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 less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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
Good
Ranked 152nd of 294 English council areas — better than 48% 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
21°CLight rain shower
- Today: 21° / 16° · 89% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Mist
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:24
12h 51m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
16US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Crime
31 reported · July 2026▼ 24% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences11
- Other theft10
- Anti-social behaviour6
- Burglary2
Neighbourhood team: Longmoor Rural inc. Liphook · Hampshire
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
33 food businesses within 2 miles
- 26 rated 4–5 ★ (21 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
£429,978 average▼ 2.3% YoY
Across Chichester · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
5 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)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 213 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
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 · 16,863 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)
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
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
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
199 applications decided
85.4% granted · 170 granted, 29 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Gregory Stafford
Conservative
Farnham and Bordon
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
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
7,725 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
86 jobs advertised · £32,173 avg
e.g. Clean Room Operative, Become a History Tutor in Liphook – Flexible & Remote, Kitchen Assistant
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
34% low-carbon electricity
Gas 37% · Imports 29% · Solar 23% · Biomass 6%
170 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity
Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Farnham and Bordon:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership480 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership407 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office281 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases257 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
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.
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 less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.