Water Orton

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:29

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

72 reported · July 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Burglary6

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: North Warwickshire West · Warwickshire

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

2,296 reported road collisions (2024)

482 killed or seriously injured · 3,055 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

202 food businesses within 2 miles

• 169 rated 4–5 ★ (134 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

£234,150 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Birmingham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,093 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £825
• 2 bed £997
• 3 bed £1,127

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)

35 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)

• Discover the city’s rare treasures and unusual spaces during Birmingham Heritage Week· 11 Sept 2026
• Improving the condition of Birmingham's highways for the benefit of communities· 11 Sept 2026
• Birmingham City Council calls on Government to provide targeted support for Jaguar Land Rover· 8 Sept 2026
• Birmingham comes together to break the silence around suicide during World Suicide Prevention Day 2026· 8 Sept 2026
• Public consultation reopens on plans to bring up to 3,500 new homes to Druids Heath· 8 Sept 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 6 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

41% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

512 schools · 207,780 pupils

289 primary · 83 secondary · 140 other

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

437inspected 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 homes282
• GP practices239
• Dentists230
• Homecare agencies321
• Hospitals & hospices49

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 11 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)

738 applications decided

83.2% granted · 614 granted, 124 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Rachel Taylor

Labour

North Warwickshire and Bedworth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 15
• Con 16
• LD 12
• Grn 18
• Ref 22
• Oth 18

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

44,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

46 jobs advertised · £39,894 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Physics Tutoring Job in Water Orton – Flexible Schedule, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£708 median full-time weekly pay

10% 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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Nuclear 17% · Solar 14% · Imports 5%

228 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

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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  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)