West Dean (Test Valley)

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 8° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:36

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

49US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, 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

245 reported road collisions (2025)

71 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

4 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dean (0.3 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£372,289 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Test Valley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,235 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,144
• 3 bed £1,408

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

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

1,778 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: 159.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: The King's Head (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

130,492 residents in Test Valley · 208/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,717
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,193
• Net moves+524

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 247 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

65 schools · 17,628 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 13 other

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

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

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

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
• 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

252 applications decided

92.1% granted · 232 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

• Con 25
• LD 16
• Oth 2

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

• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in SP5

• Whiteparish Surgery
• Downton Surgery
• New Hall Hospital

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases462 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks305 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills195 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND181 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately133 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Dean railway station · 0.3 km

  Dean railway station, also shown as Dean (Wilts), serves the village of West Dean in Wiltshire, England. The station is on the Wessex Main Line, 88 miles 10 chains (141.8 km) from London Waterloo. Whilst the station b…

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  West Dean, Wiltshire · 0.4 km

  West Dean is a village and civil parish in southeast Wiltshire, England; the Wiltshire/Hampshire border runs through the eastern part of the village. The village is on the River Dun, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Sali…

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  River Dun (River Test) · 0.5 km

  The River Dun is a chalk stream and a tributary of the River Test in southern England, which flows for 18.3 km in a generally easterly direction through rural parts of Wiltshire and Hampshire.

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  Borbach Chantry · 0.7 km

  Borbach Chantry, West Dean, in south-east Wiltshire, England, was built in 1333. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the…

• Brickworth Down and Dean Hill · 1.6 km

  Brickworth Down and Dean Hill is a 118.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951.

• East Dean, Hampshire · 1.7 km

  East Dean is a civil parish and small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Romsey. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Dene", appears as "Estdena"…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)