Soberton Heath

18°CCloudy

• Today: 19° / 15° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Bishops Waltham and Soberton · Hampshire

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

305 reported road collisions (2024)

100 killed or seriously injured · 409 casualties · 23.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Botley (8.0 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£471,136 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Winchester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,505 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,015
• 2 bed £1,316
• 3 bed £1,620

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: New Place Hotel (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Winchester City Council approves Sea Lanes lido bid· 11 Sept 2026
• Council camera evidence secures successful fly-tipping conviction· 10 Sept 2026
• Record number of participants attend popular accessible sporting event· 4 Sept 2026
• Major step forward for Central Winchester Regeneration· 25 Aug 2026
• Winchester Green Fair returns for 2026· 20 Aug 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 293 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Winchester

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
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

210 applications decided

95.7% granted · 201 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 4
• LD 36
• Grn 4
• Oth 1

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

• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

Life expectancy: 86.5 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Winchester:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership454 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership394 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s356 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office288 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases264 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

• Wood End, Hampshire · 0.7 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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  Mislingford · 1.4 km

  Mislingford is a hamlet near the River Meon between the village of Swanmore and the small hamlet of Kingsmead on the A32 road in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Fareham, whic…

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  St Clair's Meadow · 1.8 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.

• Meon Valley Trail (cycle trail) · 2.7 km

  The Meon Valley Trail is a 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) trail for cyclists in Hampshire, England. The trail passes through Butser Hill, Clanfield, West Meon and East Meon.

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  Soberton · 2.8 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…

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  Shirrell Heath · 2.9 km

  Shirrell Heath is a village and top of a modest escarpment of the South Downs National Park in south Hampshire, England. Shirrell Heath, and its neighbouring village, Waltham Chase are part of Shedfield parish.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)