Palestine

18°CSunny

• Today: 21° / 13° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 12° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:32

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

220 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 284 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Grateley (0.4 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£372,348 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Test Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,234 average monthly rent▲ 8.4% YoY

• 1 bed £887
• 2 bed £1,142
• 3 bed £1,406

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Asda (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (9.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: EVC Gray Manor Hotel (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 262 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

197 applications decided

93.4% granted · 184 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,605 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Experienced End of Tenancy (EOT) Cleaners, Office Cleaning Assistant, End of Tenancy Cleaners Wanted

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

17% low-carbon electricity

Gas 66% · Imports 16% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 4%

278 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs 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

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases457 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership330 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s283 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need278 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide

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

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  Grateley railway station · 0.4 km

  Grateley railway station serves the village of Grateley, Hampshire, England, and the surrounding countryside. It is 72 miles 49 chains (116.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo. It is operated by South Western Rai…

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  Palestine, Hampshire · 0.4 km

  Palestine is a small village which lies in the civil parish of Over Wallop, approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Andover, in Hampshire, England.

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  Quarley Hill · 1.3 km

  Quarley Hill is the site of an Iron Age univallate hill fort in Hampshire, southern England. The hill affords commanding views of the surrounding countryside.

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  Quarley Hill Fort · 1.4 km

  Quarley Hill Fort is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Grateley in Hampshire.

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  Grateley · 1.7 km

  Grateley is a village, parish and civil parish in the Test Valley district, in north west of Hampshire, England. In 2021 the parish had a population of 662.

• Quarley · 3.0 km

  Quarley is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. It is about 7 mi (11 km) west of Andover and according to the 2001 census had a population of 161, reducing to 150 at the 2011 C…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)