Hammer

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• Today: 10° / 6° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:32

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

15 reported · August 2026▼ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Fernhurst · Sussex

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

309 reported road collisions (2025)

96 killed or seriously injured · 439 casualties · 24.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

92 food businesses within 2 miles

• 80 rated 4–5 ★ (71 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Haslemere (2.3 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£428,364 average▼ 2.7% YoY

Across Chichester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,333 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £947
• 2 bed £1,222
• 3 bed £1,507

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

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

1,580 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: 177.9p · Asda (1.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 202.9p · Asda (1.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Holy Cross Hospital (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds9

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,016
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,486
• Net moves+1,530

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 177 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 16,719 pupils

48 primary · 5 secondary · 16 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chichester

991 CQC-registered services

• Care homes342
• GP practices107
• Dentists220
• Homecare agencies210
• Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

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

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

206 applications decided

89.3% granted · 184 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew Griffith

Conservative

Arundel and South Downs

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 5
• LD 24
• Grn 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,770 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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 61% · Wind 21% · Biomass 9% · Nuclear 6%

252 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in GU27

• Haslemere Health Centre
• Procare Health Services

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Arundel and South Downs:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death1,230 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks545 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases317 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills200 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Hammer Bottom · 0.6 km

  Hammer Bottom or Hammer Vale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bramshott and Liphook, in the East Hampshire district in the county of Hampshire, England. Hammer Bottom lies at the meeting point of the counties of Ham…

• Woolmer Hill · 0.8 km

  Woolmer Hill is an area of high ground in the south-west corner of Surrey, England in the Borough of Waverley abutting Hampshire to the west and West Sussex to the south. It is in the circa 1900-founded parish of Shot…

• Woolmer Hill School · 1.2 km

  Woolmer Hill School, formerly Woolmer Hill Technology College, is the main secondary school in the area of Haslemere, Surrey.

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  Shottermill & Haslemere F.C. · 1.4 km

  Shottermill & Haslemere Football Club is a football club based in Haslemere, Surrey, England. The club are currently members of the Surrey Intermediate League Premier Division and play at Haslemere Recreational Ground.

• Linchmere · 1.4 km

  Linchmere, also spelled Lynchmere, is a village and a civil parish, the northernmost parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is between Haslemere and Liphook, south of the B2131 road. As well as…

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  Lynchmere Commons · 1.7 km

  Lynchmere Commons is a 122-hectare (300-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Lynchmere in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by the Lynchmere Society.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)