Corsham

21°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 11° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

52 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Public order3

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Corsham Town · Wiltshire

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

880 reported road collisions (2024)

172 killed or seriously injured · 1,180 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

67 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chippenham (5.7 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,908 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Wiltshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,072 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £743
• 2 bed £964
• 3 bed £1,209

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (5.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Post Office Lane Car Park, Corsham (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches25
• Playgrounds17

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 231 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

268 schools · 74,579 pupils

201 primary · 28 secondary · 39 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire

514 CQC-registered services

• Care homes163
• GP practices61
• Dentists98
• Homecare agencies152
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wiltshire

• In a conservation area (CORSHAM)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 287 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

832 applications decided

92.2% granted · 767 granted, 65 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Gibson

Liberal Democrat

Chippenham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 38
• LD 43
• Ref 10
• Oth 6

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

178 jobs advertised · £53,692 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Apprentice Educator, Regional HSEQ Compliance Auditor

Source: Adzuna

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% 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

71% low-carbon electricity

Solar 33% · Wind 31% · Imports 20% · Gas 10%

52 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chippenham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership432 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s342 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office324 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership322 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test237 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Corsham Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Corsham Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Corsham, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which serves as the meeting place of Corsham Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Corsham · 0.1 km

  Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the southwestern edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route. It is 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Swindon, 20 miles (32…

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  Corsham Court · 0.1 km

  Corsham Court is a 16th-century country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, and is notable for its fine art collection, based on th…

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  Hungerford Almshouses · 0.1 km

  The Hungerford Almshouses in Corsham, Wiltshire, England, were built in 1668 for Lady Margaret Hungerford of Corsham Court. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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  Alexander House, Corsham · 0.2 km

  Alexander House is a Grade II* listed house at High Street, Corsham, in Wiltshire, England. It dates from the early eighteenth century and is ashlar fronted with stone tiled roofs. The building was the Corsham materni…

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  Bath House at Corsham Court · 0.3 km

  The Bath House at Corsham Court, Corsham, Wiltshire, England, is a garden structure dating from the mid-18th century. The combined work of two major English architects, it was designed by Capability Brown and subseque…

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