Ower (Fawley)

19°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 14° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 37% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Waterside · 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)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Exbury Central (5.2 km)
• 7 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: 156.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (10.3 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Calshot (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds2

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
• 12 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

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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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  Fawley Power Station · 0.5 km

  Fawley Power Station was an oil-fired power station located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley and Calshot in Hampshire, England. Its 198-metre (650 ft) chimney was a prominent la…

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  Ashlett · 0.7 km

  Ashlett is a small settlement in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Fawley. It is at the end of Ashlett Creek, a tidal inlet of Southampton Water. Ashlett is known for having a well-preserved tidal mill,…

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  Calshot Marshes · 1.0 km

  Calshot Marshes is a 51.1-hectare (126-acre) Local Nature Reserve near Calshot, at the junction of The Solent and Southampton Water in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countr…

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  Fawley Tunnel · 1.3 km

  Fawley Tunnel, or Fawley transmission tunnel, is a 3-metre (9.8 ft) diameter, 2-mile (3.2 km) long tunnel under Southampton Water between Fawley Power Station and Chilling near Warsash. It carries the cables of two 40…

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  Calshot · 1.3 km

  Calshot is a coastal village in Hampshire, England, at the west corner of Southampton Water where it joins the Solent.

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  Calshot Lifeboat Station · 1.5 km

  Calshot Lifeboat Station is located on Calshot Spit near the village of Calshot, Hampshire, and is on the western bank of the open end of Southampton Water, on the south coast of England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)