Bascote Heath

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 7° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:31

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026

• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Southam · Warwickshire

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

275 reported road collisions (2025)

90 killed or seriously injured · 352 casualties · 20.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (45 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£396,711 average▲ 1.3% YoY

Across Stratford-on-Avon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,149 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £816
• 2 bed £1,020
• 3 bed £1,267

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,157 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 171.7p · Asda (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (9.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Southam (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,725 residents in Stratford-on-Avon · 138/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,489
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,501
• Net moves+2,988

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 246 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 67,350)

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

74 schools · 21,547 pupils

55 primary · 11 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stratford-on-Avon

581 CQC-registered services

• Care homes172
• GP practices93
• Dentists121
• Homecare agencies143
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warwickshire

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

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

337 applications decided

91.7% granted · 309 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Jeremy Wright

Conservative

Kenilworth and Southam

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 10
• LD 24
• Grn 3
• Ref 2
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £55,120 avg

e.g. Back Hat/ Foreman, Night Porter, Food and Beverage Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£818 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,950 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 78,626 certificates

14.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Biomass 24% · Wind 22% · Imports 3%

215 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Warwickshire): 62.9 women · 63.3 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

5 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CV47

• Temple Herdewyke Medical Centre
• Fenny Compton Surgery
• Southam Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kenilworth and Southam:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills246 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND234 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases179 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth171 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Bascote · 0.8 km

  Bascote is a hamlet in rural Warwickshire, England, within the civil parish of Long Itchington. The nearest town is Southam, 1.5 miles away. Bascote consists of a small number of large houses, a post box and a telepho…

• Dallas Burston Polo Club · 1.0 km

  The Dallas Burston Polo Club is a 600 acre polo club based near the market town of Southam, Warwickshire. Opened in 1999, and merged with the Stoneleigh Park club in 2003, it was until 2012 named the RLS Polo Club. I…

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  Bascote Locks · 1.2 km

  Bascote locks form a flight of four locks on the Grand Union Canal, which is part of the British canal system and connects London and Birmingham. The lock flight has a staircase, and at the highest lock the remains of…

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  Ufton · 1.8 km

  Ufton is a small village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwickshire, England. The population taken from the 2011 census was 319. It is 5 miles (8 km) south east of Royal Leamington Spa and 2 mi…

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  Kenilworth and Southam · 2.0 km

  Kenilworth and Southam is a constituency in Warwickshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jeremy Wright, a Conservative who served as Culture Secretary until 24 July 2019…

• Southam Rural District · 2.0 km

  Southam Rural District was a rural district in the county of Warwickshire, England. It was created in 1894 and consisted of 26 parishes, a further six parishes were added in 1932, when the Farnborough Rural District w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)