Lower Brailes

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 11° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:30

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Shipston · 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)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 7 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: 169.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Feldon Valley (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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
• 47 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)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 63% · Nuclear 22% · Solar 5% · Biomass 4%

15 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

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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  Brailes · 0.2 km

  Brailes is a civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) east of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, England. It includes the two villages of Lower and Upper Brailes which are located in the north Cotswolds, but it is often refe…

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  Sutton-under-Brailes · 2.4 km

  Sutton-under-Brailes is a village and civil parish 17 miles (27 km) south of Warwick, in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. Adjacent parishes are Barcheston, Brailes, Cherington, Stourton and Whi…

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  Compton Wynyates · 3.1 km

  Compton Wynyates is a Tudor country house in Warwickshire, England, a Grade I listed building. The Tudor period house is constructed of red brick and built around a central courtyard. It is castellated and turreted in…

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  Stourton, Warwickshire · 3.5 km

  Stourton is a village and civil parish beside the River Stour about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Shipston-on-Stour. The population taken at the 2011 census was 159. Stourton is contiguous with the larger village of Che…

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  Cherington, Warwickshire · 3.5 km

  Cherington is a village and civil parish beside the River Stour about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Shipston-on-Stour. Cherington is contiguous with the village of Stourton.

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  Traitor's Ford · 3.5 km

  Traitor's Ford is a ford on the River Stour, in the English county of Warwickshire close to its border with Oxfordshire. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) outside Brailes and half a mile from the village of Sibford Gower,…

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