West Kington

6°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:37

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US 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)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 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: 157.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Manor House Hotel and Golf Club (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches10

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 (WEST KINGTON)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 61 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

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal Democrat

South Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 38
• LD 42
• Ref 10
• Oth 7

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

24,985 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

28 jobs advertised · £40,295 avg

e.g. Technical Support Engineer, Team Leader, Panel Wirer

Source: Adzuna

£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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 19% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

227 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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SN14

• Hathaway Surgery
• Jubilee Field Surgery
• Chippenham Pharmacy And Health Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cotswolds:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks415 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects231 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills173 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients162 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately155 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  West Kington · 0.3 km

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• Nettleton, Wiltshire · 1.5 km

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• Little Grubbins Meadow · 1.9 km

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  Fosse Farmhouse · 2.0 km

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  Burton, Nettleton · 2.1 km

  Burton is a small village in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wiltshire, England. Kelly's 1915 Directory of Wiltshire identifies Burton as the most important part of the parish of Nettleton. It is a…

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  Nettleton Mill · 2.2 km

  Nettleton Mill is a mill house in Wiltshire, England, on the banks of the Bybrook River, to the south-east of Nettleton. Part of the Castle Combe estate, it was built in 1774 as a farmhouse; this date is inscribed on…

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