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Eardisley

Eardisley is a village in Herefordshire, England, with a population of around 550. There are 3 bus stops serving the area, and there were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Eardisley 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

4°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 3° · 35% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:40

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport, 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

2 reported · August 2026

  • Vehicle crime1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Kington and Weobley · West Mercia

Local policing priorities

  • Issue: Road Safety You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns.
  • Issue: Anti-social behaviour You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local…

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

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

10 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

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

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Whitney Village Road (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

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
  • 46 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

Your MP

Dr Ellie Chowns

Green Party

North Herefordshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) 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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £41,600 avg

e.g. HGV Technician

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 22% · Imports 5%

184 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

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in HR3

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

  • Eardisley · 0.2 km

    Eardisley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the centre of Kington. Eardisley is in the Wye valley in the northwest of the county, close to the border with Wales.

  • Eardisley Castle · 0.5 km

    Eardisley Castle was in the village of Eardisley in Herefordshire, England, 11 km north-east of Hay-on-Wye. The site of the castle is a scheduled monument.

  • Eardisley railway station · 1.1 km

    Eardisley railway station was a station in Eardisley, Herefordshire, England. The station was opened on 30 June 1863, closed to passengers on 31 December 1962 and closed completely in 1964. The former station site, no…

  • Eardisley Park · 1.5 km

    Eardisley Park is a country house and estate to the southwest of the village of Eardisley in Herefordshire, England, and approximately 14 miles (23 km) north-west of Hereford.

  • Willersley and Winforton · 2.3 km

    Willersley and Winforton is a civil parish in west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 14 miles (20 km) west-northwest from the city and county town of Hereford. The parish contains the village of Winforton a…

  • Almeley railway station · 2.7 km

    Almeley railway station was a railway station on the line from Kington to Eardisley in the English county of Herefordshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Eardisley?
Eardisley is a town in Herefordshire, England, in the Herefordshire, County of local authority.
What is the population of Eardisley?
Eardisley has an approximate settlement population of 550.
How deprived is Eardisley?
The Herefordshire, County of local authority, which includes Eardisley, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.