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Lighthorne Heath

Lighthorne Heath is a village in Warwickshire, England. It has around 1 restaurant or café and 10 bus stops. There were around 18 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lighthorne Heath area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stratford-on-Avon area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 134,725 residents at roughly 138 people per km².

Council
Stratford-on-Avon
County
Warwickshire
Constituency
Kenilworth and Southam
Police force
Warwickshire
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 46th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.

Home affordability61
Affordable rents83
Good schools26
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation82
Employment86
Low council tax37

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 17° / 11° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:37

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Crime

18 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Other theft2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Wellesbourne · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Burglaries
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB)

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

41 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 40 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Leamington Spa (10.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£392,574 average 1.4% YoY

Across Stratford-on-Avon · to 2026-06

Detached£603,986
Semi-detached£366,948
Terraced£290,117
Flat£188,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.7p · Asda (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (9.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: JLR West Car Park Row A G7 (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,656
B £1,932
C £2,208
D £2,484
E £3,036
F £3,588
G £4,140
H £4,968

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Alcester Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • King Edward VI SchoolOutstanding
  • Southam CollegeOutstanding
  • Stratford Girls' Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Studley High SchoolOutstanding
  • Alcester AcademyGood
  • Shipston High SchoolGood
  • St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Henley In Arden School
  • Kineton High School
  • Stratford Upon Avon School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

285 applications decided

94% granted · 268 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

15 jobs advertised · £31,350 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Kitchen Porter, Automotive Electrician - Valhalla

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kenilworth and Southam:

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

Notable places nearby

  • British Motor Museum · 0.6 km

    The British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England holds the world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 300 cars on display from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heri…

  • Lighthorne Heath · 0.7 km

    Lighthorne Heath is a village in the civil parish of Upper Lighthorne, in Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England. The parish boundaries of Upper Lighthorne - a name chosen in 2019 - have been set to encompa…

  • RAF Gaydon · 1.0 km

    Royal Air Force Gaydon or more simply RAF Gaydon is a former Royal Air Force station located 5.2 miles (8.4 km) east of Wellesbourne, Warwickshire and 10.8 miles (17.4 km) north west of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

  • Gaydon · 1.5 km

    Gaydon is a civil parish and village in the Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwickshire, England, situated between Leamington Spa and Banbury. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 376, increasing to 446 a…

  • Lighthorne · 1.5 km

    Lighthorne is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Leamington Spa. The population taken at the 2011 census was 361, rising to 432 in the 2021 census. Lighthorne is…

  • All Saints Church, Chadshunt · 2.1 km

    All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the parish of Chadshunt, Warwickshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Lighthorne Heath?
Lighthorne Heath is a town in Warwickshire, England, in the Stratford-on-Avon local authority.
How deprived is Lighthorne Heath?
The Stratford-on-Avon local authority, which includes Lighthorne Heath, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.