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Churt

Churt is a village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 1,098. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Reeds Road, 4.5 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Churt area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Hampshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 125,742 residents at roughly 244 people per km².

Council
East Hampshire
County
Hampshire
Constituency
East Hampshire
Police force
Hampshire
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 35th of 294 English council areas — better than 88% of them.

Low crime92
Home affordability14
Affordable rents29
Good schools33
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation94
Employment90
Low council tax72

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

9°CCloudy

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:32

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

4 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Shottermill, Critchmere, Hindhead, Beacon Hill, Churt & Weyhill · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Rural crime in the Hindhead and Churt areas
  • Vehicle anti-social use - Hindhead, Churt, Weyhill

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

Road safety

201 reported road collisions (2025)

60 killed or seriously injured · 244 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

29 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 26 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Reeds Road (5.1 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Haslemere (6.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£440,599 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across East Hampshire · to 2026-08

Detached£705,338
Semi-detached£430,757
Terraced£333,662
Flat£198,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £901
  • 2 bed £1,180
  • 3 bed £1,483

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

Affordability

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,772 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: 168.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Best Western Frensham Pond Hotel (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools44
  • Sports pitches32
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

125,742 residents in East Hampshire · 244/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,263
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,052
  • Net moves+1,211

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 278 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 56,500)

A £1,563
B £1,823
C £2,083
D £2,344
E £2,865
F £3,386
G £3,907
H £4,688

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

Schools

60 schools · 18,836 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Bohunt SchoolGood
  • Amery Hill School
  • Eggar's School
  • Horndean Technology College
  • Oakmoor School
  • The Petersfield School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hampshire

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

117 applications decided

88% granted · 103 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Gregory Stafford

Conservative

Farnham and Bordon

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
  • NoBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Independent coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 18
  • LD 14
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £46,800 avg

e.g. Housekeeper - Children's Homes, Part-time Nanny-Housekeeper in Churt, Surrey, UK, Team Leader - Children's Homes

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,411 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 57,309 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Solar 15% · Wind 14% · Biomass 7%

218 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

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

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU10

  • Holly Tree Surgery
  • Farnham Dene Medical Practice
  • Crondall New Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Farnham and Bordon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Churt · 0.1 km

    Churt is a village and civil parish in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of the town of Farnham on the A287 road towards Hindhead. A clustered settlement is set in areas acting…

  • Barford, Hampshire · 0.9 km

    Barford is a scattered hamlet in the civil parish of Headley in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village lies on the Hampshire-Surrey border, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Hindhead. Its nea…

  • Farnham and Bordon · 1.1 km

    Farnham and Bordon is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It is a cross-county constituency covering parts of Hampshire and Surrey. It was first contested in the 2024 general election and is c…

  • Devil's Jumps, Churt · 1.5 km

    The Devil's Jumps are a series of three small hills near the village of Churt in the county of Surrey in southern England. In the 18th century, the hills were known as the Devil's Three Jumps. The Devil's Jumps are li…

  • The Flashes · 1.6 km

    The Flashes is a 115.1-hectare (284-acre) Local Nature Reserve west of Godalming in Surrey. It is owned by the National Trust and managed by Waverley Borough Council. It is part of Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commo…

  • Stockstone Quarry · 1.8 km

    Stockstone Quarry is a 3.9-hectare (9.6-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Farnham in Surrey. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Churt?
Churt is a town in Hampshire, England, in the East Hampshire local authority.
What is the population of Churt?
Churt has an approximate settlement population of 1,098.
How deprived is Churt?
The East Hampshire local authority, which includes Churt, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.