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• Today: 10° / 7° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:34

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

45US 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

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)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Winchester (5.2 km)
• 6 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: 172.9p · ESSO (5.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 200.9p · ESSO (5.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

44 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: RAWOWNED LAINSTONHOUSE 2 (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds1

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
• 22 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

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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £27,005 avg

e.g. Insurance Client Executive, Catering Assistant - Asda, Account Handler - Commercial Insurance

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 68% · Wind 18% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

278 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

8 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SO21

• Worthy Down Medical Centre
• Winchester Group Medical Practice
• Gratton 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

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  Sparsholt College · 0.3 km

  Sparsholt College, formerly also known as Hampshire College of Agriculture, is a Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) college located at Sparsholt near Winchester, with a secondary campus in Andover, both…

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  Sparsholt, Hampshire · 1.0 km

  Sparsholt (/ˈspɑːʃəʊlt/) is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) west of Winchester. In 1908 its area was 3,672 acres (1,486 ha). The 2011 Census recorded its population as 982.

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  Lainston House · 1.4 km

  Lainston House is a 17th-century country house hotel near Sparsholt, Hampshire in the south of England. It is operated by the Exclusive Hotels chain. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Sparsholt Roman Villa · 2.3 km

  Sparsholt Roman Villa was a Roman villa near the village of Sparsholt, Hampshire, England. It was constructed in phases from the 2nd to the 5th century, and then abandoned. It was excavated in 1965–72. Nothing is visi…

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  Crab Wood · 2.4 km

  Crab Wood is a 73-hectare (180-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Winchester in Hampshire. An area of 37.8 hectares is also a Local Nature Reserve.

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  Littleton and Harestock · 2.8 km

  Littleton and Harestock is a civil parish consisting of the villages of Littleton and Harestock in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 3,577.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)