Wilton and Bridstow

7°CCloudy

• Today: 9° / 5° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:35

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

29 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Burglary3
• Criminal damage & arson2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ross-on-Wye · West Mercia

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

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)

123 food businesses within 2 miles

• 99 rated 4–5 ★ (81 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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: 172.9p · Asda (2.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (2.8 km)

1 station 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: Edde Cross Street Car Park (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches12
• 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)

• 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
• 110 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)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés17

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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in HR9

• Alton Street Surgery
• Pendeen Surgery
• Herefordshire Mh South And West

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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  Bridstow · 0.4 km

  Bridstow is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, 2 km west of Ross-on-Wye and 17 km south-east of Hereford. The parish is bounded to the east and south by the River Wye. The A40 road linking the M50 m…

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  Wilton, Herefordshire · 0.5 km

  Wilton is a village in south Herefordshire, England, just under a mile west of the market town of Ross-on-Wye.

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  Wilton Bridge · 0.6 km

  Wilton Bridge is a Grade I listed bridge crossing the River Wye between Wilton, Herefordshire and Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.

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  Wilton Castle · 0.7 km

  Wilton Castle is a 12th-century Norman castle located in south-eastern Herefordshire, England on the River Wye adjacent to the town of Ross-on-Wye. The castle is named after the manor associated with it.

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  Ross Town F.C. · 0.9 km

  Ross Town F.C. was a football club based in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England. The club was formed in the summer of 1993 following the amalgamation of the town's two senior sides, Ross United and Woodville, and join…

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  Ross Rowing Club · 1.2 km

  Ross Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Wye, based at The Ropewalk, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England. The Ross Regatta is held over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)