Polesworth and Dordon

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

27 reported · July 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Public order4
• Vehicle crime3

Neighbourhood team: North Warwickshire North · Warwickshire

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

196 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 291 casualties · 30.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

90 food businesses within 2 miles

• 72 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,450 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across North Warwickshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£978 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

• 1 bed £717
• 2 bed £879
• 3 bed £1,055

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · ESSO (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (0.8 km)

5 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 155 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

36 schools · 11,352 pupils

24 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (67%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

78 applications decided

96.2% granted · 75 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

3,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£748 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% 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

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

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

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office493 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s339 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership298 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test260 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth241 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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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 English 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)