Worfield

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 10° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:34

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

4US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▲ 150% YoY

• Burglary4
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Bridgnorth · 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)

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

£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: 168.9p · ESSO (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (4.5 km)

5 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)

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 (Worfield)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 34 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

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

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 South Shropshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office432 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership372 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership330 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills278 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s241 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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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