Easton Royal
Easton Royal is a village in Wiltshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has no listed amenities, with Pewsey railway station 4.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Easton Royal area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Wiltshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 510,333 residents at roughly 157 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 61st of 294 English council areas — better than 79% 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
7°CClear
- Today: 12° / 6° · 20% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:40
9h 41m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
55US AQI · Moderate
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, 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
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
10 food businesses within 2 miles
- 8 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Pewsey (4.7 km)
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Pewsey (4.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£328,102 average▲ 1.5% YoY
Across Wiltshire · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Property sales
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
EV charging
4 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Pewsey Precision (4.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
510,333 residents in Wiltshire · 157/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- 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
Deprivation
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
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Malmesbury SchoolOutstanding
- Abbeyfield SchoolGood
- Bradon Forest SchoolGood
- Kingsbury Green AcademyGood
- Matravers SchoolGood
- Melksham Oak Community SchoolGood
- Sheldon SchoolGood
- South Wilts Grammar SchoolGood
- St Augustine's Catholic CollegeGood
- The Corsham SchoolGood
- The Trafalgar School at DowntonGood
- The Wellington AcademyGood
- Pewsey Vale SchoolRequires improvement
- St Joseph's Catholic SchoolRequires improvement
- Avon Valley Academy
- Devizes School
- Hardenhuish School
- Kingdown School
- Lavington School
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
- Sarum Academy
- St John's Marlborough
- St Laurence School
- The Clarendon Academy
- The John of Gaunt School
- The Stonehenge School
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (EASTON ROYAL)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
906 applications decided
92.6% granted · 839 granted, 67 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition
- Con 38
- LD 42
- Ref 10
- Oth 7
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
24,985 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Health
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Health services
1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in SN9
- Avon Valley Practice
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Wiltshire:
- Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces1,094 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases499 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks257 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Review discharge of mental health patients204 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth187 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Easton Royal · 0.1 kmEaston Royal is a village in the civil parish of Easton in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Pewsey and 5 miles (8 km) south of Marlborough. The village was the location of Easton Priory from 1234 to 15…
Milton Lilbourne · 1.9 kmMilton Lilbourne is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey between Pewsey and Burbage. It is largely a mixed residential area centred on the Manor. The nearest town is Ma…
Wootton Rivers Halt railway station · 2.2 kmWootton Rivers Halt railway station is a former railway station in Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England, on the Reading to Taunton line. The station opened in 1928 at the south end of the village, near the south bank of…
Burbage, Wiltshire · 2.3 kmBurbage is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Marlborough and 20 miles (32 km) west of Newbury.
Wootton Rivers Lock · 2.3 kmWootton Rivers Lock, also called Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock, is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England. It was built between 1804 and 1810, as the Pewsey to Great Bedwyn was the last…
Heathy Close Lock · 2.4 kmHeathy Close Lock is a canal lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 1 in (2.46 m).
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Easton Royal?
- Easton Royal is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
- How deprived is Easton Royal?
- The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Easton Royal, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.