Ross-on-Wye

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 17° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:34

12h 56m 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

83 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Shoplifting14
• Public order6

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ross-on-Wye · 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)

114 food businesses within 2 miles

• 101 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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: 164.9p · Asda (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (0.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Ross On Wye (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds6

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
• 149 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

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

185 jobs advertised · £39,409 avg

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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

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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  Ross-on-Wye railway station · 0.5 km

  Ross-on-Wye served the town of Ross-on-Wye, in Herefordshire, England. It was a junction railway station: the terminus of the Ross and Monmouth Railway, which joined the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway just sout…

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  The Chase, Ross-on-Wye · 1.0 km

  The Chase in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, is a house of historical significance. It was built in 1818 by an attorney, and was a private residence of several notable people until it was sold in 1927. After that time it…

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  John Kyrle High School · 1.1 km

  John Kyrle High School is a secondary school and sixth form in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England. It is part of the Heart of Mercia Multi-Academy Trust. The school is named after the philanthropist John Kyrle (1637–…

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  Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye · 1.3 km

  The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the High Street in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England. The structure, which is now used as a bookshop and as the offices of Ross-on-Wye Town Council, is a Grade II listed…

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  Herefordshire Trail · 1.4 km

  The Herefordshire Trail is a long distance footpath in Herefordshire, England.

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  Ross-on-Wye · 1.4 km

  Ross-on-Wye is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the border with Wales. It had a population estimated at 10,978 in 2021. It lies in the south-east of the county, on the River Wye and on th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)