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Timsbury (Test Valley)

Timsbury is a village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Romsey, 3.1 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Timsbury (Test Valley) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Test Valley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 130,492 residents at roughly 208 people per km².

Council
Test Valley
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North
Police force
Hampshire
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 59th of 294 English council areas — better than 80% of them.

Low crime78
Home affordability34
Affordable rents42
Good schools19
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation83
Employment92
Low council tax80

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 20° / 17° · 74% rain
  • Tomorrow: 26° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:27

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026

  • Bicycle theft1
  • Other theft1
  • Possession of weapons1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Romsey North · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Violent Crime
  • Rural Crime

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

Road safety

220 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 284 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

58 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 57 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Romsey (3.1 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Romsey (3.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£372,348 average 0.2% YoY

Across Test Valley · to 2026-06

Detached£607,233
Semi-detached£361,322
Terraced£285,907
Flat£172,549

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,234 average monthly rent 8.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £887
  • 2 bed £1,142
  • 3 bed £1,406

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

Affordability

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools15
  • Sports pitches21
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

130,492 residents in Test Valley · 208/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 262 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 58,870)

A £1,537
B £1,793
C £2,049
D £2,306
E £2,818
F £3,330
G £3,843
H £4,611

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

Schools

65 schools · 17,628 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

57inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Danebury SchoolInadequate
  • Harrow Way Community School
  • John Hanson Community School
  • Lift Winton
  • The Mountbatten School
  • The Romsey School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Test Valley

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

197 applications decided

93.4% granted · 184 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Caroline Nokes

Conservative

Romsey and Southampton North

Recent votes:

  • AyeKing's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (h)
  • AyeThe Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Amendment) Rules 2024
  • AyeFinance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading
  • NoHolocaust Memorial Bill Committee: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 25
  • LD 16
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,605 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£795 median full-time weekly pay

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

£29,610 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 54,443 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

12% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Imports 38% · Biomass 5% · Wind 3%

228 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Romsey and Southampton North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Timsbury, Hampshire · 0.0 km

    Timsbury is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Michelmersh and Timsbury, in the Test Valley district, in Hampshire, England. It is near the town of Romsey, mainly along the A3057 road running nort…

  • 1987 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships · 1.0 km

    The 1987 IFMAR/Parma 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship was the second edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship that was held on the at now defunct Romsey Club which was based on the cite…

  • Michelmersh · 1.5 km

    Michelmersh is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Michelmersh and Timsbury, in the Test Valley district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Romsey.

  • Stanbridge Earls School · 1.7 km

    Stanbridge Earls School was a coeducational independent special school located near Romsey, Hampshire, England. Students ranged in age from 10 to 19. The school catered for both boarding and day pupils. The school spe…

  • Awbridge · 1.9 km

    Awbridge is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, about three miles northwest of Romsey, and near the River Test. According to the 2001 census the parish, which includes t…

  • Romsey (constituency) · 2.0 km

    Romsey was a seat of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1983 to 2010 which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was similar in extent to its replacement R…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Timsbury (Test Valley)?
Timsbury (Test Valley) is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Test Valley local authority.
How deprived is Timsbury (Test Valley)?
The Test Valley local authority, which includes Timsbury (Test Valley), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.