Chilworth (Test Valley)

8°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

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

58 reported · August 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour17
• Violence & sexual offences16
• Other theft5
• Public order5

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Portswood, Swaythling, and Bassett · Hampshire

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

488 reported road collisions (2025)

124 killed or seriously injured · 565 casualties · 19.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

347 food businesses within 2 miles

• 278 rated 4–5 ★ (231 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£235,729 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Southampton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,257 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £881
• 2 bed £1,114
• 3 bed £1,357

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

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

2,565 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 (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (4.9 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

109 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK18,696
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK21,259
• Net moves−2,563

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 76 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Southampton

280 CQC-registered services

• Care homes52
• GP practices41
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies102
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Southampton

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

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

158 applications decided

93.7% granted · 148 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

9,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

13 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in SO16

• Hampshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Burgess Road Surgery
• Lordshill Health Centre

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

• 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)