West Ashton

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 17° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:27

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Trowbridge 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)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Trowbridge (3.8 km)
• 0 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (3.6 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Playgrounds2

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
• 9 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

Dr Andrew Murrison

Conservative

South West 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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Wind 14% · Imports 10% · Biomass 8%

251 gCO₂/kWh · very 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 South West Wiltshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership440 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s329 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office309 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership295 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test272 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  West Ashton · 0.4 km

  West Ashton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Trowbridge, near the A350 between Melksham and Yarnbrook which bypasses Trowbridge. The parish includes the ha…

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  Rood Ashton House · 0.8 km

  Rood Ashton House was a country house in Wiltshire, England, standing in parkland 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of the village of West Ashton, near Trowbridge. Built in 1808 for Richard Godolphin Long, it was later th…

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  Picket and Clanger Wood · 1.2 km

  Picket and Clanger Wood is a 66.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, which lies off the A350 national route between Trowbridge and Westbury. It was notified in 1989.

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  Yarnbrook · 1.3 km

  Yarnbrook is a large hamlet in Wiltshire, England, between the towns of Westbury and Trowbridge. Most of the settlement lies in the civil parish of North Bradley, the rest in West Ashton. Most of Yarnbrook's houses li…

• Heywood House · 1.9 km

  Heywood House is a Grade II* listed English country house at Heywood, near Westbury, Wiltshire.

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  Heywood, Wiltshire · 2.0 km

  Heywood is a civil parish and small village in the county of Wiltshire in southwestern England. The village is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Westbury and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of the county town of Trow…

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