Cowes

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• Today: 20° / 18° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

121 reported · July 2026▲ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences58
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Shoplifting12
• Criminal damage & arson10

6 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Yarmouth/Freshwater/Rural · Hampshire

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

229 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 305 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

176 food businesses within 2 miles

• 137 rated 4–5 ★ (106 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wootton (6.4 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£240,998 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Isle of Wight · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£950 average monthly rent▲ 7.6% YoY

• 1 bed £662
• 2 bed £871
• 3 bed £1,087

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

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (11.2 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Cross Street Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools15
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

140,459 residents in Isle of Wight · 370/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 29%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 80 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,626 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 73,120)

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

51 schools · 16,601 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 16 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (70%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Isle of Wight

158 CQC-registered services

• Care homes61
• GP practices19
• Dentists33
• Homecare agencies39
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Isle of Wight

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

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

168 applications decided

92.3% granted · 155 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Richard Quigley

Labour

Isle of Wight West

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 2
• LD 4
• Grn 2
• Ref 19
• Oth 11

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens30
• Restaurants & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

54 jobs advertised · £35,510 avg

e.g. Principal Naval Architect, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£662 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,363 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 · 78,882 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Gas 15% · Biomass 15% · Imports 11%

82 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.3 women · 58.6 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Isle of Wight West:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases374 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership357 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership286 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office236 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s215 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Cowes railway station · 0.1 km

  Cowes railway station was a railway station in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It took pride in being the "prettiest station on the Garden Isle".

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  Cowes Lifeboat Station · 0.2 km

  Cowes Lifeboat Station is located in the old Customs House, at the end of Watch House Lane, in Cowes, a town located on the west bank of the River Medina estuary, at the northern tip of the Isle of Wight, overlooking…

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  Cowes Maritime Museum · 0.3 km

  The Cowes Maritime Museum is a local maritime museum in Cowes, Isle of Wight, southern England.

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  St Mary the Virgin Church, Cowes · 0.3 km

  St Mary the Virgin Church, Cowes is a Church of England parish church in Cowes, Isle of Wight. It is in Church Road, next to Northwood House.

• Isle of Wight Jewish Society · 0.4 km

  The Isle of Wight Jewish Society is a Reform Jewish congregation, located in Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, England, in the United Kingdom. Founded in June 2005, the congregation became a member of the Movement for Refo…

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  Cowes · 0.4 km

  Cowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two to…

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