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Bodenham

Bodenham is a village in Herefordshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. There are around 1 GP surgeries, 6 bus stops, and no nearest railway station data is provided. In June 2026, there were around 2 recorded street crimes, 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 Bodenham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Herefordshire, County of area is around the average in England (IoD2025). 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 138th of 294 English council areas — better than 53% of them.

Low crime79
Home affordability43
Affordable rents75
Good schools19
Life expectancy58
Low deprivation46
Employment69
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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 50% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:37

9h 25m 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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

277 reported road collisions (2025)

88 killed or seriously injured · 378 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

13 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 9 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Leominster (8.9 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£291,495 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Herefordshire, County of · to 2026-08

Detached£448,275
Semi-detached£280,673
Terraced£211,584
Flat£127,868

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£821 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £596
  • 2 bed £773
  • 3 bed £955

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

2,409 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,374
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,982
  • Net moves+1,392

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 136 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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 · 24,767 pupils

78 primary · 14 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 32 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

98 inspected 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

223 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes86
  • GP practices25
  • Dentists47
  • Homecare agencies51
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 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

374 applications decided

96.5% granted · 361 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

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 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Bodenham · 1.0 km

    Bodenham is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and on a bend in the River Lugg, about seven miles south of Leominster. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,024, reducing to 998 at…

  • Dinmore railway station (England) · 2.2 km

    Dinmore railway station served the villages of Bodenham and Hope under Dinmore, Herefordshire, England between 1853 and 1958.

  • Dinmore Tunnel · 2.3 km

    Dinmore Tunnel is the name given to two railway tunnels located on the former Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (S&HR) line between Hereford station and Leominster station. The first tunnel was built in 1853, with the s…

  • Hampton Court Castle · 2.4 km

    Hampton Court Castle, also known as Hampton Court or Hampton Castle, is a castellated country house in the English county of Herefordshire. The house is in the parish of Hope under Dinmore 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Le…

  • Dinmore Hill · 2.6 km

    Dinmore Hill rises steeply above the River Lugg in Herefordshire, England and is effectively the prominent eastern ridge of an area of high ground which reaches a height of 236 m (774 ft) at Birley Hill some 4 to 5 km…

  • Queen's Wood Country Park · 2.9 km

    Queen's Wood Country Park is the only designated country park in the county of Herefordshire. A tourist attraction on Dinmore Hill, it has two components. Its arboretum is a 47-acre (0.19 km2) tree collection with ove…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Bodenham?
Bodenham is a town in Herefordshire, England, in the Herefordshire, County of local authority.
How deprived is Bodenham?
The Herefordshire, County of local authority, which includes Bodenham, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.