Polesworth and Dordon

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:33

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

• 7.0 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

25 reported · August 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Shoplifting5
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: North Warwickshire North · Warwickshire

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

210 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 293 casualties · 32.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

91 food businesses within 2 miles

• 74 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Polesworth (3.7 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£268,337 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across North Warwickshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£982 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £720
• 2 bed £882
• 3 bed £1,059

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

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

922 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: 167.9p · ESSO (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (6.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: MOTO Tamworth Services (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

65,035 residents in North Warwickshire · 229/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,387
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,522
• Net moves+865

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 122 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,532 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 29,660)

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

35 schools · 11,146 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Warwickshire

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
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

92 applications decided

98.9% granted · 91 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 11
• Con 17
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,858 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 32,591 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 79 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

4 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in B78

• Pear Tree Surgery
• Dordon & Polesworth Group Practice
• Tamworth Locality Network

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Warwickshire and Bedworth:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth243 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases237 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND193 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK178 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills142 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Birch Coppice freight terminal · 0.8 km

  Birch Coppice freight terminal, also known as Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal or Freightliner Birmingham, is a goods station on the outskirts of the English city of Birmingham. It is an inland container port wh…

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  Dordon · 1.0 km

  Dordon is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England and close to the border with Staffordshire. The village is located on the A5 national route and is conti…

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  Mercia · 1.6 km

  Mercia was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, one of the seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon period. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as the Midlands of England.

• Freasley · 1.7 km

  Freasley is a small village in Warwickshire, England. It has a church and a Grade II listed Hall.

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  The Polesworth School · 1.9 km

  The Polesworth School is a coeducational secondary school located in Dordon, near Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. The Headteacher is Maura Favell.

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  Wood End, Kingsbury, Warwickshire · 2.0 km

  Wood End is a former Pit village in North Warwickshire, England. It lies to the south east of Tamworth and close to the border with Staffordshire. It grew around the former Kingsbury Colliery but now it serves as a co…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)