Catherine-de-Barnes

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

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

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 80% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Solihull Rural · West Midlands

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

251 reported road collisions (2025)

64 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 11.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

184 food businesses within 2 miles

• 171 rated 4–5 ★ (152 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hampton-in-Arden (2.7 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£332,022 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Solihull · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,279 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £858
• 2 bed £1,065
• 3 bed £1,262

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,703 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: 139.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (7.9 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

83 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: RAW GREENE KING GK THE BOAT 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

216,239 residents in Solihull · 1,213/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,912
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,932
• Net moves+980

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 204 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 95,980)

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

91 schools · 41,037 pupils

59 primary · 15 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 32 of 36 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Solihull

242 CQC-registered services

• Care homes63
• GP practices34
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies59
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Solihull

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

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

303 applications decided

94.4% granted · 286 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Saqib Bhatti

Conservative

Meriden and Solihull East

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 25
• LD 6
• Grn 4
• Ref 15
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

21 jobs advertised · £38,739 avg

e.g. Band 3 Iv Therapy Admin, Nursery Registered Manager, Band 7 Psychosexual Therapist

Source: Adzuna

£899 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,713 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 95,331 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Wind 22% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 3%

224 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 63.2 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

11 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in B91

• Solihull Healthcare Partnership
• Badger Out Of Hours Service
• Community Dermatology Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Meriden and Solihull East:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND352 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth179 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills172 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks158 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK146 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Catherine-de-Barnes · 0.1 km

  Catherine-de-Barnes is a small village within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands. It is situated about 2.25 miles east of Solihull town centre, in the civil parish of Hampton i…

• Catherine-de-Barnes Isolation Hospital · 0.7 km

  Catherine-de-Barnes Isolation Hospital was a specialist isolation hospital for infection control in Catherine-de-Barnes, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands.

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  Blackwood F.C. · 0.9 km

  Blackwood F.C. was a football club based in Solihull, West Midlands.

• Berry Hall Farm · 1.2 km

  Berry Hall Farm is a moated, fifteenth century half-timbered property located on Ravenshaw Lane in central Solihull. Originally named 'Berry Hall' and also known as 'Old' Berry Hall, it was renamed Berry Hall 'Farm' b…

• Páirc na hÉireann · 1.4 km

  Páirc na hÉireann, near Bickenhill, Solihull, England, is the principal Gaelic games sports facility in the West Midlands. It is administered by the Warwickshire GAA. Páirc na hÉireann is located east of Birmingham ne…

• Bickenhill Meadows · 1.7 km

  Bickenhill Meadows is a 7.2 hectares biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1991 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)