Liphook
Liphook is a town in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 6,480. It has around 2 schools, around 1 GP surgery, around 1 pharmacy, and around 4 restaurants and cafés, 4 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Liphook, 1 km away. The average sold house price is around £556,717, and there were around 43 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Liphook area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Chichester area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 124,068 residents at roughly 158 people per km².
- Council
- Chichester
- County
- West Sussex
- Constituency
- Chichester
- Police force
- Sussex
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 157th of 294 English council areas — better than 47% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
6°CClear
- Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:32
9h 32m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
28US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 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
Crime
29 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences14
- Other theft4
- Anti-social behaviour3
- Public order3
1 stop & searches
Neighbourhood team: Longmoor Rural inc. Liphook · Hampshire
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
35 food businesses within 2 miles
- 30 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Liphook (0.6 km)
- 25 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Liphook (0.6 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£428,364 average▼ 2.7% YoY
Across Chichester · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Property sales
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 174.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
14 charging locations within ~8 km
- 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: SHELL RECHARGE LITTLE WAITROSE LIPHOOK SOUT (1.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches14
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
124,068 residents in Chichester · 158/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 57%
- 65+: 27%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- 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
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 177 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Bishop Luffa School, ChichesterOutstanding
- Midhurst Rother CollegeOutstanding
- Bourne Community CollegeGood
- Chichester High School
- The Academy, Selsey
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chichester
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (Liphook)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
206 applications decided
89.3% granted · 184 granted, 22 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Gregory Stafford
Conservative
Farnham and Bordon
Recent votes:
- NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
- NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
- NoBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period
- NoBudget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates)
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat majority
- Con 5
- LD 24
- Grn 2
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools8
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies1
- Supermarkets2
- Parks & greens5
- Restaurants & cafés8
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
7,770 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
60 jobs advertised · £33,393 avg
e.g. Kitchen Team Leader, Cleanroom Operative, Night Porter
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
29% low-carbon electricity
Gas 69% · Wind 14% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 7%
282 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity
Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO
Health
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Health services
0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU30
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Farnham and Bordon:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks340 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND313 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases257 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death219 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills189 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Liphook · 0.1 kmLiphook is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) west of Haslemere, bypassed by the A3 road, and lies on the Hampshire/West Sussex/Surrey borders. It is in the civil…
- Bohunt School · 0.2 km
Bohunt School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the rural village of Liphook, Hampshire, England. The school was opened in 1978 by then Secretary of State for Education, Shirley Williams.
Liphook railway station · 0.7 kmLiphook railway station serves the large village of Liphook, in Hampshire, England. It is on the Portsmouth Direct Line, 46 miles 67 chains (75.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking. The station is manag…
Bramshott and Liphook · 1.3 kmBramshott and Liphook, formerly just Bramshott is a civil parish in the East Hampshire district, in Hampshire, England, on the main route from London to Portsmouth. Formerly local government was solely in the hands of…
Cold Ash Hill · 1.4 kmCold Ash Hill is a hamlet in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Haslemere and the villages of Liphook, Bramshott and Linchmere and the hamlet of Hammer. For trans…
Bramshott · 1.4 kmBramshott is a village and parish with mediaeval origins in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies 0.9 miles (1.4 km) north of Liphook, and with Liphook forms the civil parish of Bramshott and Liph…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Liphook?
- Liphook is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Chichester local authority.
- What is the population of Liphook?
- Liphook has an approximate settlement population of 6,480.
- How deprived is Liphook?
- The Chichester local authority, which includes Liphook, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.