Upper Froyle

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:34

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Possession of weapons1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Alton Rural · Hampshire

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

201 reported road collisions (2025)

60 killed or seriously injured · 244 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bentley (3.7 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£440,599 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across East Hampshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £901
• 2 bed £1,180
• 3 bed £1,483

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,772 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: 173.9p · ESSO (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · ESSO (11.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Froyle Park Country Estate (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

125,742 residents in East Hampshire · 244/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,263
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,052
• Net moves+1,211

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 278 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 56,500)

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

60 schools · 18,836 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hampshire

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 (Froyle (Upper))
• Not in the Green Belt
• 66 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

117 applications decided

88% granted · 103 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Damian Hinds

Conservative

East Hampshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 18
• LD 14
• Grn 1
• Oth 9

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

• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Office Cleaners, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Commercial Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,411 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 57,309 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 71% · Wind 15% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

287 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 men

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU34

• The Watercress Medical Group
• Chawton Park Surgery
• Wilson Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Hampshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks379 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND225 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases192 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately158 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• 
  Froyle · 0.9 km

  Froyle is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) northeast of Alton. The nearest railway station is 2 miles (3.3 km) east of the village, at Bentley.…

• Holybourne Freight railway station · 1.7 km

  Holybourne Freight railway station is where freight trains serving Holybourne Oil Terminal terminate. These freight trains ran daily from Bentley and Alton. Because the line is single-track between Bentley and Alton…

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  Isington · 2.0 km

  Isington is a hamlet in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies just south of the A31 road, a mile (1.6 km) southwest of the village of Bentley and four miles (6.4 km) northeast of the market town o…

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  Binsted · 2.3 km

  Binsted is a village and civil parish in East Hampshire, England. It is about 4.1 miles (6.6 km) east of Alton, its nearest town. The parish is one of the largest in northern Hampshire and covers almost 7,000 acres (2…

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  Neatham · 2.4 km

  Neatham is a Roman hamlet, an ancient hundred and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Alton, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Alton, which lies 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south…

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  Pax Hill · 2.6 km

  Pax Hill, near Bentley, Hampshire, England, was the family home of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement, and his wife, Olave, for over twenty years during the 20th century. It is located at the end of a…

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