Towcester

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:26

12h 52m 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 · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

44 reported · July 2026▼ 31% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour18
• Violence & sexual offences8
• Other theft5
• Criminal damage & arson4

Neighbourhood team: Towcester · 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)

100 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 8 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: 175.9p · Asda (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (10.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Richmond Road Car Park, Towcester (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds11

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

• In a conservation area (Towcester)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 125 listed buildings 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

Sarah Bool

Conservative

South Northamptonshire

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens46
• Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

21,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

343 jobs advertised · £41,695 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician, Mobile Vehicle Technician - East Midlands

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 31% · Gas 25% · Nuclear 2%

149 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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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  Bury Mount · 0.2 km

  Bury Mount Motte is the remains of an earthwork motte and bailey fortification or ancient castle in Towcester in Northamptonshire, and has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Motte probably dates back…

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  Sponne School · 0.2 km

  Sponne School in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, is the oldest secondary school in Northamptonshire, and one of the oldest in the country. Part of the school was originally Towcester Grammar School, until gramma…

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  Towcester Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Towcester Town Hall is a municipal building in Watling Street, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Towcester Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

• Lactodurum · 0.3 km

  Lactodorum was a town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as Towcester, located in the English county of Northamptonshire.

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  Towcester · 0.4 km

  Towcester is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative centre of the South Northamptonshire district.

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  Towcester railway station · 0.6 km

  Towcester was a railway station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway which served the town of Towcester in Northamptonshire, England between 1866 and 1964.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)