West Meon

17°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 17° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: West Meon and Hambledon · Hampshire

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

305 reported road collisions (2024)

100 killed or seriously injured · 409 casualties · 23.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£471,136 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Winchester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,505 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,015
• 2 bed £1,316
• 3 bed £1,620

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (11.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Brocklands Farm Glamping (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Winchester City Council approves Sea Lanes lido bid· 11 Sept 2026
• Council camera evidence secures successful fly-tipping conviction· 10 Sept 2026
• Record number of participants attend popular accessible sporting event· 4 Sept 2026
• Major step forward for Central Winchester Regeneration· 25 Aug 2026
• Winchester Green Fair returns for 2026· 20 Aug 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 293 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Winchester

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

• In a conservation area (West Meon)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

210 applications decided

95.7% granted · 201 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Danny Chambers

Liberal Democrat

Winchester

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 4
• LD 36
• Grn 4
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

42 jobs advertised · £31,144 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Bar Team Member

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 29% · Imports 26% · Wind 25% · Biomass 15%

144 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.5 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Winchester:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership454 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership394 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s356 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office288 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases264 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  West Meon · 0.1 km

  West Meon is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, with a population of 749 people at the 2011 census.

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  West Meon railway station · 0.5 km

  West Meon was an intermediate railway station on the Meon Valley line, which ran from Alton to Fareham during the first half of the 20th century. Opened on 1 June 1903, it formed part of a comprehensive set of transpo…

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  Chappetts Copse · 1.4 km

  Chappetts Copse is a 12-hectare (30-acre) nature reserve east of West Meon in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

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  Westbury House · 1.6 km

  Westbury House is a country house south of West Meon Road between East Meon and West Meon in Hampshire, England.

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  Warnford · 1.8 km

  Warnford is a village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. The parish covers 1,283 hectares. The village lies on the A32 in the upper valley of the River Meon between West Meon an…

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  Shutts Copse · 2.1 km

  Shutts Copse is a 5-hectare (12-acre) nature reserve north of West Meon in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)