Oswestry

16°CLight rain shower

• Today: 17° / 9° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:37

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

125 reported · July 2026▼ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Other theft12
• Public order12

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Oswestry Central · 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)

147 food businesses within 2 miles

• 128 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Oswestry (0.2 km)
• 4 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: 158.9p · BP (0.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (1.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Oswestry Central Car Park,English Walls (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds11

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

• In a conservation area (Oswestry)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 146 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

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat

North Shropshire

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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

406 jobs advertised · £40,282 avg

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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

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 71% · Nuclear 20% · Imports 3% · Gas 3%

13 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Shropshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office452 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership340 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership290 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s282 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Oswestry · 0.1 km

  Oswestry is an ancient market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads.

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  Battle of Maserfield · 0.1 km

  The Battle of Maserfield, was fought on 5 August 641 or 642 between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia allied with Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd, ending in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismember…

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  Oswestry railway station · 0.2 km

  Oswestry railway station is a Grade II listed heritage railway station in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. It was closed when passenger services were withdrawn in 1966. The station building today is used as commercial p…

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  Oswestry Guildhall · 0.2 km

  Oswestry Guildhall is a municipal building in Bailey Head in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Oswestry Municipal Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

• Wilfred Owen Green · 0.2 km

  Wilfred Owen Green is the town green located in the middle of the town Oswestry in Shropshire, England.

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  Borough of Oswestry · 0.2 km

  The Borough of Oswestry was a local government district with borough status in Shropshire, England, from medieval times until its abolition in 2009. Until 1974 it was a municipal borough covering just the town of Oswe…

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