North Baddesley

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 7° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:38

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

31 reported · August 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft2

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Romsey East · Hampshire

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

245 reported road collisions (2025)

71 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

67 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Romsey (3.8 km)
• 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£372,289 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Test Valley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,235 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,144
• 3 bed £1,408

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

9.4× house price to earnings

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

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,778 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (8.4 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

77 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Intellitect Water LTD (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

130,492 residents in Test Valley · 208/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,717
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,193
• Net moves+524

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 247 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 58,870)

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

65 schools · 17,628 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Test Valley

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
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

252 applications decided

92.1% granted · 232 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Caroline Nokes

Conservative

Romsey and Southampton North

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Con 25
• LD 16
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

19 jobs advertised · £31,597 avg

e.g. Office Cleaners, Commercial Cleaners, Early Years Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£795 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,610 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 54,443 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Wind 18% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 6%

247 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in SO52

• North Baddesley Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Romsey and Southampton North:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases462 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks305 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills195 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND181 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately133 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  North Baddesley · 0.5 km

  North Baddesley is a large village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is situated 3 mi (5 km) east of the town of Romsey and 6 mi (10 km) north of Southampton. It occupies an area of approximately 9.15 km2 (3.…

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  RS Sailing · 1.4 km

  RS Sailing is an international designer, builder and supplier of sailboats and dinghies and associated goods and services supported by a worldwide dealer network and class associations.

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  Toothill Fort · 1.6 km

  Toothill Fort, or Toothill Ring, or Toothill camp, is the site of an Iron Age univallate hill fort located in Hampshire. The site occupies an extremely strong position at the north end of a spur. Its defences comprise…

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  Emer Bog and Baddesley Common · 1.6 km

  Emer Bog and Baddesley Common is a 50-hectare (120-acre) nature reserve north of North Baddesley in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. An area of 39.0 hectares is designated as…

• Mountbatten School · 1.9 km

  The Mountbatten School is an 11–16 secondary school located on Whitenap Lane in Romsey, Hampshire, England. The school is an Academy, but opened in 1969 as a comprehensive.

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  Rownhams services · 2.1 km

  Rownhams services is a motorway service station on the M27 motorway, close to the junction for the M271 motorway which leads into Southampton. It is owned by Roadchef.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)