Aspley Heath

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 5° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:31

9h 21m 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

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Alcester North · Warwickshire

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

135 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wood End (1.7 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£332,683 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across Bromsgrove · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£992 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £717
• 2 bed £899
• 3 bed £1,091

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,249 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: 157.9p · BP (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Oakland International (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools13
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Yule Be Glad You Picked This Up· 4 Nov 2026
• Got views? Then we’ve got questions for you· 2 Nov 2026
• Sanders Park car park extension opens in time for Half Term· 28 Oct 2026
• Next Stop: Christmas!· 28 Oct 2026
• Rubery Switches On Christmas· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Bromsgrove Council

99,183 residents in Bromsgrove · 457/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,414
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,544
• Net moves+870

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 266 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,479 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 43,180)

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

43 schools · 18,149 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bromsgrove

578 CQC-registered services

• Care homes181
• GP practices88
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

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

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

135 applications decided

90.4% granted · 122 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal Democrat

Stratford-on-Avon

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 11
• LD 6
• Oth 8

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

• Parks & greens71
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,310 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£843 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,466 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,698 certificates

11.9% 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: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Worcestershire): 63.1 women · 63.3 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

2 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in B94

• Tanworth-In-Arden Med Ctr
• Lapworth Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stratford-on-Avon:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing490 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks313 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills272 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth176 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects171 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide

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

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  River Alne · 0.6 km

  The River Alne is a tributary of the Arrow and has its headwaters to the north of Wootton Wawen.

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  Ladbrooke, Tanworth-in-Arden · 1.4 km

  Ladbrooke is an historic estate in the parish of Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England. The early history until the late 14th century is sparse and inextricably confused with the manor and parish of Ladbroke near S…

• Wood End, Stratford-on-Avon · 1.5 km

  Wood End is a village in Warwickshire, England. It is about 1 mile north of Tanworth-in-Arden, and has a railway station situated on the Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon on the North Warwickshire Line.

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  Tanworth-in-Arden · 1.5 km

  Tanworth-in-Arden is a village and civil parish in the county of Warwickshire, England. It is 12.5 miles (20 km) south-southeast of Birmingham, 5.5 miles (9 km) north-east of Redditch and 8 miles south-southwest of So…

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  Wood End railway station · 1.7 km

  Wood End is a railway station on the North Warwickshire Line serving the village of Wood End in Warwickshire, England. It received around 36 passengers a day in 2023/24.

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  Church of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-in-Arden · 1.7 km

  The Church of St Mary Magdalene is an Anglican church in the village of Tanworth-in-Arden, in Warwickshire, England, and in the Diocese of Birmingham. The building dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, with modifica…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)