Yarmouth

19°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 18° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:24

12h 46m 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 · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▲ 63% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Wight Rural West · 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)

48 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lymington Pier (6.3 km)
• 14 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: 171.9p · Asda (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (8.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: IOW River Road Car Park 1 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

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
• 63 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)

• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

35 jobs advertised · £29,362 avg

e.g. Receptionist Team Member, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Food and Beverage Team Member

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

26% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Imports 22% · Wind 10% · Biomass 7%

223 gCO₂/kWh · high 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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  St James' Church, Yarmouth · 0.2 km

  St. James' Church, Yarmouth is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England located in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.

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  Yarmouth Town Hall, Isle of Wight · 0.2 km

  Yarmouth Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Yarmouth, Isle of Wight · 0.2 km

  Yarmouth is a town, port and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The town grew near the river crossing, originally a ferry, which was replaced with a road bridge in 1863.

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  Yarmouth Lifeboat Station · 0.3 km

  Yarmouth Lifeboat station is located at Yarmouth, a harbour town overlooking the Solent, on the north-west coast of the Isle of Wight.

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  Yarmouth railway station (Isle of Wight) · 0.3 km

  Yarmouth railway station, was an intermediate station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.

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  Yarmouth Castle · 0.3 km

  Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet (30 m) across, the square castle was initially eq…

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