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Lea (Wiltshire)

Lea (Wiltshire) is a village in Wiltshire, England. It has 1 GP surgery, 8 bus stops. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lea (Wiltshire) 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.

Council
Wiltshire
County
Wiltshire
Constituency
North Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 61st of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime95
Home affordability43
Affordable rents52
Good schools28
Life expectancy84
Low deprivation74
Employment82
Low council tax18

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°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:37

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, 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

1 reported · August 2026▼ 75% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Malmesbury Rural · Wiltshire

Local policing priorities

  • Dwelling and Non-Dwelling Burglaries
  • Rural Crime

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

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

36 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 28 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kemble (10.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,102 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Wiltshire · to 2026-08

Detached£517,138
Semi-detached£327,224
Terraced£265,398
Flat£158,339

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Newleaze Cottages (4.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds2

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)

A £1,715
B £2,000
C £2,286
D £2,572
E £3,143
F £3,715
G £4,286
H £5,144

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 14 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
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens66

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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SN16

  • Malmesbury Medical Partnership
  • The Tolsey Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cotswolds:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Lea, Wiltshire · 0.3 km

    Lea is a village in Wiltshire, England, lying approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Malmesbury. It is part of the civil parish of Lea and Cleverton which includes the village of Garsdon and the hamlet of Cleverton.…

  • Woodbridge Brook · 1.6 km

    The Woodbridge Brook is a tributary of the Bristol Avon. It rises near Lydiard Millicent in Wiltshire in the west of England and flows in a generally westerly direction, joining the Avon below Malmesbury. The brook ha…

  • Cowbridge House · 1.8 km

    Cowbridge House, 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) southeast of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, was an 18th-century country house that was demolished in 2007.

  • Milbourne, Wiltshire · 1.9 km

    Milbourne is a hamlet on the eastern edge of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England. It is within the civil parish of St Paul Malmesbury Without.

  • WOMAD Charlton Park · 2.0 km

    WOMAD Charlton Park or WOMAD UK is the name given to the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival that was held in Charlton Park near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, from 2007 to 2024. It was the direct succe…

  • Charlton, Brinkworth · 2.1 km

    Charlton is a village and civil parish in North Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) northeast of Malmesbury and 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the village of Brinkworth. The parish includes the hamlet of Perry Gre…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Lea (Wiltshire)?
Lea (Wiltshire) is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
How deprived is Lea (Wiltshire)?
The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Lea (Wiltshire), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.