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Tenbury Wells

Tenbury Wells is a town in Shropshire, England, with a population of around 3,849. It has one pharmacy, around seven restaurants and cafés, and 3 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £397,842, and there were around 20 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tenbury Wells area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Shropshire area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 323,606 residents at roughly 101 people per km².

Council
Shropshire
County
Shropshire
Constituency
Ludlow
Police force
West Mercia
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 101st of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Low crime84
Home affordability54
Affordable rents77
Good schools15
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation52
Employment78
Low council tax26

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 10° · 78% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:34

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

Crime

24 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences11
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Martley and Tenbury · West Mercia

Local policing priorities

  • Issue: Road Safety You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns.
  • Issue: Rural Crime You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns.

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

Road safety

389 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

39 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 32 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ludlow (10.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£284,036 average 4.9% YoY

Across Shropshire · to 2026-06

Detached£426,931
Semi-detached£266,707
Terraced£212,188
Flat£138,283

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: Teme Street Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

323,606 residents in Shropshire · 101/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,528 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,685
B £1,966
C £2,247
D £2,528
E £3,090
F £3,652
G £4,214
H £5,056

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Bridgnorth Endowed SchoolGood
  • Lakelands AcademyGood
  • Mary Webb School and Science CollegeGood
  • Meole Brace SchoolGood
  • Sir John Talbot's SchoolGood
  • The Marches SchoolGood
  • The Priory SchoolGood
  • The Thomas Adams SchoolGood
  • Shrewsbury AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Grove SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Lacon Childe SchoolRequires improvement
  • William Brookes SchoolRequires improvement
  • Belvidere School
  • Church Stretton School
  • Idsall School
  • Ludlow Church of England School
  • Oldbury Wells School
  • The Community College, Bishop's Castle
  • The Corbet School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Shropshire

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

528 applications decided

88.4% granted · 467 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dame Harriett Baldwin

Conservative

West Worcestershire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens14
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

97 jobs advertised · £35,976 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 67% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 14% · Gas 3%

11 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Worcestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Round Market, Tenbury Wells · 0.1 km

    The Round Market is a building in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England, dating from 1858. It is a Grade II listed building.

  • St Mary's Church, Tenbury Wells · 0.1 km

    St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Tenbury Wells, in Worcestershire, England. The church dates from the 12th and 14th centuries, with later rebuilding and renovation. It in the Diocese of Hereford, and is Grade…

  • Tenbury Museum · 0.2 km

    Tenbury Museum is a museum in the market town of Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England. It holds a collection of local and social history objects, plus copies of the Tenbury Advertiser newspaper dating back to 1871.

  • Pump Rooms, Tenbury Wells · 0.2 km

    The Pump Rooms is a building in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England, dating from 1862. It was built to utilise the mineral spring discovered in the town and promote Tenbury as a spa town. It is now the location of…

  • Tenbury Wells · 0.4 km

    Tenbury Wells is a market town and civil parish in the north-western extremity of the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England. Situated 6 miles southeast of Ludlow, its northern border adjoins Shropshire and…

  • Burford Rural District · 0.6 km

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

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Tenbury Wells?
Tenbury Wells is a town in Shropshire, England, in the Shropshire local authority.
What is the population of Tenbury Wells?
Tenbury Wells has an approximate settlement population of 3,849.
How deprived is Tenbury Wells?
The Shropshire local authority, which includes Tenbury Wells, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.