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Weston Rhyn

Weston Rhyn is a town or village in Shropshire, England. It has around 3 restaurants or cafés, and Chirk railway station is 2.1 km away. There were around 17 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Weston Rhyn 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
North Shropshire
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

16°CFog

  • Today: 17° / 9° · 63% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:37

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

12 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Public order2
  • Shoplifting2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Oswestry Rural North · West Mercia

Local policing priorities

  • Speeding: This is a priority for the next three months based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns.
  • Anti social Behaviour - This is a priority for the next three months based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local 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

46 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 46 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chirk (2.1 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chirk (2.0 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: 158.9p · BP (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (7.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 125 kW
  • Nearest: National Trust Chirk Castle (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches18
  • Golf courses1
  • 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
  • 19 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

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat

North Shropshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £35,360 avg

e.g. Operations Manager, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Weston Rhyn – Flexible Schedule, Become a Maths Tutor in Weston Rhyn – Flexible & Remote

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 58% · Nuclear 27% · Gas 7% · Imports 6%

30 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · 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 North Shropshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Weston Rhyn · 0.2 km

    Weston Rhyn is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies between the towns of Chirk, in Wales, and Oswestry, in England.

  • Weston Rhyn railway station · 0.8 km

    Weston Rhyn railway station was a minor station on the Great Western Railway's London to Birkenhead main line serving the villages of Weston Rhyn and Preesgweene in England. It had an adjacent signal box and level cro…

  • Moreton Hall School · 1.1 km

    Moreton Hall is a private boarding and day school for girls aged 6 months to 18 and boys aged 6 months to 11, situated in North Shropshire four miles from the market town of Oswestry. Founded in 1913, Moreton Hall cel…

  • Trehowell Halt railway station · 1.1 km

    Trehowell Halt was a small railway station located about a mile and a half south of Chirk, just inside the English border south of an overbridge on the minor road between Trehowell and Chirk Bank. It was opened by the…

  • Chirk Bank · 1.3 km

    Chirk Bank is a small village in Shropshire, England.

  • Chirk Viaduct · 1.5 km

    The Chirk Viaduct is a railway viaduct with Grade II* listed status over the River Ceiriog between England and Wales. The viaduct carries the Shrewsbury–Chester line from the Welsh town of Chirk in historic Denbighshi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Weston Rhyn?
Weston Rhyn is a town in Shropshire, England, in the Shropshire local authority.
How deprived is Weston Rhyn?
The Shropshire local authority, which includes Weston Rhyn, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.