Sonning

17°CMist

• Today: 25° / 16° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:22

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft3
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Twyford · 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)

172 food businesses within 2 miles

• 134 rated 4–5 ★ (111 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Twyford (3.4 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 (5.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (11.7 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

110 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: BG Group (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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
• 65 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

Yuan Yang

Labour

Earley and Woodley

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 & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

76 jobs advertised · £33,575 avg

e.g. Online French Tutoring Job in Sonning – Flexible Schedule, Become a Physics Tutor in Sonning – Flexible & Remote, IT Technician

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 14% · Biomass 9% · Imports 8%

256 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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 Earley and Woodley:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s392 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership358 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015307 local signatures · 3,696 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office231 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership227 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Bull Inn, Sonning · 0.0 km

  The Bull Inn, also known as The Bull at Sonning or just The Bull, is a historic public house — now also a restaurant and hotel — in the centre of the village of Sonning in Berkshire, England.

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  Deanery Garden · 0.1 km

  Deanery Garden is an Arts and Crafts style house and garden in Sonning, Berkshire, England. The house was designed and built by architect Edwin Lutyens between 1899 and 1901. It is a Grade I listed building. The garde…

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  St Andrew's Church, Sonning · 0.1 km

  St Andrew's Church is Church of England parish church in a central position in the village of Sonning, close to the River Thames, in the English county of Berkshire. It is notable for its fine array of church monument…

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  Sonning · 0.1 km

  Sonning is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book Three Men in a Boat as "the most fairy-like little nook on t…

• Sonning Bishop's Palace · 0.1 km

  Sonning Bishop's Palace was a former episcopal palace at Sonning, east of Reading, in Berkshire, England.

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  Great House at Sonning · 0.2 km

  The Great House at Sonning is a hotel and restaurant with a riverside garden on the River Thames near Sonning Bridge at Sonning, Berkshire, England. It is possible for patrons to moor along the towpath running past th…

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