Edgmond

14°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 11° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:39

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1
• Vehicle crime1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newport · West Mercia

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

129 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

104 food businesses within 2 miles

• 89 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£220,519 average▲ 1.3% YoY

Across Telford and Wrekin · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£861 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £600
• 2 bed £771
• 3 bed £954

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Lilleshall (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,544 residents in Telford and Wrekin · 639/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 99 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,256 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 84,460)

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

86 schools · 32,089 pupils

56 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 24 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (69%)

77inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Telford and Wrekin

172 CQC-registered services

• Care homes40
• GP practices17
• Dentists31
• Homecare agencies69
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 75% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Telford and Wrekin

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

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

124 applications decided

90.3% granted · 112 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mark Pritchard

Conservative

The Wrekin

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 37
• Con 8
• LD 6
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Chemistry Tutor in Edgmond – Flexible & Remote, Online German Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,346 disposable income per head (2024)

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

57% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 91,854 certificates

14.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 10% · Biomass 5%

47 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 56.7 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in The Wrekin:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office439 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership368 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test258 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership240 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Edgmond · 0.2 km

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  Talbot Chapel, Longford · 1.2 km

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  Harper Adams University · 1.4 km

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  Longford, Telford and Wrekin · 1.5 km

  Longford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Church Aston, in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is near the town of Newport. In 1961 the parish…

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  Longford Hall, Shropshire · 1.5 km

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