Chippenham (Wiltshire)

9°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:36

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, 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

153 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences57
• Anti-social behaviour41
• Public order13
• Shoplifting13

16 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Chippenham Town West · Wiltshire

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

1,027 reported road collisions (2025)

279 killed or seriously injured · 1,463 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

174 food businesses within 2 miles

• 123 rated 4–5 ★ (107 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chippenham (1.5 km)
• 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,102 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Wiltshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,082 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £749
• 2 bed £973
• 3 bed £1,220

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

6,957 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: 153.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lidl Chippenham (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

510,333 residents in Wiltshire · 157/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,412
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK23,025
• Net moves+2,387

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 219 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,572 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 233,060)

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

267 schools · 74,423 pupils

201 primary · 28 secondary · 38 other

Ofsted: 106 of 128 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire

512 CQC-registered services

• Care homes164
• GP practices61
• Dentists98
• Homecare agencies149
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wiltshire

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

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

906 applications decided

92.6% granted · 839 granted, 67 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sarah Gibson

Liberal Democrat

Chippenham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 38
• LD 42
• Ref 10
• Oth 7

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens26
• Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

24,985 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,128 jobs advertised · £42,985 avg

e.g. Tree Felling Lecturer (Variable Hours), Business Development Manager - Defence Consulting, Privileged Access Management (PAM) Architect

Source: Adzuna

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,404 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 241,404 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 68% · Wind 16% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 5%

278 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.7 women · 63.8 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SN14

• Hathaway Surgery
• Jubilee Field Surgery
• Chippenham Pharmacy And Health Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chippenham:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks321 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases214 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 skills203 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth157 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Sheldon School · 0.7 km

  Sheldon School is a large mixed secondary school and sixth form in Chippenham, Wiltshire for students aged 11 to 18 and is the largest school in Wiltshire. Since April 2011, it has been an Academy. It is one of three…

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  Chippenham Town F.C. · 0.7 km

  Chippenham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of and play their games at Hardenhuish Park.

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  Chippenham Park F.C. · 0.8 km

  Chippenham Park Football Club was a football club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, between 2012 and 2019. They were members of the Wiltshire League and Western League, and played at Hardenhuish Park.

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  Hardenhuish Park Cricket Ground · 0.8 km

  Hardenhuish Park is a cricket ground in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, in the north-west suburbs of the town alongside the football ground used by Chippenham Town F.C..

• Vincients Wood · 0.9 km

  Vincients Wood is a small nature reserve, a 12 acres (5 ha) area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland on the western edge of the town of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

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  Hardenhuish School · 1.2 km

  Hardenhuish School is a large mixed secondary school and sixth form in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, for students aged 11 to 18. Together with Abbeyfield School and Sheldon School, it is one of three secondary schoo…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)