Water Orton

8°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:32

9h 23m 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

• 7.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

56 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Other theft5
• Vehicle crime5

Neighbourhood team: North Warwickshire West · Warwickshire

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

2,307 reported road collisions (2025)

441 killed or seriously injured · 2,985 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

197 food businesses within 2 miles

• 166 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Water Orton (0.4 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£234,867 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Birmingham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,099 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £830
• 2 bed £1,003
• 3 bed £1,134

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

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

8,752 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Pembroke House (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market opens tomorrow· 4 Nov 2026
• Working together to tackle child sexual exploitation· 4 Nov 2026
• Birmingham to host national Open Data Camp conference· 30 Oct 2026
• Cannon Street’s New Young Futures Hub opens in Birmingham city centre, putting young people at the heart of support, opportunity and connection· 29 Oct 2026
• New multi-use games area opens in Small Heath Park· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Birmingham Council

1,144,918 residents in Birmingham · 4,275/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK62,818
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK84,668
• Net moves−21,850

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 8 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

43% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (35% of 465,310)

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

516 schools · 207,780 pupils

291 primary · 83 secondary · 142 other

Ofsted: 179 of 203 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Birmingham

1,225 CQC-registered services

• Care homes284
• GP practices239
• Dentists231
• Homecare agencies316
• Hospitals & hospices49

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Birmingham

• In a conservation area (Water Orton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

725 applications decided

82.3% granted · 597 granted, 128 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rachel Taylor

Labour

North Warwickshire and Bedworth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 14
• Con 16
• LD 12
• Grn 19
• Ref 22
• Oth 18

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

45,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

26 jobs advertised · £39,720 avg

e.g. Plant Vehicle Marshall BLUE CPCS/NPORS CSCS, General Practitioner, Senior Recruitment Consultant

Source: Adzuna

£708 median full-time weekly pay

10.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,205 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 576,359 certificates

19.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 19% · Imports 4%

161 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 77.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 58.3 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in B46

• Hazelwood Group Practice
• Satis House
• Apollo Collaborative Pcn Hub

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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  St Peter and St Paul's Church, Water Orton · 0.2 km

  St Peter and St Paul's Church, Water Orton is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Water Orton, Warwickshire, England.

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  Water Orton · 0.3 km

  Water Orton is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire borough of Warwickshire in the West Midlands, England near the River Tame. It is located between Castle Bromwich and Coleshill, and borders the West…

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  Water Orton railway station · 0.4 km

  Water Orton railway station serves the village of Water Orton in Warwickshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail, and managed by West Midlands Railway. However, no West Midlands Trains stop there; it is only served…

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  Gilson, Warwickshire · 1.4 km

  Gilson is a hamlet in the civil parish of Coleshill, in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It lies between the M42 and the A446, on the B4117 road between the village of Water Orton and the smal…

• Park Hall Academy · 1.5 km

  Park Hall Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Castle Bromwich in the West Midlands of England.

• Grimstock Hill Romano-British settlement · 1.8 km

  Grimstock Hill, located north of the River Cole in Coleshill, Warwickshire, was the site of a Romano-British settlement discovered in 1978. The site included a temple complex with evidence of a circular wooden Iron A…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)