Lee-on-the-Solent

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:34

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, 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

60 reported · August 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour21
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Shoplifting4

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Lee · 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)

188 food businesses within 2 miles

• 176 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fareham (5.8 km)
• 32 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: 156.9p · Esso (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (10 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

51 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 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)

• 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

• 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)

149 applications decided

98% granted · 146 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dame Caroline Dinenage

Conservative

Gosport

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

17 jobs advertised · £32,615 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Finance Manager

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

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Wind 21% · Biomass 9% · Nuclear 6%

252 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

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in PO13

• Bridgemary Medical Centre
• Solent View Medical Practice
• Rowner Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gosport:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases595 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces298 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth232 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK194 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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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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