Lee-on-the-Solent

19°CSunny

• Today: 19° / 14° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:37

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

51 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour22
• Violence & sexual offences19
• Public order4
• Bicycle theft2

Neighbourhood team: Lee · Hampshire

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

172 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

188 food businesses within 2 miles

• 179 rated 4–5 ★ (164 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fareham (5.8 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,364 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Fareham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,189 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £841
• 2 bed £1,085
• 3 bed £1,344

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (3.8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

50 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Beach Road Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 298 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fareham

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 (Lee-on-the-Solent)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

143 applications decided

97.2% granted · 139 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Caroline Dinenage

Conservative

Gosport

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 22
• LD 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

33 jobs advertised · £28,408 avg

e.g. Online Biology Tutoring Job in Lee-on-the-Solent – Flexible Schedule, School Catering Assistant - Lee-on-Solent Infants, Become a Maths Tutor in Lee-on-the-Solent – Flexible & Remote

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Solar 31% · Gas 9% · Nuclear 8%

43 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gosport:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases593 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office434 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership411 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s309 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces297 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide

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

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  Lee-on-the-Solent · 0.2 km

  Lee-on-the-Solent, often referred to as Lee-on-Solent, is a seaside district of the borough of Gosport in Hampshire, England, about five miles (8 km) west of Portsmouth. The area is located on the coast of the Solent.…

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  Lee-on-the-Solent railway station · 0.2 km

  Lee-on-the-Solent railway station served the district of Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England from 1894 to 1935 on the Lee-on-Solent Line.

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  Hovercraft Museum · 0.9 km

  The Hovercraft Museum, in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England is a museum run by a registered charity dedicated to hovercraft.

• Elmore Halt railway station · 0.9 km

  Elmore Halt railway station served the suburbs of Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England from 1910 to 1930 on the Lee-on-the-Solent Railway.

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  Cherque Farm · 1.2 km

  Cherque Farm is a residential development of 1063 homes situated on the South Coast of England in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. Persimmon Homes was the prime developer of the land, but other developers such as Charles…

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  RNAS Lee-on-Solent · 1.5 km

  Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent,, is a former Royal Naval Air Station located near Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire, approximately 4 miles (6.44 km) west of Portsmouth, on the coast of the Solent. The airfield is…

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