Prees Higher Heath

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 8° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:40

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▲ 600% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Vehicle crime3

Neighbourhood team: Whitchurch Town and Rural · 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)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Prees (3.5 km)
• 0 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: 157.9p · Esso (2.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (10.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Whitchurch Fire Station (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

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

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)

• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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 78% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 4% · Imports 2%

17 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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  Prees Higher Heath · 0.1 km

  Prees Higher Heath is a large village located within the civil parish of Prees in north Shropshire, England.

• Prees Heath Common · 0.9 km

  Prees Heath Common is a nature reserve near Whitchurch in the county of Shropshire, England. Butterfly Conservation owns and manages this reserve. It comprises 145 acres (59 ha).

• Whitchurch (Tilstock) Airfield · 1.2 km

  Whitchurch (Tilstock) Airfield is an airfield located in Shropshire, England, close to the village of Prees and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the village of Tilstock and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Whitchurch, near the junct…

• Whitchurch Rural District, Shropshire · 2.3 km

  Whitchurch was a rural district in Shropshire, England, from 1894 to 1934.

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  Whitchurch Rural · 2.3 km

  Whitchurch Rural is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It covers the area south and south-east of the town of Whitchurch, including the villages of Ash, Prees Heath, Tilstock and Broughall.

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  Prees · 2.8 km

  Prees is a village and civil parish in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales. Its name is Celtic and means "brushwood".

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)