Newnham (Basingstoke and Deane)

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:34

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▲ 500% YoY

• Other theft2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Burglary1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke East · Hampshire

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

276 reported road collisions (2025)

74 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hook (1.9 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£373,551 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,309 average monthly rent▲ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £930
• 2 bed £1,210
• 3 bed £1,466

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,390 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: 171.9p · Asda (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (7.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tylney Hall Hotel (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,154 residents in Basingstoke and Deane · 292/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,732
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,356
• Net moves+376

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 237 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 81,590)

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

86 schools · 26,122 pupils

58 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 33 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basingstoke and Deane

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 (Newnham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 37 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

259 applications decided

91.1% granted · 236 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 11
• LD 11
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 17

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£823 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,000 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 88,518 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in RG27

• Whitewater Health
• Dr Hantsdoc N Ooh
• Hook & Hartley Wintney Medical Ptrship

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hampshire:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death512 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks335 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases325 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission307 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 287 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide

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

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  Newnham, Hampshire · 0.1 km

  Newnham is a village and parish in Hampshire, England. It is centred 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Basingstoke, and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Hook. At the 2011 census it had a population of 518. A large portion of its land i…

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  Nately Scures · 0.9 km

  Nately Scures is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newnham, in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest large village is Hook, which lies approximately 1.7 mile…

• Hook Common · 1.1 km

  Hook Common is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hook in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It lies approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west from Hook.

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  St Swithun's Church, Nately Scures · 1.3 km

  St Swithun's Church is the smallest ancient Church of England parish church in the English county of Hampshire. Newnham and Nately Scures are part of the Anglican United Parish which includes: Greywell, Mapledurwell a…

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  Up Nately LNR · 1.8 km

  Up Nately LNR is a 2.8-hectare (6.9-acre) local nature reserve in Up Nately in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and Surrey County Council and managed by the Basingstoke Canal Authority. It is part of…

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  Hook Common and Bartley Heath · 1.8 km

  Hook Common and Bartley Heath is a 129.4-hectare (320-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Hook in Hampshire, England. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wild…

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