Four Marks

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:35

9h 35m 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 · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• 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

17 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Burglary1
• Drugs1

8 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Four Marks and Ropley · Hampshire

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

201 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

25 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Medstead and Four Marks (0.7 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£440,599 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across East Hampshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: BP Four Marks SF Connect (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools13
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

125,742 residents in East Hampshire · 244/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

117 applications decided

88% granted · 103 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Damian Hinds

Conservative

East Hampshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

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

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised · £29,845 avg

e.g. Office Cleaners, Activities Coordinator, Commercial Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 24% · Biomass 13% · Nuclear 10%

213 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU34

• The Watercress Medical Group
• Chawton Park Surgery
• Wilson Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Hampshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks379 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND225 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases192 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately158 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Four Marks · 0.6 km

  Four Marks is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4.4 miles (7.1 km) southwest of Alton, on the A31 road. It is situated on the borders of the South Downs National Pa…

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  Medstead and Four Marks railway station · 0.7 km

  Medstead and Four Marks railway station is a railway station in the English county of Hampshire, serving the villages of Medstead and Four Marks. At 644 ft above sea level, it is currently (2016) the highest operation…

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  Kitwood · 0.8 km

  Kitwood is a hamlet in the parish of Four Marks, Hampshire, England. It is in the south east of the Parish and has been part of Four Marks since its creation in 1932. Prior to this, it was part of Ropley Parish.

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  St Swithun's Way · 0.8 km

  St Swithun's Way is a 34-mile (55 km) long-distance footpath in England from Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire to Farnham, Surrey. It is named after Swithun, a 9th-century Bishop of Winchester, and roughly follows the W…

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  Red Hill, Hampshire · 1.5 km

  Red Hill is one of the highest points in the county of Hampshire, England. It is part of the Hampshire Downs and rises to 221 metres (725 ft) above sea level.

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  Soldridge · 1.5 km

  Soldridge is a hamlet in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Alton, just off the A31 road.

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