Ludgershall (Wiltshire)

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 15° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:27

12h 51m 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 · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

47 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Public order6
• Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Ludgershall and Rural · 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)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 14 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: 164.9p · Asda (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (3.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ibstock Brick (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds8

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 18 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

Danny Kruger

Reform UK

East Wiltshire

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)

• Schools4
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Imports 30% · Solar 22% · Biomass 6%

174 gCO₂/kWh · 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Wiltshire:

• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces1,092 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases498 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership431 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s371 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office360 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Ludgershall railway station, Wiltshire · 0.3 km

  Ludgershall railway station served the town of Ludgershall in Wiltshire, England from 1882 to 1961.

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  Ludgershall, Wiltshire · 0.4 km

  Ludgershall is a town and civil parish 16 miles (26 km) north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It is on the A342 road between Devizes and Andover. The parish includes Faberstown which is contiguous with Ludgersh…

• Perriam Down · 0.5 km

  Perriam Down or Perriam Downs, near Ludgershall, Wiltshire, was a venue for cricket matches, and some other matches between 1787 and 1796. It was a favoured venue of landowner Thomas Assheton Smith I who patronised cr…

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  Ludgershall Castle · 0.8 km

  Ludgershall Castle is a ruined 12th-century fortified royal residence at Ludgershall in Wiltshire, England. Three large walls still remain of the castle, which was turned into a hunting lodge by Henry III and fell int…

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  Faberstown · 1.0 km

  Faberstown is a settlement in the civil parish of Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Andover, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to the southeast.

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  Corunna Barracks · 1.2 km

  Corunna Barracks was a military installation in Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)