Chilworth (Test Valley)

20°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 11° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:29

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

72 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences32
• Anti-social behaviour19
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft4

4 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Portswood, Swaythling, and Bassett · Hampshire

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

465 reported road collisions (2024)

118 killed or seriously injured · 570 casualties · 18.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

350 food businesses within 2 miles

• 278 rated 4–5 ★ (228 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Swaythling (2.8 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£235,362 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Southampton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,255 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £879
• 2 bed £1,112
• 3 bed £1,354

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

6.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.6 times median annual pay (6.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (4.9 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

107 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: University of Southampton Science Park (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

248,922 residents in Southampton · 4,990/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 68%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 55 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,381 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (33% of 111,430)

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

86 schools · 35,028 pupils

53 primary · 12 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 27 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Southampton

281 CQC-registered services

• Care homes52
• GP practices43
• Dentists53
• Homecare agencies104
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Southampton

• Not in the Green Belt
• 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

169 applications decided

89.3% granted · 151 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour (minority)

• Lab 24
• Con 6
• LD 8
• Grn 5
• Ref 8

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

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£724 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,886 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 133,290 certificates

11.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82.4 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59 women · 57.6 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases457 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership330 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s283 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need278 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Chilworth Ring · 0.2 km

  Chilworth Ring is the site of a small univallate Iron Age hillfort located in Hampshire. Partial excavations of the site were carried out in 1928. The site has now been developed into circle of detached houses lying…

• Southampton Municipal Golf Course · 0.4 km

  Southampton Municipal Golf Course is a 27-hole golf course in Southampton, England. The par 70, 6174yd, 18-hole course is set in mature parkland. It is home to Southampton Golf Club.

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  St Michael and All Angels Church, Bassett · 0.8 km

  St. Michael and All Angels Church, in Bassett, Southampton, is an Anglican parish church which dates from the late 19th century.

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  Southampton Athletic Club · 0.9 km

  Southampton Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Southampton, England. It is based at the Southampton Sports Centre. It's men compete in the British Athletics League National Division One and women in UK Women…

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  Cantell School · 1.4 km

  Cantell School is a secondary comprehensive and co-educational school located in Bassett, Southampton, near the Glen Eyre Halls and city centre. In 2024, Ofsted judged Cantell as an 'Outstanding' school.

• Lordswood, Southampton · 1.5 km

  Lordswood is a district in Hampshire, England. It is situated in the northern quarter of greater Southampton bordering the areas of Lordshill, Chilworth, Aldermoor and Bassett.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)