Sopley

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 11° · 7% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:37

13h 5m 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 · Christchurch Barrack Road, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Ringwood and Fordingbridge · Hampshire

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

327 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 399 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Christchurch (3.8 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,310 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,241 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £862
• 2 bed £1,130
• 3 bed £1,387

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (4 km)

15 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 241 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

86 schools · 21,932 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 22 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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

• In a conservation area (Sopley)
• Within the Green Belt
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

194 applications decided

89.2% granted · 173 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Economics Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

60% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Imports 29% · Wind 15% · Gas 11%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest West:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases557 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership323 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office277 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership247 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s219 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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…

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