Wickham

18°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 18° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Sunny

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

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

16 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Public order4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Wickham and Whiteley · 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)

67 food businesses within 2 miles

• 62 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fareham (5.1 km)
• 9 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: New Place Hotel (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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 (Wickham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 75 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

Suella Braverman

Reform UK

Fareham and Waterlooville

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
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

35 jobs advertised · £30,294 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Property Reset Cleaners

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

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Imports 40% · Wind 5% · Biomass 4%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 Fareham and Waterlooville:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases473 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership427 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office371 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s320 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test320 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Wickham, Hampshire · 0.2 km

  Wickham is a village in the civil parish of Wickham and Knowle, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is about 3 miles north of Fareham. In 2021 it had a population of 2,173. At the 2001…

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  Chesapeake Mill · 0.3 km

  The Chesapeake Mill is a watermill in Wickham, Hampshire, England. The flour mill was constructed in 1820 using the timbers of HMS Chesapeake, which had previously been the United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake. T…

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  Wickham railway station (Hampshire) · 0.4 km

  Wickham (Hants) railway station served the village of Wickham in Hampshire, England. It was on the Meon Valley line of the London and South Western Railway. The station opened in 1903 and closed to passengers in 1955…

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  Crockerhill, Hampshire · 2.0 km

  Crockerhill is a hamlet in south Hampshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the Borough of Fareham

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  Knowle, Hampshire · 2.2 km

  Knowle is a village with mainly 21st century shops and businesses in the Winchester district of Hampshire, England, that sits high on the left bank of the Meon between the Southampton and Portsmouth conurbations. It i…

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  New Place, Shirrell Heath · 2.2 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.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)