Ringwood

11°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 8° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:38

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Christchurch Barrack Road, United Kingdom

• 5.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

93 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences29
• Anti-social behaviour27
• Shoplifting10
• Other theft6

7 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Ringwood and Fordingbridge · Hampshire

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

337 reported road collisions (2025)

96 killed or seriously injured · 440 casualties · 19.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

112 food businesses within 2 miles

• 105 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lakeside (4.4 km)
• 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£384,564 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,244 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £864
• 2 bed £1,132
• 3 bed £1,391

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

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

2,495 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: 158.9p · Esso (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (0.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Furlong Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds5

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,107
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,608
• Net moves+1,499

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 239 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

84 schools · 21,771 pupils

53 primary · 9 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 21 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · New Forest

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 (Ringwood)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 91 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

254 applications decided

90.6% granted · 230 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

New Forest West

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens29
• Restaurants & cafés35

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

329 jobs advertised · £36,245 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Field Sales Executive, Roadside Rescue Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% 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

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Solar 18% · Imports 15% · Wind 7%

220 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 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

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BH24

• Ringwood Medical Centre
• Cornerways Medical Centre
• Pes@Specsavers Ringwood, Hampshire

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest West:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases558 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks236 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ban on sale of disposable BBQs187 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND169 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules147 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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

• Ringwood School · 0.4 km

  Ringwood School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated in Ringwood, Hampshire, England.

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  Ringwood railway station · 0.5 km

  Ringwood is a closed railway station in the county of Hampshire, England which served the town of Ringwood. It lay on the former Southampton and Dorchester Railway, the original main line from a connection with the Lo…

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  Castleman Trailway · 0.5 km

  The Castleman Trailway is a footpath in Southern England. Portions of the trailway are also used as a cyclepath but the middle section from East Wimborne to the River Allen bridge is not cyclable.

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  Ringwood, Hampshire · 0.8 km

  Ringwood is a market town and civil parish in the New Forest district, in south-west Hampshire, England, on the River Avon close to the New Forest, northeast of Bournemouth and southwest of Southampton. It was founded…

• Ringwood Waldorf School · 1.4 km

  Ringwood Waldorf School is an Independent School for 3-18 year olds located on the edge of the New Forest, near the Dorset and Hampshire border. Established in 1974, the school was founded on the principles of Waldorf…

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  Hightown, Hampshire · 1.7 km

  Hightown is a village in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Ringwood, which lies approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-west from the village.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)