South Marston

17°CMist

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:28

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

22 reported · July 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Public order9
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Other theft3
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Thames Vale Villages · Wiltshire

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

382 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 474 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

122 food businesses within 2 miles

• 108 rated 4–5 ★ (94 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Swindon (5.2 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£265,666 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Swindon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,090 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £816
• 2 bed £982
• 3 bed £1,212

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

71 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Aldi Swindon RDC Maintenance 1 (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New play space created for Crowdys Hill School· 11 Sept 2026
• Reminder that support is available with Swindon above national average for preventing homelessness· 9 Sept 2026
• Discover the best of STEAM at the Golden Age Festival· 8 Sept 2026
• Swindon cements reputation as UK’s autonomous systems powerhouse· 7 Sept 2026
• Discover an exciting autumn of events at Lydiard Park· 4 Sept 2026

Source: Swindon Council

233,411 residents in Swindon · 1,014/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 171 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,438 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 102,300)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

92 schools · 36,792 pupils

66 primary · 13 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 38 of 46 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

88inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Swindon

187 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices24
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies59
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Swindon

• Not in the Green Belt
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

202 applications decided

91.6% granted · 185 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Will Stone

Labour

Swindon North

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 19
• Con 23
• LD 1
• Ref 14

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

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

36 jobs advertised · £41,238 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Residential End of Lease Cleaners, Fundraising Volunteer

Source: Adzuna

£758 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,956 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 105,699 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

21% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Imports 37% · Solar 10% · Biomass 7%

196 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.4 women · 61.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Swindon North:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s380 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases360 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office342 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients331 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide

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

• 
  South Marston · 0.2 km

  South Marston is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Swindon town centre.

• Honda UK Manufacturing · 1.3 km

  Honda of the UK Manufacturing Ltd was a British automotive manufacturing company, and the United Kingdom-based manufacturing subsidiary of the multinational automotive company Honda. Established in 1985 and headquarte…

• Stratton Park Halt railway station · 1.8 km

  Stratton Park Halt served the community of Stratton St Margaret, now part of the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. The station was on the main Great Western Railway line from London to Bristol which opened aro…

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  Swindon Supermarine F.C. · 1.9 km

  Swindon Supermarine Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in South Marston, Swindon, England. The club plays in the Southern League Division One South and is affiliated to the Wiltshire Football Ass…

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  New College Swindon F.C. · 2.1 km

  New College Swindon Football Club was a football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. Part of New College, Swindon, they played until the summer of 2020 in the Hellenic League at the Supermarine RFC ground in So…

• Henry Curling · 2.4 km

  Colonel Henry Thomas Curling was a Royal Artillery officer of the British Army who served between 1868 and 1902. He fought in the Anglo-Zulu war and during the Battle of Isandlwana was one of only a few British office…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)