East Wellow

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 28% 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

• 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

4 reported · August 2026▲ 300% YoY

• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Romsey North · Hampshire

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

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)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rio Grande Train Station (3.8 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£384,564 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (3.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Greenhill Farm Holiday Park (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

254 applications decided

90.6% granted · 230 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £31,090 avg

e.g. Office Cleaners, Professional House Cleaner, Vacancy: End of Lease Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

• 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

7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SO51

• Alma Road Surgery
• Abbeywell Surgery
• Romsey Hub Eupcs Ooh

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

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  Wellow, Hampshire · 1.0 km

  Wellow is a civil parish in Hampshire, England that falls within the Test Valley district. The villages lies just outside the New Forest, across the main A36 road which runs from the M27 motorway to Salisbury. The nea…

• Embley, Hampshire · 1.8 km

  Embley is a small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England in the United Kingdom. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 3.5 miles (4.8 km) east from the village. It is in the civil pari…

• Embley (school) · 1.8 km

  Embley School is a private co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 2 to 18 located in Embley Park in Wellow, Hampshire, England. It is part of the United Church Schools Trust.

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  Embley Park · 1.8 km

  Embley Park, in Wellow, was the family home of Florence Nightingale from 1825 until her death in 1910. It is also where Florence Nightingale claimed she had received her divine calling from God. It is now the location…

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  Shootash · 2.3 km

  Before World War I, Shootash was originally an area consisting of a few farmsteads, woodland, and common land which subsequently developed during the 20th century into a small hamlet along the main A27 Romsey to White…

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  Sherfield English · 2.4 km

  Sherfield English is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley borough of Hampshire, England. It is located on the A27 road, around 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Romsey.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)