Southwick (Winchester)

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · 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

55US AQI · Moderate

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

2 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Denmead and Southwick · Hampshire

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

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)

49 food businesses within 2 miles

• 34 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Portchester (3.4 km)
• 2 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: 156.9p · Esso (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (9.4 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

69 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: 5 Leominster Road (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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
• 53 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

Suella Braverman

Reform UK

Fareham and Waterlooville

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)

£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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 28% · Biomass 13% · Nuclear 10%

195 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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in PO17

• Southwick Park Medical Centre
• Wickham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fareham and Waterlooville:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases473 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death267 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth236 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks207 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK157 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Southwick House · 0.1 km

  Southwick House is a Grade II listed 19th-century manor house of the Southwick Estate in Hampshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Portsmouth. It is home to the Defence School of Policing and Guarding and rela…

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  Defence School of Policing, Security and Guarding · 0.1 km

  The Defence School of Policing, Security and Guarding is the training centre for the Service Police of the British Armed Forces including the Ministry of Defence. It consolidates training for the Royal Navy Police, Ro…

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  HMS Dryad (shore establishment) · 0.1 km

  HMS Dryad is a former stone frigate near Portsmouth. It was the home of the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School from the Second World War until it moved to HMS Collingwood at Fareham in 2004. The site was handed over…

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  St James Church, Southwick · 0.8 km

  St James Church, Southwick is the Church of England parish church of Southwick, Hampshire, England. The parish is part of the Diocese of Portsmouth.

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  Southwick, Hampshire · 0.8 km

  Southwick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Southwick and Widley, in the Winchester district, in Hampshire, England. 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the Portsmouth boundary measured from Portsea Isla…

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  Fort Southwick · 2.0 km

  Fort Southwick is one of the forts found on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks the naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)