Alcester

18°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 18° / 10° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:38

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

71 reported · July 2026▲ 48% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Shoplifting13
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Other theft7

Neighbourhood team: Alcester South · Warwickshire

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

262 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 352 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

67 food businesses within 2 miles

• 60 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hillers Halt (4.5 km)
• 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£392,574 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Stratford-on-Avon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,143 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY

• 1 bed £811
• 2 bed £1,015
• 3 bed £1,261

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Morrisons (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (9.7 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Bulls Head Car Park, Alcester (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,725 residents in Stratford-on-Avon · 138/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 259 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 67,350)

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

75 schools · 21,560 pupils

56 primary · 11 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

69inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stratford-on-Avon

580 CQC-registered services

• Care homes174
• GP practices91
• Dentists120
• Homecare agencies143
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warwickshire

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

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

285 applications decided

94% granted · 268 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal Democrat

Stratford-on-Avon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 10
• LD 24
• Grn 3
• Ref 2
• Oth 2

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

268 jobs advertised · £31,665 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£818 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,950 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 78,626 certificates

14.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 13% · Biomass 8%

34 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in B49

• Alcester Health Centre
• The Arrow Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stratford-on-Avon:

• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need1,263 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing446 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office379 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership368 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership348 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  St Benedict's Catholic High School, Alcester · 0.1 km

  St Benedict's Catholic High School is a co-educational Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form. It is located in Alcester in the English county of Warwickshire. The school is named after Saint Benedict of Nursi…

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  Alcester Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Alcester Town Hall is the town hall of Alcester, Warwickshire, England. It is a grade I listed building.

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  Alcester · 0.3 km

  Alcester is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. It is 8 mi (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 7 miles south of Redditch. The town dates back to the times of…

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  Three Tuns, Alcester · 0.4 km

  The Three Tuns is a public house in Alcester, Warwickshire, England. Originally built as a private house in the 17th century it is of timber-framed construction with a 19th-century build-out into the street at ground-…

• Alcester Abbey · 0.5 km

  Alcester Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Alcester, Warwickshire in England, founded in 1138 by the Botellers of Oversley, Warwickshire. Its many endowments included the Chapel of St. James and St. Peter, near Sha…

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  Alcester Grammar School · 0.6 km

  Alcester Grammar School (AGS) is a co-educational 11-18 maintained selective grammar school, situated in Alcester, Warwickshire, England. On 1 April 2011, Alcester Grammar School became the first school in south Warwi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)