Presteigne

16°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 15° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:34

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport St Julians Comp School, United Kingdom

21 reported · July 2026▼ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Burglary2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Presteigne · Dyfed Powys

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)

37 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Titley Junction (6.2 km)
• 1 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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Hereford St (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

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
• 8 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

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

59 jobs advertised · £30,428 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, CAD Engineer, Casual Receptionist- Night

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

19% low-carbon electricity

Gas 81% · Wind 19%

317 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · 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 Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe:

• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety756 local signatures · 9,865 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership352 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership335 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office302 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Presteign railway station · 0.1 km

  Presteign Railway Station was a railway station serving the town of Presteigne, Radnorshire, Wales. It was a terminus on the Leominster and Kington Railway.

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  Assembly Rooms, Presteigne · 0.2 km

  The Assembly Rooms in Presteigne, formerly Presteigne Town Hall, is a municipal building in Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, Wales. The structure, which accommodates a public library on the ground floor and an arts ce…

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  Shire Hall, Presteigne · 0.2 km

  The Shire Hall is a municipal structure in Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, Wales. The building incorporates a well-preserved courtroom and a museum known as "the Judge's Lodging". Once the judicial centre for Radnors…

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  Presteigne · 0.3 km

  Presteigne is a town and community on the south bank of the River Lugg in Powys, Wales. The town is located on the England–Wales border, which surrounds it to the north, east and south. Nearby towns are Kington, Heref…

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  John Beddoes School · 0.3 km

  John Beddoes School was a secondary or comprehensive school for boys and girls. The school was based on one site in the town of Presteigne.

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  Radnorshire Arms · 0.4 km

  The Radnorshire Arms is a well-preserved Jacobean building in the Welsh border town of Presteigne, in Powys.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)