Knowle

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 9° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:36

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

13 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Public order3
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Wickham and Whiteley · Hampshire

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

171 reported road collisions (2025)

38 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

156 food businesses within 2 miles

• 142 rated 4–5 ★ (125 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fareham (3.2 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£334,303 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Fareham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,176 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

• 1 bed £832
• 2 bed £1,073
• 3 bed £1,330

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

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,803 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 (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: NATS Whiteley (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

114,513 residents in Fareham · 1,542/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,522
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,931
• Net moves+591

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 291 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,271 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 51,100)

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

48 schools · 16,712 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fareham

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
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

149 applications decided

98% granted · 146 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Suella Braverman

Reform UK

Fareham and Waterlooville

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 22
• LD 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £33,394 avg

e.g. Year 5 Class Teacher, SupplyTeacher, SEND Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,171 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,737 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 74% · Wind 13% · Biomass 5% · Nuclear 5%

297 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in PO17

• Southwick Park Medical Centre
• Wickham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fareham and Waterlooville:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases473 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death267 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth236 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks207 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK157 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Knowle Hospital · 0.1 km

  Knowle Hospital was a psychiatric hospital that was repurposed as the village of Knowle near the town of Fareham in Hampshire, southern England, which opened in 1852 and closed in 1996.

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  Knowle, Hampshire · 0.2 km

  Knowle is a village with mainly 21st century shops and businesses in the Winchester district of Hampshire, England, that sits high on the left bank of the Meon between the Southampton and Portsmouth conurbations. It i…

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  Knowle Halt railway station · 0.3 km

  Knowle Halt was a railway station in the county of Hampshire in England. It was served by trains on the Eastleigh to Fareham and Meon Valley lines. The station opened in 1907 and closed in 1964.

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  Funtley · 1.2 km

  Funtley – from the Anglo-Saxon, "Funtaleg", "spring field (clearing)", is a hamlet or exurb north of Fareham, Hampshire, England. It forms a projection towards the South Downs National Park and is generally included w…

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  Welborne, Hampshire · 1.3 km

  Welborne is a town under construction to the north of Fareham, England. It is intended to include 6,000 houses with businesses and community facilities. A plan for the development was submitted for central Government…

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  Crockerhill, Hampshire · 1.5 km

  Crockerhill is a hamlet in south Hampshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the Borough of Fareham

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)