Bayston Hill

16°CMist

• Today: 22° / 15° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:33

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

36 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Shoplifting8
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson3

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shrewsbury Rural East · West Mercia

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

389 reported road collisions (2024)

135 killed or seriously injured · 528 casualties · 12 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

79 food businesses within 2 miles

• 73 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shrewsbury (4.1 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£284,036 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Shropshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£819 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

• 1 bed £605
• 2 bed £765
• 3 bed £949

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (0.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 359 kW
• Nearest: EG Shrewsbury (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

323,606 residents in Shropshire · 101/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 165 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,528 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 152,270)

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

185 schools · 43,666 pupils

127 primary · 19 secondary · 39 other

Ofsted: 55 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

151inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Shropshire

359 CQC-registered services

• Care homes118
• GP practices46
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Shropshire

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

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

528 applications decided

88.4% granted · 467 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Julia Buckley

Labour

Shrewsbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 4
• Con 7
• LD 40
• Grn 4
• Ref 15
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens62
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

33 jobs advertised · £46,800 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Become a French Tutor in Bayston Hill – Flexible & Remote, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£727 median full-time weekly pay

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

£25,151 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 154,677 certificates

17.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 31% · Nuclear 28% · Biomass 19% · Gas 16%

89 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.4 women · 63 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

12 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SY3

• Shropshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Mytton Oak Medical Pract.
• Radbrook Green Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Shrewsbury:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership534 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office340 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership337 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test220 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Bayston Hill · 0.4 km

  Bayston Hill is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) south of the county town Shrewsbury and located on the main A49 road, the Shrewsbury to Hereford road.

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  Pulley, Shropshire · 0.6 km

  Pulley is a small village 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It is located between Shrewsbury and Bayston Hill. The population at the 2011 Census is listed under Bayston Hill. The A5 Shrew…

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  Shropshire Football Association · 1.5 km

  The Shropshire Football Association is the governing body of football in the county of Shropshire, England.

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  Meole Brace · 1.6 km

  Meole Brace, also known simply as Meole, is a south-western suburb of Shrewsbury, in the civil parish of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England.

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  New Meadow · 1.7 km

  New Meadow, also known as The Croud Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is a stadium situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm, and close to the A5…

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  Nobold · 1.7 km

  Nobold is a hamlet on the south-western edge of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It is located on the Shrewsbury to Longden road. Nobold boasts Shropshire's oldest natural water well.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)