Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is a town or village in Hampshire, England. It has 14 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Sway, 2.8 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Mount Pleasant area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the New Forest area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 175,785 residents at roughly 234 people per km².
- Council
- New Forest
- County
- Hampshire
- Constituency
- New Forest West
- Police force
- Hampshire
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 34th of 294 English council areas — better than 88% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
18°CSunny
- Today: 18° / 11° · 7% rain
- Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:36
13h 5m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Christchurch Barrack Road, United Kingdom
Crime
2 reported · July 2026▼ 75% YoY
- Possession of weapons1
- Violence & sexual offences1
Neighbourhood team: Lymington · Hampshire
Local policing priorities
- Op Forestguard
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
140 food businesses within 2 miles
- 116 rated 4–5 ★ (98 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Sway (2.6 km)
- 6 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Sway (2.6 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£380,310 average▲ 1.2% YoY
Across New Forest · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (1.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Asda (1.8 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
31 charging locations within ~8 km
- 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Barfields 2 (2.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools4
- Sports pitches5
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²
- Under 16: 15%
- 16–64: 55%
- 65+: 29%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 241 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Hounsdown SchoolGood
- Lift New ForestGood
- The Arnewood SchoolInadequate
- Applemore College
- Noadswood School
- Priestlands School
- Ringwood School Academy
- Testwood School
- The Burgate School and Sixth Form
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · New Forest
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
194 applications decided
89.2% granted · 173 granted, 21 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Conservative (minority)
- Lab 1
- Con 24
- LD 14
- Grn 2
- Ref 2
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
9,045 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
28 jobs advertised · £10,000 avg
e.g. Become a Biology Tutor in Mount Pleasant (Derbyshire) – Flexible & Remote, Become a Maths Tutor in Mount Pleasant (Derbyshire) – Flexible & Remote, Online Guitar Tutoring Job in Mount Pleasant – Flexible Schedule
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Health
Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men
63% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
- Shirley Holms Halt railway station · 0.7 km
Shirley Holms Halt was a railway halt in the New Forest district of Hampshire. Opened in 1860 it was closed in 1888 with opening of Sway on the South West Main Line. Said to be one of the first halts in the country,…
Battramsley · 1.4 kmBattramsley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Boldre, in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.
Buckland Rings · 1.6 kmBuckland Rings is the site of an Iron Age hill fort in the town of Lymington, Hampshire. Today, the mounds and dykes around the outside which once constituted its defences are still clearly visible, although the outer…
Boldre · 1.6 kmBoldre is a village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is in the south of the New Forest National Park, above the broadening (estuary) of the Lymington River, two miles (3 km) north…
Ampress Works Halt railway station · 1.7 kmAmpress Works Halt was a halt station on the Lymington Branch Line which, between 1956 and 1989, served the Wellworthy engineering works near Lymington in Hampshire, England. Sited near the bridge over the A337 Lyming…
Sway, Hampshire · 1.9 kmSway is a village and civil parish in Hampshire in the New Forest national park in England. The civil parish was formed in 1879, when lands were taken from the extensive parish of Boldre. The village has shops and pub…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mount Pleasant?
- Mount Pleasant is a town in Hampshire, England, in the New Forest local authority.
- How deprived is Mount Pleasant?
- The New Forest local authority, which includes Mount Pleasant, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.