Kingsclere

20°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 10° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:33

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▲ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke Rural West · Hampshire

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

266 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 362 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

25 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thatcham (7.6 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£368,739 average▼ 1.3% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,307 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £929
• 2 bed £1,208
• 3 bed £1,463

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 142.9p · Shell (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · Shell (1.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Sandford Springs Hotel & Golf Club (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,154 residents in Basingstoke and Deane · 292/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 246 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 81,590)

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

86 schools · 26,122 pupils

58 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 33 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

75inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basingstoke and Deane

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
• 90 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

225 applications decided

94.2% granted · 212 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Kit Malthouse

Conservative

North West Hampshire

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 11
• LD 11
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 17

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £34,355 avg

e.g. Residential End of Lease Cleaners, Assistant Manager - Bel & The Dragon Kingsclere, Professional House Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£823 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,000 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 88,518 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

64% low-carbon electricity

Solar 28% · Wind 26% · Gas 20% · Imports 17%

93 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Hampshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases533 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership500 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s364 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test351 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office341 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Kingsclere · 0.1 km

  Kingsclere is a large village and civil parish in Hampshire, England.

• Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District · 0.5 km

  Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District was a rural district between 1932 and 1974 in Hampshire, England.

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  Hannington transmitting station · 2.0 km

  Hannington transmitting station is a television and radio transmitting station located on Cottington Hill near the village of Hannington, Hampshire. The transmitter is actually in the parish of Kingsclere. The station…

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  Wolverton, Hampshire · 2.4 km

  Wolverton is a village in the civil parish of Baughurst, in the Basingstoke and Deane district in north Hampshire, England. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) from both Newbury and Basingstoke.

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  Wolverton Common · 2.7 km

  Wolverton Common is a hamlet in north Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Tadley, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) east from the hamlet.

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  St Lawrence's Church, Ecchinswell · 2.9 km

  St Lawrence's Church is a Grade II listed church in Ecchinswell, Hampshire, England, in the rural deanery of Whitchurch, within the Diocese of Winchester, designed by Bodley & Garner, 1885–87, at a time when Ninian Co…

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