Silchester

11°CSunny

• Today: 13° / 5° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:38

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

41US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke Rural East · Hampshire

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

276 reported road collisions (2025)

74 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

41 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bramley (3.8 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£373,551 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,309 average monthly rent▲ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £930
• 2 bed £1,210
• 3 bed £1,466

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,390 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: 159.9p · BP (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (7.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 125 kW
• Nearest: Lidl - Tadley (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,154 residents in Basingstoke and Deane · 292/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,732
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,356
• Net moves+376

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 237 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 81,590)

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

86 schools · 26,122 pupils

58 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 33 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basingstoke and Deane

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 (Silchester)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

259 applications decided

91.1% granted · 236 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alex Brewer

Liberal Democrat

North East Hampshire

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 11
• LD 11
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 17

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised · £40,350 avg

e.g. Site Manager, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Commercial Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£823 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,000 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 88,518 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Imports 26% · Solar 16% · Biomass 7%

198 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in RG7

• Swallowfield Medical Practice
• Mortimer Surgery
• Theale Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hampshire:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death512 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks335 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases325 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission307 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 287 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide

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

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  Silchester · 0.0 km

  Silchester is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Reading.

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  Silchester House · 0.2 km

  Silchester House is a Victorian mansion located in Silchester, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in Hampshire, England, on the border with Berkshire. The west wing of the house dates back to the 17th century whil…

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  The Frith · 1.2 km

  The Frith is a small univallate Iron Age hillfort to the north of Silchester, Calleva Atrebatum, Roman town in the English county of Hampshire. A single bank covers all sides apart from the south east, and is at the m…

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  Pamber Heath · 1.2 km

  Pamber Heath is a village in north Hampshire, England. Situated within the civil parish of Pamber, the village lies at the north end of Pamber Forest.

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  Pamber Forest and Silchester Common · 1.3 km

  Pamber Forest and Silchester Common is a 341.7-hectare (844-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tadley in Hampshire. Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wig…

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  Calleva Atrebatum · 1.4 km

  Calleva Atrebatum was an Iron Age oppidum, the capital of the Atrebates tribe. It then became a walled town in the Roman province of Britannia, at a major crossroads of the roads of southern Britain.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)