King's Thorn

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 9° / 5° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:35

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

• 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

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)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Broomy Hill (7.2 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£291,495 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Herefordshire, County of · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Westlands Toyota (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3

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)

• 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

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

£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 · 24,767 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)

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

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

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

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

374 applications decided

96.5% granted · 361 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 24% · Imports 5%

148 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

9 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in HR2

• Golden Valley Practice
• Much Birch Surgery
• The Surgery Kingstone

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hereford and South Herefordshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks349 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases344 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills178 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately178 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth142 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Kingsthorne · 0.2 km

  Kingsthorne, also known as King's Thorn, is a village in Herefordshire, England, in Much Birch parish between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye, adjacent to the A49 and A466 roads.

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  Convent of Poor Clares, Gravelines · 0.9 km

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  Aconbury Camp · 1.1 km

  Aconbury Camp is an Iron Age hillfort on Aconbury Hill in Herefordshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Hereford, and near the village of Aconbury. It is a scheduled monument.

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  Little Birch · 1.2 km

  Little Birch is a hamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) south from the city and county town of Hereford and 7 miles (11 km) north-west from the market town of Ross-on-Wy…

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  Wormelow Tump · 1.9 km

  Wormelow Tump is a village in Herefordshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) south of Hereford and 6+1⁄2 mi (10 km) north-west of Ross-on-Wye. Most of the village lies in the parish of Much Birch, but it extends west across…

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  Much Dewchurch · 1.9 km

  Much Dewchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The village lies about 6 miles (10 km) south of Hereford. The parish includes the hamlet of Kivernoll and part of the village of Wormelow.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)