Knowle and Dorridge

11°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:32

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

22 reported · August 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Public order7
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Warwick Rural West · Warwickshire

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

222 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 264 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (73 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dorridge (1.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£370,924 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Warwick · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,241 average monthly rent▲ 1.9% YoY

• 1 bed £883
• 2 bed £1,105
• 3 bed £1,330

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

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (9.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,195 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: 157.9p · Esso (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Forest Rd (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools22
• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

148,453 residents in Warwick · 525/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,015
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,037
• Net moves+1,978

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 264 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 69,250)

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

66 schools · 22,807 pupils

43 primary · 5 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 15 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Warwick

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

185 applications decided

92.4% granted · 171 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Jeremy Wright

Conservative

Kenilworth and Southam

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 5
• LD 9
• Grn 15
• Oth 8

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£934 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,229 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 76,802 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 6%

171 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

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

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

7 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in B93

• Dorridge Surgery
• Arden Medical Centre
• Diabetes Intermed. Clinic

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

• Knowle and Dorridge rail crash · 1.2 km

  The Knowle and Dorridge rail crash was a fatal rail crash that occurred at Dorridge railway station in Warwickshire, England, on 15 August 1963. Three people died in the crash after a signalman's error routed a small…

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  Dorridge railway station · 1.4 km

  Dorridge railway station serves the large village of Dorridge in the West Midlands of England. The station is served by Chiltern Railways, who manage the station, and also by West Midlands Trains. It is situated 10+1⁄…

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  Dorridge · 1.5 km

  Dorridge is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands (county), England. Historically part of the historic county of Warwickshire, the village is encompassed within the electoral war…

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  Packwood, England · 1.8 km

  Packwood is a medieval settlement and former civil parish of 1760 acres, now in the counties of the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. In 1194 the ownership of Packwood estate was disputed between the Bishop of…

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  Arden Academy · 2.2 km

  Arden Academy is a ten form entry mixed comprehensive secondary school with academy status It was re-designated as an 11-18 school in September 2008. Arden is situated in the village of Knowle, three miles from Solihu…

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  Packwood House · 2.2 km

  Packwood House is a timber-framed Tudor manor house in Packwood on the Solihull border near Lapworth, Warwickshire. Owned by the National Trust since 1941, the house is a Grade I listed building. It has a wealth of ta…

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