Callow Hill

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:36

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

6 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Other theft2
• Vehicle crime2
• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Bewdley and Rural · 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)

21 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bewdley (4.9 km)
• 4 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: 159.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (7.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Wharton Park Golf & Country Club (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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

135 applications decided

92.6% granted · 125 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

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

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners for Offices, Office Cleaners, Professional House Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in DY12

• Bewdley Medical Centre

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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  Bliss Gate · 0.9 km

  Bliss Gate is a village in Worcestershire, England. It had many attractive tourist landmarks such as the Bliss Gate Inn and a village board for Rock village. It lies within the civil parish of Rock, which had a popula…

• Fingerpost, Worcestershire · 1.1 km

  Fingerpost is a hamlet and road junction in north Worcestershire, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Bewdley.

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  Far Forest · 2.1 km

  Far Forest is a small village in north Worcestershire, England, approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Bewdley, and next to the border with Shropshire.

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  Rock, Worcestershire · 2.5 km

  Rock is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, which lies south-west of Bewdley. It had a population of 2,677 in 2021.

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  Church of St Peter and St Paul, Rock · 2.8 km

  The Church of St Peter and St Paul is an Anglican church in the village of Rock, in Worcestershire, England. It is in the parish of Rock with Heightington, in the Diocese of Worcester. The building is Grade I listed;…

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  Rock moated site and medieval village · 2.8 km

  Rock moated site and medieval village is an archaeological site, including a deserted medieval village, in Worcestershire, England, near the village of Rock and about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Bewdley. It is a Sc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)