Fen End

13°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 11° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:36

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

247 reported road collisions (2024)

62 killed or seriously injured · 340 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

35 food businesses within 2 miles

• 31 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Berkswell (3.4 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£334,966 average▲ 4.2% YoY

Across Solihull · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,269 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £851
• 2 bed £1,057
• 3 bed £1,252

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (9.8 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Village Hall Car Park Knowle (5.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 206 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

84inspected 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
• Dentists52
• Homecare agencies58
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Solihull

• Within the Green Belt
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

225 applications decided

93.3% granted · 210 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Con 25
• LD 6
• Grn 4
• Ref 16

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

9,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised · £30,524 avg

e.g. Kitchen Assistant - Care Home, Maintenance Assistant - Bank - Care Home, Senior Care Assistant - Care Home - Bank

Source: Adzuna

£899 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

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

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

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office539 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s371 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test293 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership283 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need192 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide

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

• 
  RAF Honiley · 1.4 km

  Royal Air Force Honiley or RAF Honiley is a former Royal Air Force station located in Wroxall, Warwickshire, 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Coventry, England.

• Banbury Music Radio · 1.8 km

  Banbury Music Radio was a local Internet radio station in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England that showcased bands from all around Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and other local areas.

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  Heart of England Way · 1.8 km

  The Heart of England Way is a long-distance walk of around 160 km (100 mi) through the Midlands of England. The walk starts from Milford Common on Cannock Chase and ends at Bourton on the Water in the Cotswolds linkin…

• Heart of England School · 2.2 km

  Heart of England School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Balsall Common in the West Midlands. Its catchment is the south-east of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, primarily rural…

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  Honiley · 2.3 km

  Honiley is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall, in the Warwick district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) from Kenilworth, a…

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  A452 road · 2.5 km

  The A452 is a road in England, which runs from Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire to Brownhills in the West Midlands. It is the major link to the M6 motorway for both Leamington and Warwick in addition to serving as L…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)