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Peterchurch

Peterchurch is a village in Herefordshire, England, with a population of around 732. It has around 2 restaurants or cafés, 15 bus stops, and there were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Peterchurch area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Herefordshire, County of area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 187,037 residents at roughly 86 people per km².

Council
Herefordshire, County of
County
Herefordshire
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire
Police force
West Mercia
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 139th of 294 English council areas — better than 53% of them.

Low crime79
Home affordability43
Affordable rents76
Good schools20
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation43
Employment68
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

16°CCloudy

  • Today: 19° / 10° · 8% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:43

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Golden Valley · West Mercia

Local policing priorities

  • Issue: Speeding / Road Safety. You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, and ongoing local concerns.
  • Issue: Rural Thefts You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

7 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£289,715 average 4.8% YoY

Across Herefordshire, County of · to 2026-06

Detached£446,120
Semi-detached£279,614
Terraced£209,228
Flat£126,650

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

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)

Deprivation

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

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 · 24,851 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)

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

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

331 applications decided

93.1% granted · 308 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jesse Norman

Conservative

Hereford and South Herefordshire

Recent votes:

  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65

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

  • Schools2
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

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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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 9% · Biomass 8%

37 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Peterchurch · 0.1 km

    Peterchurch is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. The countryside features extensive views of the Black Mountains but the village itself is architecturally undistinguished. It was…

  • Peterchurch railway station · 0.2 km

    Peterchurch railway station was a station in Peterchurch, Herefordshire, England. The station was opened in 1901, closed to passengers in 1941 and closed completely in 1953.

  • Fairfield High School, Peterchurch · 0.7 km

    Fairfield High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Peterchurch, Herefordshire, England.

  • Poston Camp · 1.9 km

    Poston Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located just south of Vowchurch, Herefordshire.

  • Urishay Castle Chapel · 2.5 km

    Urishay Castle Chapel is a redundant chapel to the north of Urishay Castle, some 2.5 kilometres (2 mi) west of the village of Peterchurch in Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for Eng…

  • Urishay Castle · 2.5 km

    Urishay constitutes the remains of a castle, 16th century chapel and 17th century house located about 2.5 km west of Peterchurch in Herefordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Peterchurch?
Peterchurch is a town in Herefordshire, England, in the Herefordshire, County of local authority.
What is the population of Peterchurch?
Peterchurch has an approximate settlement population of 732.
How deprived is Peterchurch?
The Herefordshire, County of local authority, which includes Peterchurch, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.