Lyndhurst

18°CSunny

• Today: 18° / 10° · 7% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:36

13h 5m 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 · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

22 reported · July 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Public order4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Other theft2

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: New Forest Heart · Hampshire

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

327 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 399 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

65 food businesses within 2 miles

• 57 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ashurst New Forest (4.0 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,310 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,241 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £862
• 2 bed £1,130
• 3 bed £1,387

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

10.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (11.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Village Centre Car Park 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 29%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 241 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 83,530)

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

86 schools · 21,932 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 22 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · New Forest

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
• 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

194 applications decided

89.2% granted · 173 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Julian Lewis

Conservative

New Forest East

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 24
• LD 14
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

198 jobs advertised · £31,767 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,441 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,051 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Imports 28% · Gas 18% · Wind 9%

96 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest East:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases509 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership388 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership338 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office316 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s294 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Glasshayes · 0.3 km

  Glasshayes House is a historic country house in Lyndhurst, in The New Forest, Hampshire. Used in the 20th century as the Grand Hotel, then the Lyndhurst Park Hotel, it exists today in the form of a 1912 redesign by Si…

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  Lyndhurst, Hampshire · 0.3 km

  Lyndhurst is a village and civil parish situated in the New Forest in Hampshire, England, about nine miles (14 km) south-west of Southampton. Known as the "capital of the New Forest", Lyndhurst houses the New Forest D…

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  Christ Church, Emery Down · 1.3 km

  Christ Church is a Church of England church in Emery Down, Hampshire, England. Designed by William Butterfield, it was constructed between 1863 and 1864. The church has been a Grade II listed building since 1987.

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  Emery Down · 1.7 km

  Emery Down is a small village in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. Its nearest other village is Lyndhurst, which lies approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south-east from the village.

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  Bank, Hampshire · 1.7 km

  Bank is a village in the English county of Hampshire. The settlement is within the civil parish of Lyndhurst in the New Forest, and is located approximately 8 miles (13 km) from both Ringwood and Southampton. It has o…

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  Allum Green · 2.3 km

  Allum Green is a hamlet southwest of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)