Blakedown

22°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 10° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Kidderminster East · West Mercia

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

127 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 170 casualties · 12.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (14 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

£232,448 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Wyre Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£823 average monthly rent▼ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £583
• 2 bed £740
• 3 bed £895

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.9 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 114 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

40 schools · 13,746 pupils

27 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

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

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

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

579 CQC-registered services

• Care homes180
• GP practices90
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

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

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

77 applications decided

96.1% granted · 74 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

4,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £31,616 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Driving License Required

Source: Adzuna

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 66% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 13% · Gas 2%

8 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 79.8 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wyre Forest:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office485 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s413 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership356 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test297 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership247 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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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