Craven Arms

6°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 3° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:40

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

20 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Other theft3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: Church Stretton and Craven Arms · West Mercia

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

337 reported road collisions (2025)

121 killed or seriously injured · 479 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Craven Arms (0.1 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£277,521 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across Shropshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£823 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £768
• 3 bed £953

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,264 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: 139.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Craven Arms, Shrewsbury 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds6

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,727
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,220
• Net moves+2,507

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 154 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,528 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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Shropshire

360 CQC-registered services

• Care homes117
• GP practices48
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Shropshire

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

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

531 applications decided

88.3% granted · 469 granted, 62 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Stuart Anderson

Conservative

South Shropshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 4
• Con 7
• LD 41
• Grn 4
• Ref 15
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

104 jobs advertised · £34,946 avg

e.g. Painter & Decorator (Self-Employed), Learning Disability Nights Support Worker Woolston, Cheshire, Plasterer (Self-Employed)

Source: Adzuna

£727 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Nuclear 19% · Wind 16% · Solar 5%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in SY7

• Craven Arms Surgery
• The Meadows Medical Practice
• South West Shropshire Pcn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Shropshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks399 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills278 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases227 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately190 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Craven Arms railway station · 0.1 km

  Craven Arms railway station serves the town of Craven Arms, in Shropshire, England. Until 1974, it was known as Craven Arms and Stokesay, after the nearby coaching inn and the historic settlement of Stokesay to the so…

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  Craven Arms · 0.3 km

  Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respecti…

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  Land of Lost Content (museum) · 0.4 km

  The Land of Lost Content was a museum in Craven Arms, Shropshire, that collected everyday objects such as toys, magazines and packaging.

• Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre · 0.6 km

  Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre is a museum in southern Shropshire, just south of Craven Arms.

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  Halford, Shropshire · 0.7 km

  Halford is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Craven Arms, in the Shropshire district, in south Shropshire, England. It lies just east of the market town of Craven Arms, on the other side of the Ri…

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  Stokesay · 1.3 km

  Stokesay is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Craven Arms, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is just south of Craven Arms on the A49 road, also fleet…

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