Worfield

11°COvercast

• Today: 13° / 4° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 3° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:40

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Bridgnorth · West Mercia

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

337 reported road collisions (2025)

121 killed or seriously injured · 479 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 11 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bridgnorth Cliff Railway Top Station (4.9 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£277,521 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across Shropshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£823 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £768
• 3 bed £953

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,264 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 174.9p · Asda (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · ESSO (4.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Severn Street (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,727
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,220
• Net moves+2,507

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 154 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Shropshire

360 CQC-registered services

• Care homes117
• GP practices48
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Shropshire

• In a conservation area (Worfield)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

531 applications decided

88.3% granted · 469 granted, 62 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 4
• Con 7
• LD 41
• Grn 4
• Ref 15
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£727 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in WV15

• Alveley Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Shropshire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks399 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills278 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases227 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately190 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Worfield · 0.2 km

  Worfield is a village and civil parish in Shropshire in the West Midlands, England. It is 120 miles (190 km) northwest of London and 10 miles (16 km) west of Wolverhampton. It is north of Bridgnorth and southeast of T…

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  Davenport House, Worfield · 0.5 km

  Davenport House is a historic country house in the English village of Worfield, Shropshire. Located to the southwest of the village centre, it was built in 1726, and is a Grade I listed building. Its grounds are Grade…

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  Ackleton · 3.2 km

  Ackleton is a village in the English county of Shropshire. It is in the civil parish of Worfield.

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  RAF Bridgnorth · 3.2 km

  Royal Air Force Bridgnorth or more simply RAF Bridgnorth is a former Royal Air Force station, created after the outbreak of the Second World War on 6 November 1939, at Stanmore, to the east of Bridgnorth, Shropshire,…

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  River Worfe · 3.3 km

  The River Worfe is a river in Shropshire, England. The name Worfe is said to derive from the Old English meaning to wander which the river is notable for in its middle section. Mapping indicates that the river begins…

• Stanmore Country Park, Bridgnorth · 3.4 km

  Stanmore Country Park is a 100-acre (40 ha) country park in Stanmore, Shropshire, 1.2 miles (2 km) east of Bridgnorth. Created in 1994 on the former site of RAF Bridgnorth, the park is run by the Shropshire County Cou…

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