyancing Assistant, Customer Advisor - Private Medical Insurance

Source: Adzuna

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,968 disposable income per head (2024)

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

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,442 certificates

7.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 66% · Wind 19% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 6%

267 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SO53

• The Fryern Surgery
• Park Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastleigh:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases622 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND347 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks239 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth179 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills159 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

• Knightwood · 0.0 km

  Knightwood is a small village in Chandler's Ford which is in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Valley Park. It is roughly 6 miles north of Southampton.

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  Valley Park, Chandler's Ford · 0.3 km

  Valley Park is a civil parish and a new town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The part of the parish is called Knightwood.

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  Valley Park Woodlands · 0.6 km

  Valley Park Woodlands is a 24.8-hectare (61-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Chandler's Ford in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by Test Valley Borough Council.

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  Flexford Nature Reserve · 0.7 km

  Flexford Nature Reserve is a 18-hectare (44-acre) nature reserve in Chandler's Ford in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

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  Chandler's Ford railway station · 1.0 km

  Chandler's Ford railway station serves the Chandler's Ford area of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. It is on the Eastleigh to Romsey Line, 75 miles 25 chains (121.2 km) measured from London Waterloo.

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  Chandler's Ford shooting · 1.2 km

  The Chandler's Ford shooting was the shooting of armed robbers in the town of Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, in southern England, on 13 September 2007. Two men were shot dead by Metropolitan Police officers while they we…

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