West Wellow

20°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 12° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:29

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Romsey North · Hampshire

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

327 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 399 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

25 food businesses within 2 miles

• 23 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rio Grande Train Station (3.5 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,310 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,241 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £862
• 2 bed £1,130
• 3 bed £1,387

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

10.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (6.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Greenhill Farm Holiday Park (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools16
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 29%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 241 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 83,530)

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

86 schools · 21,932 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 22 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · New Forest

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

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

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

194 applications decided

89.2% granted · 173 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Caroline Nokes

Conservative

Romsey and Southampton North

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 24
• LD 14
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Bar & Waiting Staff

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,441 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,051 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

67% low-carbon electricity

Solar 32% · Wind 28% · Imports 19% · Gas 14%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases457 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership330 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s283 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need278 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide

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

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  Wellow, Hampshire · 0.4 km

  Wellow is a civil parish in Hampshire, England that falls within the Test Valley district. The villages lies just outside the New Forest, across the main A36 road which runs from the M27 motorway to Salisbury. The nea…

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  Plaitford · 1.5 km

  Plaitford is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Melchet Park and Plaitford, in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 4.9 miles…

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  Sherfield English · 3.0 km

  Sherfield English is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley borough of Hampshire, England. It is located on the A27 road, around 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Romsey.

• Embley (school) · 3.2 km

  Embley School is a private co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 2 to 18 located in Embley Park in Wellow, Hampshire, England. It is part of the United Church Schools Trust.

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  Embley Park · 3.2 km

  Embley Park, in Wellow, was the family home of Florence Nightingale from 1825 until her death in 1910. It is also where Florence Nightingale claimed she had received her divine calling from God. It is now the location…

• Embley, Hampshire · 3.2 km

  Embley is a small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England in the United Kingdom. Its nearest town is Romsey, which lies approximately 3.5 miles (4.8 km) east from the village. It is in the civil pari…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)