Hangersley

23°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 13° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 11° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:32

12h 58m 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 · Christchurch Barrack Road, United Kingdom

16 reported · July 2026▼ 53% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Ringwood and Fordingbridge · Hampshire

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

327 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 399 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

117 food businesses within 2 miles

• 104 rated 4–5 ★ (86 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Christchurch Harbour

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Lakeside (6.8 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,310 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,241 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £862
• 2 bed £1,130
• 3 bed £1,387

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (3.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (8.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Anytime Fitness Ringwood (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds1

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 241 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

86 schools · 21,932 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 22 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

1,436 CQC-registered services

• Care homes482
• GP practices163
• Dentists325
• Homecare agencies362
• Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

• In a conservation area (Western Escarpment)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

194 applications decided

89.2% granted · 173 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

New Forest West

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Domestic End of Tenancy Cleaning Specialist, Property End of Tenancy Cleaners, Become a Maths Tutor in Hangersley – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Solar 29% · Imports 20% · Biomass 6%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest West:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases557 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership323 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office277 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership247 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s219 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Hangersley · 0.1 km

  Hangersley is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It lies exactly 1 mile (1.5 km) from Ringwood, its nearest town.

• Forest Corner · 0.6 km

  Forest Corner is a village in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is on the A31 road travelling between Southampton and Bournemouth. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 1.4 miles…

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  Shobley · 0.8 km

  Shobley is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west from the hamlet. It is in the civil Parish of Ellingham, Harbri…

• Linford, Hampshire · 1.0 km

  Linford is a hamlet in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, close to the market town of Ringwood. It is about 1.5 miles east of Ringwood. It is in the civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley.

• Picket Hill · 1.0 km

  Picket Hill is a hamlet next to Picket Post in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It lies on the outskirts of Ringwood.

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  Poulner · 1.1 km

  Poulner (/'paʊnə/) is a small village in the civil parish of Ringwood in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England, although its northern fringe lies in the adjacent civil parish of Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsle…

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