Hedge End

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• Today: 19° / 10° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:35

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

123 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Shoplifting28
• Violence & sexual offences27
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Public order14

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Hedge End North · Hampshire

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

168 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 202 casualties · 12.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

261 food businesses within 2 miles

• 215 rated 4–5 ★ (188 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

£308,476 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across Eastleigh · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,214 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £861
• 2 bed £1,111
• 3 bed £1,361

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (4.1 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

98 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Best Buy Southampton B (1 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 288 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

46 schools · 20,623 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastleigh

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

131 applications decided

90.8% granted · 119 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

6,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

112 jobs advertised · £31,145 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

19% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Imports 31% · Biomass 10% · Wind 5%

227 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.6 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hamble Valley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases683 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership465 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office361 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test314 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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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