Lower Farringdon

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:31

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

51US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Drugs1
• Vehicle crime1
• Violence & sexual offences1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Alton Rural · Hampshire

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

201 reported road collisions (2025)

60 killed or seriously injured · 244 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Medstead and Four Marks (3.6 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£440,599 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across East Hampshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £901
• 2 bed £1,180
• 3 bed £1,483

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

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,772 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

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Chawton Park Road (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

125,742 residents in East Hampshire · 244/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,263
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,052
• Net moves+1,211

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 278 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 56,500)

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

60 schools · 18,836 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hampshire

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
• 42 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

117 applications decided

88% granted · 103 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Damian Hinds

Conservative

East Hampshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 18
• LD 14
• Grn 1
• Oth 9

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Commercial Cleaners for Offices, Office Cleaners, Commercial Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,411 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 57,309 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 26% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

204 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

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

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU34

• The Watercress Medical Group
• Chawton Park Surgery
• Wilson Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Hampshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks379 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND225 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases192 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately158 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Farringdon Halt railway station · 0.2 km

  Farringdon Halt was an intermediate railway station on the Meon Valley line, which ran from Alton to Fareham in Hampshire, England, during the 20th century.

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  Farringdon, Hampshire · 0.5 km

  Farringdon is a civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south of Alton, on the A32 road, close to a source of the River Wey.

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  Massey's Folly · 0.8 km

  Massey's Folly, a grade II listed building, was built by Thomas Hacket Massey who served as rector in Farringdon village in Hampshire for 62 years. The folly took thirty years to build as it was entirely built by Mass…

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  Chawton · 2.5 km

  Chawton is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village lies within the South Downs National Park and is famous as the home of Jane Austen for the last eight years of he…

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  Jane Austen's House Museum · 2.5 km

  Jane Austen's House is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire. It is a writer's house museum occupying the 17th-century house in which novelist Jane Austen spent the last eight ye…

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  East Hampshire (constituency) · 2.5 km

  East Hampshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Damian Hinds of the Conservative Party.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)