King's Acre

17°CFog

• Today: 23° / 16° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:33

12h 52m 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

3 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Vehicle crime1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Hereford City North · 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)

69 food businesses within 2 miles

• 55 rated 4–5 ★ (42 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Broomy Hill (3.2 km)
• 7 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 (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (4.2 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: Oakfields, Credenhill Sales Office (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds3

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
• 10 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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

57 jobs advertised · £5,000 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Acre – Flexible Schedule, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Acre – Flexible Schedule, Become a Geography Tutor in Acre – Flexible & Remote

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

68% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 26% · Wind 24% · Gas 23% · Biomass 18%

117 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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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  Upper Breinton · 1.2 km

  Upper Breinton is a village in Herefordshire, England. It is located in the civil parish of Breinton.

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  Huntington, Hereford · 1.3 km

  Huntington is a village in the civil parish of Hereford, in Herefordshire, England. It is located west of the city centre and within the Kings Acre ward of Hereford City Council.

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  Stretton Sugwas · 1.3 km

  Stretton Sugwas is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Hereford. The parish also includes the hamlet of Swainshill. The population of this Civil Parish at the 2011…

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  Church of St Mary Magdalene, Stretton Sugwas · 1.5 km

  The Church of St Mary Magdalene is an Anglican church in the village of Stretton Sugwas, in Herefordshire, England. The church is in the Burghill Benefice. The building, dating from the late 19th century, incorporates…

• Whitecross Hereford High School · 1.6 km

  Whitecross Hereford High School is a mixed secondary school located in Hereford in the English county of Herefordshire.

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  Breinton · 1.7 km

  Breinton is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Breinton lies just to the west of Hereford. The name Breinton appears to be a modernised form of the word Bruntone, meaning a village near a flowing stream.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)