Hedge End

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 5° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:33

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

59US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

95 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Shoplifting30
• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Public order14

5 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Hedge End North · Hampshire

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

186 reported road collisions (2025)

49 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

262 food businesses within 2 miles

• 217 rated 4–5 ★ (191 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hedge End (2.3 km)
• 48 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£312,753 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Eastleigh · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,214 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £862
• 2 bed £1,111
• 3 bed £1,363

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,981 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 (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (4.1 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

101 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Co-op Food (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches35
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

136,443 residents in Eastleigh · 1,712/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,741
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,683
• Net moves+1,058

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 263 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 61,310)

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

47 schools · 20,623 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastleigh

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
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

133 applications decided

89.5% granted · 119 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Paul Holmes

Conservative

Hamble Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 35
• Oth 3

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

94 jobs advertised · £34,105 avg

e.g. Internal Sales Account Manager, Barista - Store 87021, Hedge End (Magnet), Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites

Source: Adzuna

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,968 disposable income per head (2024)

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

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,442 certificates

7.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 27% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

203 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SO30

• Teenage Drop-In Centre
• Esp Hub Ooh
• Countess Mountbatten Hospice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hamble Valley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases687 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death366 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth263 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks234 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND210 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Hedge End · 0.3 km

  Hedge End is a town and civil parish in Hampshire, England. Situated to the east of the City of Southampton, it adjoins the districts of West End and Botley. Hedge End lies within the Borough of Eastleigh and is part…

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  Wildern School · 0.9 km

  Wildern School is an 11–16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Hedge End, Hampshire, England. It was formerly a foundation school that was established in 1933 and became an academy in 2011.

• HMS Cricket (shore establishment) · 1.6 km

  HMS Cricket was the name given to a Royal Navy shore establishment on the River Hamble from 1943 to 1946. This name was previously used by the Insect-class gunboat Cricket (1915) that was scrapped in 1942.

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  River Hamble Country Park · 1.7 km

  River Hamble Country Park is a 144.1-hectare (356-acre) country park which runs along the west bank of the River Hamble between the villages of Botley and Bursledon in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Counci…

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  Edward Sparshott · 1.7 km

  Admiral Edward Sparshott was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars. As midshipman on HMS Centaur, flagship of Sir Samuel Hood, he was present at the surrender of Madeira. As captain, he commanded HMS…

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  All Saints, Botley · 1.9 km

  All Saints is an Anglican church in the centre of the village of Botley, in Hampshire, England. Built in the 1830s to replace a church, St Bartholomew's, south of the village, it was expanded in 1859 and the 1890s. Fu…

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