Radstone

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 16° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:26

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Silverstone · Northamptonshire

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

751 reported road collisions (2024)

133 killed or seriously injured · 990 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

58 food businesses within 2 miles

• 48 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£292,754 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across West Northamptonshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,078 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £748
• 2 bed £950
• 3 bed £1,160

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bracklkey SF Connect (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

425,727 residents in West Northamptonshire · 309/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 185,940)

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

208 schools · 69,080 pupils

148 primary · 17 secondary · 43 other

Ofsted: 88 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

187inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Northamptonshire

447 CQC-registered services

• Care homes107
• GP practices57
• Dentists64
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 79% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Northamptonshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

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

449 applications decided

90.4% granted · 406 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK majority

• Lab 8
• Con 17
• LD 7
• Ref 39
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

21,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £44,643 avg

e.g. Registered Nurse (RGN) - Bank, Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home, Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,629 disposable income per head (2024)

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

64% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,687 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.9 women · 61.6 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• 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 South Northamptonshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership425 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office413 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 401 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s354 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership327 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Radstone · 0.2 km

  Radstone is a hamlet and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, about 2 miles (3 km) north of Brackley. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 54. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet remained less…

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  Helmdon Disused Railway · 1.0 km

  Helmdon Disused Railway is a 16.6-hectare (41-acre) linear biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Helmdon and Brackley in Northamptonshire.

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  Whitfield, Northamptonshire · 2.1 km

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  Brackley Central railway station · 2.4 km

  Brackley Central was one of two railway stations that served the town of Brackley, in Northamptonshire, England. It was a stop on the former Great Central Main Line, which ran from Manchester London Road to London Mar…

• Falcutt · 2.6 km

  Falcutt is a hamlet in the English county of Northamptonshire. With Astwell, it forms part the civil parish of Helmdon and is south of the village of that name. Historically, Falcutt and Astwell were part of the Wappe…

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  Helmdon railway station · 2.8 km

  Helmdon railway station served the village and civil parish of Helmdon in Northamptonshire on the former Great Central Main Line (GCR). It was the second of two stations in the parish, the first being Helmdon Village…

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