Cradley

17°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 11° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:33

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▲ 75% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Burglary3

Neighbourhood team: Ledbury · West Mercia

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

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)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Malvern Link (4.7 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£289,715 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Herefordshire, County of · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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: 161.9p · Texaco (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Texaco (10.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Newtown Road Car Park (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,574 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

331 applications decided

93.1% granted · 308 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Ellie Chowns

Green Party

North Herefordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

28 jobs advertised · £28,427 avg

e.g. Online Accounting Tutoring Job in Cradley – Flexible Schedule, Become a Maths Tutor in Cradley – Flexible & Remote, FLT Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Nuclear 29% · Biomass 12% · Gas 10%

55 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Herefordshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office381 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership341 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases293 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s266 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Cradley, Herefordshire · 0.1 km

  Cradley is a village in the civil parish of Cradley and Storridge, in Herefordshire, England. The nearest Herefordshire towns to Cradley are Ledbury, 9 miles (14 km) to the south and Bromyard, 9 miles to the north-wes…

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  Mathon, Herefordshire · 1.5 km

  Mathon is a small village and civil parish in eastern Herefordshire, England, lying just to the west of the Malvern Hills between Malvern and Ledbury. Nearby villages include Cradley and Colwall. Immediately to the ea…

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  West Malvern · 2.9 km

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  Regents Theological College · 3.0 km

  Regents Theological College is a theological college in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is the national training centre of the Elim Pentecostal Church.

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  End Hill · 3.2 km

  End Hill is the northernmost top of the Malvern Hills that runs approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border. It lies north of Table Hill and north-northwest of North Hi…

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  Table Hill · 3.2 km

  Table Hill is situated in the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border. It lies between North Hill and Sugarloaf Hill and has an elevation o…

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