Woodlands

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 13° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:34

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 37% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Burglary1

4 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Totton · 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)

62 food businesses within 2 miles

• 52 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ashurst New Forest (1.9 km)
• 16 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 (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · ESSO (10.6 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: The New Forest Hotel (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches8
• 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

• In a conservation area (Forest North East)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 3 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

Sir Julian Lewis

Conservative

New Forest East

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)

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

38 jobs advertised · £30,156 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 30% · Biomass 10% · Nuclear 5%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 New Forest East:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases509 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership388 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership338 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office316 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s294 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Woodlands, Hampshire · 0.2 km

  Woodlands is a village in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. The village lies 6 miles (9.7 km) west from Southampton and 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) north-east from Lyndhurst. The village is in the civil par…

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  Netley Marsh · 1.7 km

  Netley Marsh is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, close to the town of Totton. It lies within the New Forest District, and the New Forest National Park. It is the supposed site of the battle between an invading…

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  Ashurst New Forest railway station · 1.9 km

  Ashurst New Forest railway station is in Ashurst, Hampshire, England, on the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. It is 85 miles 43 chains (137.7 km) down the line from Waterloo.

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  Ashurst, Hampshire · 2.1 km

  Ashurst is a village in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, which together with Colbury hamlet makes the parish of Ashurst and Colbury. Ashurst is on the A35 road near the Southampton conurbation. According…

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  Winsor, Hampshire · 2.2 km

  Winsor is a village in the civil parish of Copythorne, in Hampshire, England. It is situated within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park. Surrounding villages are Copythorne to the west, Netley Marsh to the…

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  Bartley, Hampshire · 2.4 km

  Bartley is a village in Hampshire, England, within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park, seven miles (11 km) west of Southampton.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)