Birdingbury

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:31

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Rugby Rural South · Warwickshire

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

202 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£278,324 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Rugby · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,049 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £755
• 2 bed £933
• 3 bed £1,123

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

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,605 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: 167.7p · Asda (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (9.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Three Horseshoes (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Summer Youth Hub hailed as a success· 4 Nov 2026
• Spectacular Diwali celebrations light up Rugby town centre· 4 Nov 2026
• Deputy leader welcomes health watchdog reprieve· 3 Nov 2026
• Update on local government reorganisation in Warwickshire· 29 Oct 2026
• Rugby Open searches for rising stars of contemporary art· 29 Oct 2026

Source: Rugby Council

114,362 residents in Rugby · 326/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,415
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,026
• Net moves+2,389

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 216 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 51,990)

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

55 schools · 21,506 pupils

37 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rugby

581 CQC-registered services

• Care homes172
• GP practices93
• Dentists121
• Homecare agencies143
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warwickshire

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

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

108 applications decided

89.8% granted · 97 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Jeremy Wright

Conservative

Kenilworth and Southam

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 12
• Ref 3

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

5,660 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£892 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,957 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,931 certificates

13.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 25% · Biomass 19% · Imports 2%

230 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Warwickshire): 62.9 women · 63.3 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

5 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CV23

• Revel Surgery
• Brookside Surgery
• Hmp Onley

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kenilworth and Southam:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills246 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND234 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases179 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth171 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Birdingbury Hall · 0.4 km

  Birdingbury Hall is a 17th-century country house situated at Birdingbury, near Rugby, Warwickshire. It is a Grade II listed building and now serves as the head office of a commercial organisation.

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  Birdingbury · 0.5 km

  Birdingbury is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England, just south of the River Leam, and not far from Draycote Water. It is located roughly halfway between Rugby and Leamington Spa,…

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  Birdingbury railway station · 0.9 km

  Birdingbury railway station was a railway station serving the village of Birdingbury, and the slightly more distant villages of Bourton-on-Dunsmore and Frankton, in the English county of Warwickshire on the Rugby to L…

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  Leamington Hastings · 1.7 km

  Leamington Hastings is a small village and larger civil parish in Warwickshire, England. The civil parish covers Leamington Hastings itself, plus the nearby hamlets of Broadwell, Hill and Kites Hardwick. Its populatio…

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  Marton railway station (Warwickshire) · 1.9 km

  Marton railway station was a railway station serving Marton in the English county of Warwickshire on the Rugby to Leamington line.

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  Draycote Water · 2.0 km

  Draycote Water is a 240-hectare (590-acre) reservoir and country park near the village of Dunchurch, 3.75 miles (6 km) south of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, owned and operated by Severn Trent Water. It draws its wa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)