Higham on the Hill

20°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 24° / 16° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:25

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Bosworth, Ratby, Groby, Markfield and Stanton · Leicestershire

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

123 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 155 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

68 food businesses within 2 miles

• 57 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Nuneaton (3.7 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£261,584 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Hinckley and Bosworth · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£933 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £638
• 2 bed £843
• 3 bed £1,028

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (7.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (3 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: MTP MIRA DRIVE 01 (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

113,640 residents in Hinckley and Bosworth · 382/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 232 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 52,830)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

57 schools · 19,387 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 18 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hinckley and Bosworth

633 CQC-registered services

• Care homes163
• GP practices107
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leicestershire

• In a conservation area (Higham on the Hill)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

134 applications decided

85.8% granted · 115 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Luke Evans

Conservative

Hinckley and Bosworth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 9
• LD 23
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

25 jobs advertised · £31,770 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Become a Biology Tutor in Higham on the Hill – Flexible & Remote, Become a Guitar Tutor in Higham on the Hill – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£729 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,005 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,940 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Biomass 23% · Wind 13% · Imports 3%

263 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hinckley and Bosworth:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership447 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth433 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office421 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s313 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test274 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Higham on the Hill · 0.0 km

  Higham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 840.

• Higham on the Hill railway station · 0.7 km

  Higham on the Hill railway station was a railway station on the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the village of Higham on the Hill. It closed in 1931 to passengers but goods continued to pass through until…

• RAF Lindley · 1.0 km

  Royal Air Force Lindley or more simply RAF Lindley is a former Royal Air Force station situated in Leicestershire 8.1 miles (13 km) south east of Polesworth, Warwickshire, England in close proximity to Watling Street.

• Hijaz College · 1.2 km

  Hijaz College is a British Muslim school located in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Hijaz College combines traditional Islamic education with the National Curriculum for England. The philosophy of Hijaz was formulate…

• MIRA Ltd. · 1.9 km

  HORIBA MIRA Ltd. is an automotive engineering and development consultancy company headquartered near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. It provides product engineering, research, testing, information and certific…

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  Stoke Golding railway station · 2.0 km

  Stoke Golding railway station is a disused railway station on the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. It served the village of Stoke Golding. It closed in 1931 to passengers but closed to parcel traffic in 1951.…

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