Hereford

10°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 22° / 10° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:35

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

375 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences143
• Shoplifting61
• Anti-social behaviour53
• Public order30

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hereford City Southside and Rural · 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)

473 food businesses within 2 miles

• 373 rated 4–5 ★ (313 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hereford (0.7 km)
• 77 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: 134.8p · AppleGreen (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (1.2 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Shirehall Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres9
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches48
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

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
• 337 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

Jesse Norman

Conservative

Hereford and South Herefordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools21
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens24
• Restaurants & cafés99

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,467 jobs advertised · £39,863 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 26% · Imports 6% · Gas 5%

25 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 Hereford and South Herefordshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership375 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases343 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership334 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office332 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  The Old House, Hereford · 0.0 km

  The Old House is a distinctive black and white half-timbered house in High Town, Hereford, England, built in 1621. It was restored in the 19th century and became a museum of Jacobean life in 1929.

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  Hereford · 0.1 km

  Hereford is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Wye and lies 16 miles (26 km) east of the border with Wales, 23 miles (37 km) north-…

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  Siege of Hereford · 0.1 km

  The siege of Hereford took place in 1645 during the English Civil War when the city of Hereford and its English Royalist garrison was besieged by a Scottish Covenanter army under the command of the Earl of Leven. The…

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  Shirehall, Hereford · 0.2 km

  The Shirehall is a building on St Peter's Square, Hereford, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.

• Hereford Dispensary · 0.2 km

  Hereford Dispensary was founded in 1835 in Hereford, England. In 1837, it was moved to a house on Bye Street in Hereford. It was part of the Dispensary Movement. It was a public dispensary, which gave advice and medic…

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  Hereford Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Hereford Town Hall is a municipal building in St Owen's Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England. The building, which is the home of Hereford City Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)