Major's Green

7°CClear

• Today: 10° / 7° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:31

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US 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

104 reported · August 2026▲ 44% YoY

• Shoplifting39
• Violence & sexual offences26
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Vehicle crime10

Neighbourhood team: Alvechurch and Wythall · West Mercia

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)

375 food businesses within 2 miles

• 296 rated 4–5 ★ (251 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whitlocks End (0.6 km)
• 15 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 (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (5 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

79 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Haslucks Green Road (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 3 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

Bradley Thomas

Conservative

Bromsgrove

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

5 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in B90

• Gps Healthcare
• Northbrook Health Centre
• Grafton Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bromsgrove:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth221 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND219 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks193 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases177 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Major's Green · 0.2 km

  Major's Green is a village in the Wythall parish of Bromsgrove district and is the northeasternmost settlement in the county of Worcestershire, England.

• Berry Mound · 0.6 km

  Berry Mound is an Iron Age hill fort in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, near Shirley, West Midlands, on the outskirts of Birmingham. It has been dated to the 1st or 2nd century BC.

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  Whitlocks End railway station · 0.6 km

  Whitlocks End railway station is a railway station on the North Warwickshire Line located next to, and named after the hamlet of Whitlock's End in the West Midlands of England. It lies a short distance from several vi…

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  Shirley railway station (England) · 0.8 km

  Shirley railway station serves the Shirley area of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. Situated on the North Warwickshire Line, the station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains.

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  Highgate United F.C. · 1.0 km

  Highgate United Football Club is a football club based in the Shirley district of Solihull, having relocated from their original home in Highgate, Birmingham. They are currently members of the United Counties League P…

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  Bills Wood · 1.3 km

  Bills Wood is a local nature reserve and park located in Shirley, Solihull. It covers an area of approximately 6.6 hectares and consists of a square parcel of woodland surrounded by residential suburbs. To the east th…

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