Bosham

15°CSunny

• Today: 19° / 15° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:26

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

18 reported · July 2026▲ 80% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Shoplifting5
• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Bosham · Sussex

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

275 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 383 casualties · 22.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

52 food businesses within 2 miles

• 46 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bosham (1.4 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£429,978 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Chichester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,328 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £944
• 2 bed £1,217
• 3 bed £1,501

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

12.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.3 times median annual pay (11.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bosham (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools21
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

124,068 residents in Chichester · 158/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,470 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 61,610)

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

69 schools · 16,863 pupils

48 primary · 5 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 22 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chichester

988 CQC-registered services

• Care homes343
• GP practices106
• Dentists219
• Homecare agencies210
• Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

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

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

199 applications decided

85.4% granted · 170 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal Democrat

Chichester

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 5
• LD 24
• Grn 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £33,706 avg

e.g. Chef, Working Site Supervisor Cleaner - Primary School, Cleaning Operative - Primary School

Source: Adzuna

£696 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,884 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,800 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 20% · Biomass 10% · Nuclear 7%

255 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chichester:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership438 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership410 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office385 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers348 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s328 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Old Town Hall, Bosham · 0.3 km

  The Old Town Hall is a historic building on Shore Road in Bosham, a town in West Sussex, in England. The structure, which has been converted into a private house, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Bosham · 0.4 km

  Holy Trinity Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church, a parish church in Bosham, West Sussex. There was a church on this site in Saxon times, and the oldest parts of the building date from that period.

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  Bosham · 0.4 km

  Bosham is a coastal village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, centred about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Chichester with its…

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  Bosham Sailing Club · 0.5 km

  Bosham Sailing Club is the oldest sailing club in Chichester Harbour and was founded in 1907 It is located in the historic village of Bosham in West Sussex. Its clubhouse is the Old Mill on Bosham Quay.

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  Bosham railway station · 1.4 km

  Bosham railway station serves the small village of Bosham in West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line that runs between Brighton and Southampton, 31 miles 43 chains from Brighton.

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  Chidham and Hambrook · 2.0 km

  Chidham and Hambrook is a civil parish in the Chichester district in West Sussex, England located approximately five miles (8 km) west of Chichester, south of the A27 road, near Bosham. In 2011 the parish had a popula…

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