Waltham Chase

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:36

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

9 reported · August 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Twyford, Colden Common, Owslebury and Curbridge · 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)

83 food businesses within 2 miles

• 74 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Botley (4.4 km)
• 17 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Meon Valley Marriott Hotel & Country Club (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

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
• 11 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

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 4
• LD 36
• Grn 4
• Oth 1

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised · £35,829 avg

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

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in SO32

• Bishops Waltham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Winchester:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks447 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases267 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND240 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills179 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately152 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• Waltham Chase · 0.6 km

  Waltham Chase is a village in Hampshire, England, neighbouring the town of Bishop's Waltham. It is in the civil parish of Shedfield, comprising about two square kilometres of land to the south-east of Bishop's Waltham.

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  Swanmore College · 1.1 km

  Swanmore College is an 11–16 mixed secondary community school in Swanmore, Hampshire, England. The school has achieved Sports-mark, Investors in People and an Enhanced Healthy School award.

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  Shirrell Heath · 1.4 km

  Shirrell Heath is a village and top of a modest escarpment of the South Downs National Park in south Hampshire, England. Shirrell Heath, and its neighbouring village, Waltham Chase are part of Shedfield parish.

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  New Place, Shirrell Heath · 1.7 km

  New Place, Shirrell Heath, Shedfield, Hampshire, England, is a former country house, now a hotel, designed by Edwin Lutyens. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  The Moors, Bishop's Waltham · 1.8 km

  The Moors, Bishop's Waltham is a 28-hectare (69-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review and an area of 14.5 hectares is a Local Nature…

• Swanmore · 1.9 km

  Swanmore is a rural village and civil parish situated in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England, close to Bishop's Waltham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)