Wilstone

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:31

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▲ 250% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Berkhamsted and Tring · Hertfordshire

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

161 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 207 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 61 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cheddington (4.9 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£450,935 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Dacorum · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,594 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,098
• 2 bed £1,378
• 3 bed £1,655

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,890 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: The Forge Car Park (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

155,081 residents in Dacorum · 730/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,184
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,963
• Net moves+221

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 211 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,409 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 67,930)

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

80 schools · 28,467 pupils

55 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dacorum

1,176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices171
• Dentists296
• Homecare agencies330
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• In a conservation area (Wilstone)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 37 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

308 applications decided

84.4% granted · 260 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat

Harpenden and Berkhamsted

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 18
• LD 19
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£889 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,901 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 76,523 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 16% · Biomass 13%

78 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in HP23

• Rothschild House Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harpenden and Berkhamsted:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks348 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND205 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills202 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after163 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately146 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Wilstone · 0.0 km

  Wilstone is an English village and a reservoir approximately two miles north-west of Tring, Hertfordshire. The village lies within the civil parish of Tring Rural, close to the boundary with Buckinghamshire.

• Astrope · 1.1 km

  Astrope is a village in Hertfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Tring Rural.

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  Tring Reservoirs · 1.5 km

  Tring Reservoirs is a group of four reservoirs close to Tring on the border of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England. Their purpose is to feed the Grand Union Canal.

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  Long Marston, Hertfordshire · 1.5 km

  Long Marston is a small village to the north of Tring in Hertfordshire, in the Tring Rural parish council area. It is in the Borough of Dacorum, Tring West and Rural Ward. It is located roughly 5 miles east of Aylesbu…

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  Marsworth · 1.6 km

  Marsworth is a village and a civil parish within the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Tring, Hertfordshire and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Aylesbury.

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  Puttenham, Hertfordshire · 1.8 km

  Puttenham is a village in the civil parish of Tring Rural, in the Dacorum borough of Hertfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)