Shiplake

18°CSunny

• Today: 19° / 10° · 7% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:34

13h 7m 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 · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Henley · Thames Valley

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

142 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 9.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

43 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wargrave (1.8 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£474,283 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across South Oxfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,392 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,034
• 2 bed £1,282
• 3 bed £1,602

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (10.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (10.3 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

72 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Val Wyatt Marine (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

149,082 residents in South Oxfordshire · 220/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 302 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,598 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 67,120)

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

85 schools · 25,829 pupils

57 primary · 9 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 22 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

72inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Oxfordshire

676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes149
• GP practices110
• Dentists167
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices16

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oxfordshire

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

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

360 applications decided

92.5% granted · 333 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal Democrat

Henley and Thame

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 1
• LD 20
• Grn 8
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

37 jobs advertised · £32,467 avg

e.g. Rental Property Cleaner, Move-Out Cleaning Specialist, Online Economics Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£935 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£35,652 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,091 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Solar 34% · Imports 30% · Wind 14% · Gas 13%

76 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• 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 Henley and Thame:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership682 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership386 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases299 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s289 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office263 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Shiplake · 0.4 km

  Shiplake consists of three settlements: Shiplake, Shiplake Cross and Lower Shiplake. Together these villages form a civil parish situated beside the River Thames 2 miles (3 km) south of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire,…

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  Shiplake College · 0.6 km

  Shiplake College is a private boarding and day school in Shiplake, by the River Thames, just outside Henley-on-Thames, England. The school, with 580 pupils, takes girls and boys from 11–18. Originally boys-only, a co-…

• Shiplake Court · 0.7 km

  Shiplake Court was a historic manor house near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. In the sixteenth century, it was the residence of Edmund Plowden. In 1897, it had its own electricity generating plant, managed…

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  Shiplake Vikings Rowing Club · 0.7 km

  Shiplake Vikings Rowing Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames at Shiplake College Boathouse, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The blade colours are maroon, yellow and black; kit: black and black.

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  Shiplake College Boat Club · 0.7 km

  Shiplake College Boat Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames at Shiplake College Boathouse, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Many students go on to prestigious rowing programs across the world, includi…

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  Phillimore Island · 0.9 km

  Phillimore Island is an elongated island in the River Thames in the county of Berkshire, England, near the villages of Shiplake, Oxfordshire and Wargrave, Berkshire. It is on the reach above Shiplake Lock.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)