Penton Mewsey and Penton Grafton

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 15° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:27

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Andover North · Hampshire

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

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)

85 food businesses within 2 miles

• 79 rated 4–5 ★ (75 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Andover (2.9 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: 164.9p · Asda (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (9.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Eurogarages Weyhill East Services (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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

• In a conservation area (The Pentons)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 37 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

Conservative majority

• Con 25
• LD 16
• Oth 2

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

• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,605 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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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  Penton Mewsey · 0.1 km

  Penton Mewsey is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Andover.

• Penton Grafton · 0.2 km

  Penton Grafton is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. It is adjacent to the village and parish of Penton Mewsey. Both villages are collectively known as The Pentons.

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  Andover Town F.C. · 1.2 km

  Andover Town Football Club is a football club based in Andover, Hampshire, England. They are currently members of the Hampshire Premier League Division One and play at the Portway Stadium.

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  Penton Corner · 1.2 km

  Penton Corner is a hamlet in the civil parish of Penton Mewsey in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Andover, which lies approximately 2 miles (3 km) east from the hamlet.

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  Foxcotte · 1.4 km

  Foxcotte is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Charlton in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Andover, which only lies approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) south-east from the hamlet.

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  Weyhill · 1.6 km

  Weyhill is a village, 2.5 miles (3.8 km) west of Andover, Hampshire. It sits within the civil parish of Penton Grafton, which includes the village of the same name. The village is famous for having a medieval fair and…

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