Lydiard Millicent

16°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 10° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:35

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▼ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Wootton Bassett 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)

118 food businesses within 2 miles

• 99 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taw Valley Halt (3.2 km)
• 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: 164.7p · Asda (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (4.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

75 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Fish Brothers Nissan, Swindon (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds10

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
• 61 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)

• Schools4
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Lydiard Millicent – Flexible Schedule

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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 22% · Biomass 8% · Solar 8%

223 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 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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  Lydiard Millicent · 0.1 km

  Lydiard Millicent is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) west of the centre of Swindon. The parish contains the hamlets of Lydiard Green, Lydiard Plain, Greatfield and Green Hill…

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  St Mary's Church, Purton · 1.3 km

  St Mary's Church in the village of Purton in north Wiltshire, England, is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Bristol. A large building begun in the 13th century and one of only three churches…

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  Lydiard Park · 1.4 km

  Lydiard Park is a 260-acre (110-hectare) country park at Lydiard Tregoze, which was its former name, about 3 miles (5 km) west of central Swindon, Wiltshire, England, in West Swindon parish, near Junction 16 of the M4…

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  Lydiard Tregoze · 1.4 km

  Lydiard Tregoze is a small village and civil parish on the western edge of Swindon in the county of Wiltshire, in the south-west of England. Its name has in the past been spelt as Liddiard Tregooze.

• Lydiard Park Academy · 1.8 km

  Lydiard Park Academy, formerly known as Greendown Community School, is a mixed sex comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 18 years in the Grange Park area of Swindon, England. As of February 202…

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  Purton F.C. · 1.8 km

  Purton F.C. are a football club based in Purton, near Swindon, in Wiltshire, England. They play in the Wiltshire League Premier Division.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)