Sopley

13°CSunny

• Today: 13° / 8° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:39

9h 37m 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

3 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other crime1

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)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 48 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Christchurch (3.8 km)
• 6 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 (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (8.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: The Fisherman's Haunt (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1

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 (Sopley)
• Within the Green Belt
• 28 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)

• Schools2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Rider - Scooter, Delivery Rider - Car

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 55% · Solar 15% · Imports 12% · Wind 9%

228 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

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in BH23

• Highcliffe Medical Centre
• Christchurch Medical Practice
• Farmhouse Surgery

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

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  Sopley · 0.1 km

  Sopley is a village and civil parish in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. The village lies on the old main road from Christchurch to Ringwood, on the east bank of the River Avon. The parish extends e…

• Moorlands College · 0.4 km

  Moorlands College is an Evangelical Christian training college with a campus in Sopley Dorset, and a regional Centre in Devon. All degree courses are validated by the University of Gloucestershire. The college is non…

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  1958 BOAC Bristol Britannia crash · 0.9 km

  G-AOVD was a Bristol Britannia 312 operated by BOAC which crashed near Christchurch, Dorset, in the south of England on Christmas Eve 1958, killing two of the five crew and all seven passengers.

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  RAF Sopley · 0.9 km

  Royal Air Force Sopley or more simply RAF Sopley is a former Royal Air Force Second World War Radar station, codenamed Starlight, near the village of Sopley, Hampshire, England. The radar station was opened in Decembe…

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  RAF Winkton · 0.9 km

  Royal Air Force Winkton, or more simply RAF Winkton, is a former Royal Air Force Advanced landing ground previously in Hampshire but now, due to County boundary changes, in Dorset, England. The airfield is located app…

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  Winkton, Dorset · 1.1 km

  Winkton is a hamlet to the north of Christchurch in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Together with the village of Burton, it is in the civil parish of Burto…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)