Martin (New Forest)

10°CClear

• Today: 18° / 10° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:37

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026

• Burglary2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Ringwood and Fordingbridge · 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)

2 food businesses within 2 miles

• 1 rated 4–5 ★ (1 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (11 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Cranborne High Street (6.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9

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

• In a conservation area (Martin)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 43 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 Desmond Swayne

Conservative

New Forest West

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)

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 62% · Biomass 16% · Gas 13% · Nuclear 9%

69 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 West:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases557 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership323 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office277 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership247 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s219 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Martin, Hampshire · 0.4 km

  Martin is a village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. The nearest town, Fordingbridge, is 7 miles (11 km) to the south-east, and the cathedral city of Salisbury is 12 miles (19 km) to…

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  Toyd Down and Quarry · 1.0 km

  Toyd Down and Quarry is a 6.7-hectare (17-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Martin in Hampshire.

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  Martin and Tidpit Downs · 2.4 km

  Martin and Tidpit Downs is a 367.5-hectare (908-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Fordingbridge in Hampshire. Martin Down is a 341-hectare (840-acre) national nature reserve and an are…

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  Martin Down Enclosure · 2.9 km

  The Martin Down Enclosure is an archaeological site on Martin Down, near the village of Martin, in Hampshire, England. It is near the boundaries with Dorset and Wiltshire.

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  Bokerley Dyke · 2.9 km

  Bokerley Dyke, Bokerly Dyke, Bokerley Ditch, is a linear earthwork 5.75 kilometres (3.6 mi) long on Cranborne Chase in Dorset, partially running along the county's border with Hampshire between Woodyates and Martin. I…

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  Knoll Camp · 2.9 km

  Knoll Camp, or Damerham Knoll, is the site of an Iron Age univallate hill fort located in Hampshire. The fort comprises a circular earthwork containing about four acres. There is a single ditch with inner rampart and…

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