Lower Wraxall

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:37

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US 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

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)

18 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bradford-on-Avon (3.7 km)
• 1 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

46 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Woolley Grange-Luxury Family Hotels (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1

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

• In a conservation area (SOUTH/LOWER SOUTH WRAXALL)
• Within the Green Belt
• 42 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

Brian Mathew

Liberal Democrat

Melksham and Devizes

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 38
• LD 42
• Ref 10
• Oth 7

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

24,985 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 75% · Solar 18% · Wind 7%

295 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West 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

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BA15

• Bradford-On-Avon And Melksham Health
• Dorothy Hse Lymphoedema Aqp
• Dhhc Community Prescribing

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Melksham and Devizes:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks535 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases362 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills159 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately149 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND146 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  South Wraxall · 0.6 km

  South Wraxall is a village and a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Bradford on Avon. The village is to the west of the B3109 road from Bradford on Avon to Corsham.

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  South Wraxall Manor · 1.2 km

  South Wraxall Manor is a Grade I listed country house which dates from the early 15th century, at South Wraxall in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Bradford on Avon. According to popular…

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  Bradford Leigh · 1.8 km

  Bradford Leigh is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England. It lies in the parish of South Wraxall, about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) northeast of the centre of the town of Bradford on Avon.

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  Stonar School · 2.1 km

  Stonar School, founded in 1895, is a non-denominational independent day and boarding school, at Cottles Park, near Atworth, Wiltshire, south-west England. The school occupies 80 acres of parkland and gardens in a loca…

• The Old Ride School · 2.3 km

  The Old Ride School was an independent school in England, first at Canford Cliffs just outside Bournemouth, then Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, and later at Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire.

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  Great Chalfield · 2.9 km

  Great Chalfield, also sometimes called by its Latin name of Chalfield Magna, formerly East Chalfield and anciently Much Chaldefield, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Atworth, in west Wi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)