Soberton

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• Today: 10° / 5° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:32

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

48US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

320 reported road collisions (2025)

89 killed or seriously injured · 417 casualties · 25.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

18 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£453,188 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Winchester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,508 average monthly rent▲ 4.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,017
• 2 bed £1,318
• 3 bed £1,624

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

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (10.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,749 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 · Esso (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.7 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: The Crest Droxford (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Our Next Local Plan: city council reaches major milestone under government’s new 30-month timetable· 30 Oct 2026
• Conservation works at Hyde Abbey Gateway to begin next spring· 23 Oct 2026
• Accessible water event returns after successful launch year· 21 Oct 2026
• Planning Inspector backs Winchester City Council’s enforcement action· 21 Oct 2026
• Grant-funded raised beds expand possibilities of Denmead community garden· 15 Oct 2026

Source: Winchester Council

127,444 residents in Winchester · 193/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,194
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,945
• Net moves+1,249

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 268 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,360 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 58,720)

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

62 schools · 18,579 pupils

43 primary · 4 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 18 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Winchester

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

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

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

186 applications decided

91.4% granted · 170 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Danny Chambers

Liberal Democrat

Winchester

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 4
• LD 36
• Grn 4
• Oth 1

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

9,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners for Offices, Domestic End of Tenancy Cleaning Specialist, Office Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£856 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,756 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,801 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 28% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.5 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

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

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in SO32

• Bishops Waltham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Winchester:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks447 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases267 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND240 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills179 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately152 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  St Clair's Meadow · 0.0 km

  St Clair's Meadow is a 16-hectare (40-acre) nature reserve near Soberton in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

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  Soberton · 1.0 km

  Soberton is a village in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England, east of the A32 and a few miles south of the village of Droxford. It appears in the Domesday Book as "Sudbertone" or "Sudbertune". For administration, it i…

• Wood End, Hampshire · 2.4 km

  Wood End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Soberton in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Fareham, which lies approximately 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south-east from the village.

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  Church of St Mary and All Saints, Droxford · 2.6 km

  The Church of St Mary and All Saints is an Anglican church in the village of Droxford, in Hampshire, England. It is in the Diocese of Portsmouth, and is one of the churches of the Meon Bridge Benefice. The building is…

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  Droxford railway station · 2.9 km

  Droxford railway station was an intermediate station on the Meon Valley Railway, built to a design by T. P. Figgis and opened in 1903. It served the villages of Droxford, Soberton and Hambledon in Hampshire, England.…

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  Droxford · 3.0 km

  Droxford is a village in Hampshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)