Bredon

11°CClear

• Today: 22° / 11° · 69% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:32

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Public order2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Pershore Rural South and Rural North · West Mercia

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

157 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

41 food businesses within 2 miles

• 30 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ashchurch for Tewkesbury (3.5 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,015 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across Wychavon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£950 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £667
• 2 bed £868
• 3 bed £1,070

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (10.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Sapa Building Systems LTD (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,492 residents in Wychavon · 200/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 191 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,373 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 62,210)

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

70 schools · 15,497 pupils

50 primary · 4 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wychavon

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

• In a conservation area (Bredon)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 51 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

284 applications decided

89.8% granted · 255 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Harriett Baldwin

Conservative

West Worcestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 26
• LD 8
• Grn 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,560 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£718 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,083 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,075 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 26% · Imports 7% · Gas 5%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• 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 West Worcestershire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership389 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership380 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing373 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office342 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s252 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Bredon · 0.0 km

  Bredon is a village and civil parish in Wychavon district at the southern edge of Worcestershire in England. It lies on the banks of the River Avon on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill.

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  Bredon Barn · 0.0 km

  Bredon Barn is a large 14th-century threshing barn located at Bredon, Worcestershire, England, standing close to the River Avon.

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  Bredon railway station · 0.6 km

  Bredon railway station was on the Birmingham–Gloucester railway line to the north of Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station. The station closed in 1965.

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  Upham Meadow and Summer Leasow · 0.8 km

  Upham Meadow and Summer Leasow is a 104.0-hectare (257-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the border between Gloucestershire and Herefordshire & Worcestershire, at Twyning and near Bredon, notifie…

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  Twyning · 2.1 km

  Twyning is a village and civil parish on the River Avon in the north of Gloucestershire, near Tewkesbury, England. The parish is first mentioned in the Liber Wigorniensis in about 1016, where it is called Tuinaeum, pa…

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  Bredon's Norton · 2.4 km

  Bredon's Norton or Norton-by-Bredon is a village and civil parish 11 miles (18 km) south east of Worcester, in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 2021 the parish had a population of 25…

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