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Bartestree

Bartestree is a village in Herefordshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 10 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Hereford, 4.5 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bartestree area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Herefordshire, County of area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 187,037 residents at roughly 86 people per km².

Council
Herefordshire, County of
County
Herefordshire
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 139th of 294 English council areas — better than 53% of them.

Low crime79
Home affordability43
Affordable rents76
Good schools20
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation43
Employment68
Low council tax17

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:30

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

333 reported road collisions (2024)

94 killed or seriously injured · 470 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

19 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 17 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hereford (5.1 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hereford (5.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£289,715 average 4.8% YoY

Across Herefordshire, County of · to 2026-06

Detached£446,120
Semi-detached£279,614
Terraced£209,228
Flat£126,650

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£811 average monthly rent 2.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £589
  • 2 bed £764
  • 3 bed £943

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

22 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: GB Electrical and Building Services (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

187,037 residents in Herefordshire, County of · 86/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 137 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,574 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 90,500)

A £1,716
B £2,002
C £2,288
D £2,574
E £3,146
F £3,719
G £4,291
H £5,149

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

Schools

115 schools · 24,851 pupils

78 primary · 14 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 33 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

99inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Fairfield High SchoolOutstanding
  • Earl Mortimer CollegeGood
  • The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat SchoolGood
  • Whitecross HerefordGood
  • Aylestone SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Hereford Church of England AcademyRequires improvement
  • John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
  • John Masefield High School
  • Kingstone High School
  • Lady Hawkins' School
  • Queen Elizabeth High School
  • St Mary's RC High School
  • Weobley High School
  • Wigmore School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Herefordshire, County of

Care & health services

221 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes86
  • GP practices23
  • Dentists47
  • Homecare agencies51
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Herefordshire, County of

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

331 applications decided

93.1% granted · 308 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Ellie Chowns

Green Party

North Herefordshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 1
  • Con 20
  • LD 12
  • Grn 8
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£713 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,031 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 92,995 certificates

18.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 16% · Solar 5%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.7 women · 62.3 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

16 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in HR1

  • Hereford Medical Group
  • Cantilupe Surgery
  • Wargrave House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Herefordshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bartestree · 0.2 km

    Bartestree is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, 7 km (4.3 mi) east of Hereford on the A438 road. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 330.

  • The Godwins Hotel, Bartestree · 0.5 km

    The Godwins Hotel in Bartestree, Herefordshire, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1879 by William Henry Godwin the owner of the…

  • Longworth Roman Catholic Chapel · 0.8 km

    Longworth Roman Catholic Chapel is a redundant chapel in the village of Bartestree, Herefordshire, England, standing adjacent to the former Convent of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge. It is recorded in the National Her…

  • River Frome, Herefordshire · 0.8 km

    The River Frome is a river in Herefordshire, England. It flows through Bromyard, and Bishops Frome. Immediately below the depopulated village of Stretton Grandison its tributary, the river or brook named the Lodon,…

  • Withington railway station (Herefordshire) · 1.0 km

    Withington railway station was a station in Withington, Herefordshire, England. The station was opened in 1861 and closed in 1961.

  • St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Lugwardine · 1.7 km

    St. Mary's Roman Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school in the village of Lugwardine in Herefordshire, England which takes children of ages 11 to 16, ranked by Ofsted as Herefordshire's best state school…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Bartestree?
Bartestree is a town in Herefordshire, England, in the Herefordshire, County of local authority.
How deprived is Bartestree?
The Herefordshire, County of local authority, which includes Bartestree, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.