Blakedown

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:34

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

8 reported · August 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Burglary3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Kidderminster East · West Mercia

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

111 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 147 casualties · 10.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blakedown (0.9 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,740 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Wyre Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£825 average monthly rent▼ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £741
• 3 bed £897

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

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,416 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: 156.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (11 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Webbs Hagley Garden Centre (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,610 residents in Wyre Forest · 520/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,949
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,790
• Net moves+1,159

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 118 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,512 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 49,150)

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

41 schools · 13,746 pupils

27 primary · 5 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre Forest

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

92.6% granted · 125 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mark Garnier

Conservative

Wyre Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 18
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,311 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,247 certificates

15.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 4%

183 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

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

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in DY10

• Kidderminster Medical Centre
• Stanmore House Surgery
• The Church Street Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wyre Forest:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth205 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks177 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases167 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND164 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills156 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Blakedown · 0.5 km

  Blakedown is a village in the Wyre Forest District lying along the A456 in the north of the county of Worcestershire, England. Its built-up area population was 1,447 in 2021.

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  Blakedown railway station · 0.8 km

  Blakedown railway station serves the English village of Blakedown, Worcestershire. It was opened as Churchill in 1852, later becoming known for a time as Churchill & Blakedown after the two villages became a single pa…

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  Hackman's Gate · 1.7 km

  Hackman's Gate is a hamlet in the parish of Broome, in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England.

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  Churchill Forge Mill · 1.7 km

  Churchill Forge Mill, situated in the Worcestershire village of Churchill, is one of the last water-powered forge mills remaining in an intact state in the UK and as such is an important example of the industrial heri…

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  Churchill, Wyre Forest · 1.8 km

  Churchill is a village and former civil parish, now in the arish of Churchill and Blakedown, in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. It is near to Kidderminster and is the location of one of the few su…

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  King's Norton and Northfield Urban District · 2.4 km

  King's Norton and Northfield Urban District was a local government administrative district in north Worcestershire, England, from 1898 until 1911. Much of its area was afterwards absorbed into the neighbouring Borough…

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